Man given fines, probation, warned about meth
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This article was published 09/07/2021 (1520 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A judge warned a man his methamphetamine use could lead him to the grave after he pleaded guilty to possessing meth on two occasions earlier this year.
Allan Sinclair pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of property obtained by crime on Thursday afternoon.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. on March 2, police stopped a black Volkswagen sedan, federal Crown attorney Daniel Manning told the court. While talking to the driver, the officer smelled cannabis from inside the car.
Police asked about the smell and Sinclair produced a dime bag of cannabis from a packet of cigarettes, Manning said.
Officers asked him to step out of the car and also found approximately 3.36 grams of a white substance in a small baggie, which Manning said was methamphetamine.
Then, on April 22 at approximately 12:51 p.m., police stopped two people after seeing them exchange money outside a beer vendor, Manning said. Police suspected it could be a case of someone buying alcohol for someone under 18 years of age.
Police stopped Sinclair and found he had an outstanding arrest warrant. During a search, officers found another small baggie of what is believed to be methamphetamine and a number of passports that didn’t belong to him.
Manning asked the judge to sentence him to fines and an 18-month supervised probation order for the second, noting police found Sinclair with meth almost back-to-back.
“If you’re found with methamphetamine on two separate occasions a couple of months apart, you’ve got a problem,” he said.
Defence lawyer Jennifer Janssens said Sinclair is candid about being a meth user and it’s something he doesn’t minimize. She said he would likely benefit from probation to get addiction counselling and connect with other resources.
Janssens also recommended a total of $800 in fines along with probation.
Sinclair, who attended the Brandon courthouse in person, apologized for taking up the court’s time and said in a soft voice he “wouldn’t mind getting some help.”
“I don’t think I need to sit here and talk to you about how terrible meth is,” Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta said to Sinclair, describing it as a “devastating” drug.
“Mr. Sinclair, it only gets worse the longer it goes on, and I’ll suggest it ends in the morgue, it ends in death. So I really hope you’re serious about getting some help, about attacking it as soon as you can.”
She sentenced him to a total of $800 in fines and a one-year suspended sentence by way of supervised probation.
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