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Jailed for spree \A Lethbridge man was tagged , Thursday with a threeyear jai] | sentence, the penalty for a spree of 10 break-ins and thefts with a gross take lt;of about $52,000. fRobert Kenneth Mikalson, 19 was t sentenced by provincial court Judge Martin Hoyt to three years, concurrent, on each of the 10 counts.Last month, Mikalson pleaded guilty (to the charges. Sentencing was (: tpostponed so a pre-sentence report on (Mikalson's background could be 'provided. iJudge Hoyt also ordered three years of post-jail probation for Mikalson cCourt was told Mikalsor. had a string Iof previous problems with the law. He ebad a ,‘diffieliltl, childhood, including abuse. Defence counsel suggested cMikalson was too young for a long sentence, which would indicate the ijustice system was prepared to' 'write 1off” a young man to “protect” the 1public.Judge Hoyt, called the residential \break*ins and thefts by Mikalson 1‘ ‘major criminal offences/' especially ;Lhe break-ins. lt;The judge said despite the Idifficulties in Mikalson’s upbringing, he has been before the courts many ■times and knows what's right and wrong. i
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Fri, May 12, 1989
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