The Citizen, 2013-03-14, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013.Break-and-enter results in 18-month probation
And the award goes to van Nes
Bill van Nes, left, and his wife Cindy were awarded the 2013
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority’s Conservation
Award during its annual general meeting on March 6.
Morris-Turnberry Deputy-Mayor Jason Breckenridge
presented van Nes the award for the conservation work on
his farm. (Denny Scott photo)
Continued from page 21relationship another try and he hopesto move back into their shared homeand take an active role in the raisingof their child.Hunter handed Rawn a 12-monthprobation period along with aconditional discharge. Hunterordered Rawn to stay away from thevictim, unless she were to give herwritten, revokeable consent.
BREAK AND ENTER
Jeremy Price of Wingham pled
guilty to one charge of break and
enter and one charge of failing to
comply with the terms of his
probation after being questioned by
police on Dec. 5, 2012.
Police were called to a home in
Wingham, Grant said, after the
homeowner had left for work at
approximately 5:45 a.m. that
morning, but then returned shortlyafterward to retrieve something at6:10 a.m. The man said he heard anoise from the house’s bedroom. Thefront door was locked, but heassumed whoever was in the housegained access through an unlockedpatio door.He also noticed that the screen onone of his windows was bent back,which police later found was how
Price exited the home.
Grant said that while no property
was taken from the home, the
homeowner called police and police
began canvassing the area, coming
upon two young men, one of whom
(Price) was known to police.
Johnston told Hunter that Price is a
full-time Grade 12 student at F.E.
Madill Secondary School and that he
did have a short criminal record.
Grant said that she was hoping to“send a message” with this charge,saying that a break and enter of anykind is a huge invasion of privacyand that such incidents will not betolerated.Hunter suspended the passing of asentence and handed him an 18-month period of probation.MISCHIEFJustin McKinlay of Wingham pled
guilty to one charge of mischief
under $5,000 and one charge of
failing to comply with the terms of
his probation after an incident on
Dec. 27, 2012.
Grant said that police were sent to
McKinlay’s home shortly after 5
p.m. when neighbours heard two
people arguing and then the sound of
glass breaking.
When police arrived they saw
McKinlay’s father, who said his son
had left the scene.
Grant said that McKinlay had
become angered over the course of
the argument and then smashed a
window in the apartment.
Johnston said that McKinlay
admits to breaking the window and
has begun working with the
Canadian Mental Health Association
(CMHA) in an attempt to help
stabilize his life.
Hunter ordered McKinlay to pay
restitution in the amount of $293.80
to replace the window. He suspended
the passing of a sentence, but placed
McKinlay on probation for 12months. McKinlay has six months topay restitution.ASSAULTJoshua Johnston of Wingham pledguilty to one charge of assault whenhe was engaged in an argument witha woman with whom he had arelationship.Johnston and the woman wereengaged in a verbal argument, Grant
said, when Johnston became angry
and threw a can of Coke Zero at the
woman.
Grant said the can struck thewoman in the chest and exploded,spraying her with the soda.Johnston then left the scene of the incident, Grant said, beforepolice arrived. Grant also informedHunter that on Johnston’s criminal record there was a previouscharge for a domestic incident, but that it was with a differentwoman.
Hunter ordered Johnston to serve a
six-month period of probation, but
was given a conditional discharge.
At its Feb. 19 meeting Morris-
Turnberry Council heard from Jeff
Allan of First Ontario Energy and
Greg Rossetti of Bondfield
Construction Company Limited
before deciding to defer support for
a 10 megawatt solar generating
facility in the ward of Turnberry.
Council heard from the duo
regarding an 80-acre project that
was proposed in the Turnberry Ward.
Allan explained, in his letter, that
while council doesn’t have control
over whether or not a project is
granted in the area due to the Green
Energy Act, some municipalities
have been embracing renewable
energy projects.
In his letter, he explained that the
new Feed-In Tariff (FIT) rules had
implemented a point system on
projects and that he and Bondfield
Construction wanted to engage the
municipality in the project.
Councillor Jamie Heffer explained
in an e-mail to The Citizen that he
Bill and Cindy van Nes, owners of
St. Brigid’s Dairy Farm Ltd., an
organic farm milking 160 head of
cattle, were recognized for their
conservation efforts with the
reintroduction of the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority’s (MVCA)
annual Conservation Award.
Bill accepted the award on behalf
of his wife and him at the MVCA’s
annual general meeting on March 6.
Morris-Turnberry Deputy Mayor
Jason Breckenridge presented the
award to van Nes as the farm is in the
municipality.
He explained that van Nes had
taken on many projects including 15
fencing projects, three tree planting
projects and one manure storage
decontamination project and said
that the number is set to increase in
the coming years with an
environmental farm plan.
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