Teen sentenced to four months for Rossburn post office robbery
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/03/2012 (5136 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A teen who was linked to a Westman post office burglary by a rare coin will spend four months in jail for that and other crimes.
The coin was swiped from the Rossburn post office when it was entered by the teen and a number of other people on May 24-25, 2011.
The youth was later picked up by police for using a flashlight to peer into a vehicle parked at a Rossburn home.
While dealing with the teen on this call, police noticed that he was flipping the missing coin.
The youth further linked himself to the burglary when, in response to police accusations, he retorted: “How can it be a break and enter when the door was left open?”
The post office burglary was one of a string of crimes for the offender, who can’t be named due to the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
On Aug. 28, 2010, he stole a vehicle from a group home and then missed a Dec. 22, 2010 court date.
Then came the post office break-in, followed by the trespass charge for lurking around the vehicle parked at the Rossburn home.
During these crimes, he was in breach of various court orders. For example, he was on a curfew when the break-in was committed.
In January, the 16-year-old pleaded guilty to break and enter and nine other charges.
He was sentenced earlier this month at the Waywayseecappo First Nation. In total, he received four months in jail to be followed by two months supervision and then one year probation.
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