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Break-in nets jail termA break-in at the Shoal River Indian Band hall, which has been a popular target for thieves, has led to a five-month jail term for a resident of that reserve.Crown attorney Brian Wilford told Dauphin court Garry Stevens deserved a substantial jail term.He said the frequent break-ins and thefts at the hall calls out for stronger penalties against people caught for those offences.Stevens’ counsel, Eric Irwin, said his client knew he would be facing a jail term of three to six months.Wilford said Stevens was part of a group of people who broke into the hall around 1 p.m. on July 19.The hall was entered by smashing through a boarded-up window. Once inside, Stevens entered a canteen area by breaking a hole in a gyproc wall, Wilford said.Stevens and other people from the group then filled three garbage bags with over $650 of food, snacks, and other items.Wilford said that when arrested, Stevens told police he had been drinking and had no reason for breaking into the hall.Before asking for a substantial jail term for Stevens, Wilford cited a previous case in which a man, who had no prior convictions, received two months in jail for a break-in at the hall. An appeal of that sentence was dismissed.In comparison to that case, Wilford noted Stevens has prior convictions for mischief, armed robbery, and break and enter.Irwin told the court his client had been drinking the night of the break-in.Irwin suggested the Shoal River community has the least opportunities of any reserve within the Dauphin court’s jurisdiction. He asked Peters to consider those factors when sentencing Stevens.Before the sentencing, Peters suggested the reserve has to do something to clean up its act.
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Dauphin Herald
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Mar 03, 1987
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