Impaired charge linked to strike
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 18/11/2011 (5413 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Did the Brandon University strike trigger a series of events that led this young man to commit a crime?
“The strike is having an effect on everyone in all kinds of ways that I’m sure the profs and most people in admin didn’t even factor in,” Judge Krystyna Tarwid commented during court on Thursday as Jeffery Adam Therrien, 22, pleaded guilty to impaired driving.
Therrien was driving downtown in the early morning of Nov. 9 when police pulled him over. The vehicle smelled of alcohol, there was an intoxicated passenger in the front seat and tests later showed that Therrien had more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Defence lawyer Ryan Fawcett told court that Therrien is a full-time BU music student but isn’t attending class right now due to the strike.
With time off from school, he and some friends decided to get together mid-week.
Therrien didn’t initially intend to get behind the wheel but one of his buddies fell ill, Fawcett said. The group tried to call a cab to get the sick man home or to hospital but a taxi wasn’t available and that’s when Therrien decided to drive.
Tarwid had a few words of advice about how Therrien should have helped his sick friend.
“If he was that sick, call an ambulance,” she advised.
Like other Brandon judges, Tarwid also noted there seems to be a growing number of accused in their early 20s who have appeared in court to face impaired driving charges.
In this case, the judge fined Therrien $1,200 and banned him from driving for a year.
Tarwid also observed it’s time think of safe ways to get home as the holiday season approaches.
On that note, on Thursday Operation Red Nose launched its annual campaign.
The service offers inebriated party-goers a ride home with the added benefit of having their own vehicle delivered home safely.
It’s free, but it’s customary to offer a donation that is used to support youth sports programs.
The service itself begins in Brandon and other communities on Nov. 25 and runs that day from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.
It also runs from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Nov. 26 and Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17.
In addition, it runs on Dec. 23 but times aren’t specified.
On New Year’s Eve it starts from 7 p.m. and continues until 4 a.m.
Residents can dial 728-6673 (NOSE) to get a ride.
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