A man who pushed a woman down, breaking her clavicle bone and cellphone at a time when he was not supposed to have any contact with her, was sentenced to three months in jail and a year on probation.
Ivan Michael Durocher pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and a breach of his bail conditions and was handed the jail term. During the probation period he cannot have any contact with the woman.
Police received a call from the Sturgeon Community Hospital on Oct. 20. When they arrived the woman told them she had been talking with Durocher in a park when she answered her cellphone and he became angry.
He wrestled the phone from her hand, breaking it in the process, and then when the woman said she had to leave, he pushed her to the ground. That single push broke the woman’s clavicle, prompting her to go to the hospital.
In addition to the probation order, Judge Bruce Garriock ordered Durocher to submit a sample to the DNA databank and to pay $80 in restitution for the phone.
A case of shoplifting a Crown prosecutor described as unusually sophisticated, netted one man 60 days in jail.
Jay Dennis Zittlaw pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of theft and was handed the jail term, for a theft at the St. Albert Zellers.
Zittlaw went into the store on Feb. 28 at which time store security noticed he went into a change room with several sets of clothes and then came out leaving none behind.
When security approached him they found the clothing, valued at about $550, rolled up in his jacket. They also found a utility knife and a pair of pliers used to remove the store security tags.
“It sounds as though it was a fairly sophisticated shoplifting as opposed to the usual cases we see where someone just grabs something and runs,” said Crown prosecutor John Donahoe.
Donahoe sought a 90-day sentence, while Zittlaw’s lawyer suggested something in the 30- to 60-day range would be more appropriate.
Attempting to cash a bad cheque at a local bank cost a man a $500 fine this week.
Ralph Joseph Belhumeur pleaded guilty to a single count of using a forged document and was handed the fine.
Belhumeur went into a BMO branch in St. Albert and attempted to cash a $1901.18 cheque, apparently written to him from a trucking company.
The bank had a suspicion about the cheque and called the company to confirm. The company told them the cheque was out of sequence and that they had not issued it to Belhumeur.
RCMP officers arrived shortly thereafter and took him into custody.
