‘Hard work’ required to overcome addiction: Judge
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This article was published 10/02/2023 (967 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A 34-year-old Westman woman was told she has some “hard work” ahead of her during a Monday court appearance in Brandon, where she pleaded guilty to assault, fraud and vehicular theft all within the span of six months.
Because of these charges, including her failure to appear in court in the spring of 2022, Roxanne Shingoose was given a 200-day sentence, which means she has to spend another 18 days behind bars as of Monday due to the time she has already served in custody.
On April 1, 2022, Brandon police were called to Walmart after hearing reports of a theft and assault.
Further investigation revealed Shingoose stole around $187 worth of merchandise from Walmart and punched a loss prevention officer in the face several times as she left the store.
The loss prevention officer sustained a bloody nose and laceration above their left eye.
Shingoose was located at the southwest corner of the shopping complex and arrested by police, although the theft charge was later dropped.
While Shingoose was eventually released from custody, she didn’t stay out of trouble for long.
In early May, Shingoose was caught cashing cheques that had been stolen from a parked truck on April 28.
She used one of the stolen cheques to send another individual $480, while she received $450 in her Scotiabank account through another cheque.
Then, in fall, Shingoose was found operating two motor vehicles that had been reported stolen by their respective owners.
The first of the vehicles was taken from the Provincial Exhibition building parking lot on Sept. 27, although the owner was able to track its location digitally.
Police spotted the stolen vehicle heading westbound on Maple Avenue, with Shingoose behind the wheel.
Even though she was released on conditions, she was found to be in possession of another stolen vehicle in the early morning of Oct. 11.
The truck, a grey 2014 GMC Sierra, was taken from the 200 block of 12th Street the previous evening, although police located it in the 100 block of Rosser Avenue East several hours later.
Defence lawyer Bob Harrison told the court a lot of his client’s illicit activity last year can be tied to her addiction to crystal meth.
Harrison said Shingoose left home at age 15 and has been on her own ever since, which has resulted in a difficult life rife with bad decisions.
While Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta was sympathetic to Shingoose’s circumstances, she told Shingoose she needs to tackle her addiction issues head-on as soon as she’s released from custody, especially if she expects to be a good role model to her seven children.
“There’s going to be a lot of hard work on your part,” Hewitt-Michta said.
“If you don’t do the hard work, and you continue to make these bad decisions, you’re just going to be spending more and more of your life sitting in jail.”
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