Court News: Teen mischief, traffic fines dominate provincial court session
EAGLE STAFF
Four teenage girls have about two and a half months to complete mediation or alternate measures, they learned during the Jan. 8 provincial court session at the Elks hall.
Police accused the four of mischief by interfering with the use of equipment owned by the Rosetown Gymnastics Club on Oct. 11. Crown prosecutor Ashley Fulton agreed to Judge Miguel Martinez’s suggestion to offer them alternative measures.
Fulton later offered alternative measures to two people accused of shoplifting from the Kyle Co-op on Nov. 19. One of those people also faces charges of stealing a mat from a Rosetown restaurant on Oct. 25.
Traffic cases were the only other cases resolved during the session.
Judge Martinez reduced the fine to $450 from $753 for an Albertan who passed a police vehicle with its flashing lights on near Harris on Oct. 11. Justin R. Orthner, 29, of Calgary said that the law in that province, in 2023, required drivers to slow down only if the police vehicle was in the same lane as his.
Vera L. Johnson, 63, of Saskatoon must pay fines totalling $417 after the woman entered guilty pleas to speeding ($292) and crossing a solid line to change lanes ($125) on Oct. 25. Police stopped her vehicle going 133 km/h on Oct. 25.
Ronald J, Thiessen, 51, of Saskatoon got fined $300 after he pleaded guilty to not notifying another owner of damage done to a trailer. The second trailer of Thiessen’s unit damaged a trailer with another semi-trailer unit when the man made a turn in a Rosetown parking lot on Nov. 12.
Jones Oilfield Consulting was fined $300 instead of $580 for having a driver operate an unregistered vehicle near Zealandia on Oct. 21.
A representative said the registration had expired when the owner was busy with many things and that the company had since switched insurance payments to automatic debit for the 19 vehicles it operates plus nine the owner possesses.
Chudd Petten, 38, of Calgary convinced the judge to reduce his fine to $200 from $292 for going 133 km/h near Rosetown on Oct. 3.
Parmal Singh, 41, of Saskatoon got fined $180 instead of the original $202 for going 126 km/h in the Rural Municipality of Harris on July 28.
Singh said he’d had larger summer tires installed before the incident and had his cruise control set for 115 km/h that day, believing the limit was 110. He’d changed to winter tires, the man said.
Judge Martinez dismissed Singh’s ticket for having a broken light after the man said he’d had the light fixed the day after getting the ticket.
Qing Hai Huang of Calgary got fined $150 after convincing the judge to lower the amount from $200. Police stopped the man going 128 km/h near Rosetown on July 23.
Judge Martinez also scheduled two criminal trials and adjourned eight other criminal cases. He also adjourned a traffic trial, agreed to withdraw four traffic charges and adjourned 12 traffic cases.