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Banned from Kings County

David Dwight Burke was back in June 23 for a bail hearing for yet again violating the terms of his probation.

Banned from Quispamsis after a May 16 court appearance, the 59-year-old is now banned from Kings County entirely. He had repeatedly violated court orders to stay away from a woman known to him in Quispamsis.

He pleaded guilty to two more counts of violating his probation and is scheduled to appear in Mental Health Court in Saint John July 18.

He was released on several conditions, the main one being that he is not allowed to be in Kings County. He was ordered to reside in Saint John and not leave the city for any reason, and he is to have no contact with the female complainant.

Threat charge withdrawn

In June 23, the Crown withdrew a charge of making death threats when Kenneth Neil Huggard, 51, of Springfield agreed to enter into a peace bond agreement.

After speaking with an Irving employee in Sussex Aug. 22 regarding his ongoing complaints against Irving forestry operations over environment and road issues, he was charged with making threats to kill the Irving children.

Huggard had originally been scheduled to go to trial on the threat charge in Sussex Provincial Court May 16 and had intended to represent himself after preparing for the trial for six months. When the trial date arrived, however, Huggard was granted an adjournment until May 29 to ensure Hampton lawyer David Lutz could represent him.

In issuing the peace bond, Judge Henrik Tonning told him that while he was entitled to his opinions, he couldn't go around saying things like that. The judge ordered Huggard to have no contact with any Irving forestry employees or any direct descendants of the Irving family.

Whereas a death threat charge is a Criminal Code of Canada offence, a peace bond agreement does not incur a criminal record.

The Kings County Record is owned by Brunswick News Inc, which is a holding of JK Irving.

Expensive shortcut

Matthew Cameron, 23, of Hampton pleaded guilty June 23 to refusing the Breathalyzer test. He was scheduled for trial that day in but decided to change his plea. He was charged Nov. 23 in Hampton after taking a shortcut at about 3 a.m. through the Hampton RCMP station's parking lot, almost hitting a police cruiser parked there.

Judge Henrik Tonning imposed a $750 fine plus a $112.50 victim fine surcharge and gave Cameron until Sept. 23 to pay the $862.50. He also prohibited him from driving for a year.

Change of plea

Reginald Wayne Girouard, 37, of Golden Grove was in June 23. Scheduled for trial for impaired driving, he changed his mind and pleaded guilty.

He was charged Dec. 8 in Quispamsis.

Judge Henrik Tonning fined him $750 plus a $112.50 victim fine surcharge and prohibited him from driving for one year.

Sentenced for impaired

Donald Murray Ryder, 59, of Rothesay pleaded guilty in June 24 to impaired driving. He was charged April 16 in Quispamsis. Police received a complaint of a possible impaired driver and gave the driver's licence plate number, which police traced.

They found him getting out of his vehicle in his driveway, observed signs of impairment and administered a roadside demand, which he failed. His Breathalyzer readings were more than twice the legal limit.

Judge Henrik Tonning issued a flat fine of $800 which he has until Oct. 21 to pay, and prohibited him from driving for one year.

Fined $800 for impaired

Dana Matthew Lamb, 28, of Kingston appeared in June 24 and decided to change his plea to guilty on an impaired driving charge.

Crown prosecutor Patrick Wilbur said police charged Lamb after responding to a call April 19 in Quispamsis complaining of a possible impaired driver.

Judge Henrik Tonning gave Lamb until Oct. 21 to pay his $800 fine and prohibited him from driving for one year. With his change in plea, the Crown withdrew one of two charges of marijuana possession and was fined $100.

Warrant issued

In June 24, Judge Henrik Tonning issued a warrant for Brandon Milne Lloyd Scott, who failed to appear in court to hear the judge's decision on his impaired driving trial.