Man gets 30 days for mischief after angrily kicking a semi-truck

It was 30 days time served for a man charged with mischief after attacking a semitruck in Bow Island.

Mark Woodcock pled guilty Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse to two of the charges arising from a June 2 incident, where RCMP responded to an altercation after a semi-truck forced a blue car off the road at an intersection at Bow Island.

Two men — including Woodcock, who was a passenger in the car — got out of the vehicle and started kicking the semi-truck.

Woodcock failed to produce the release documents he was required to carry with him at all times when police arrived.

He has been in custody since the incident, with a joint submission between the Crown and defence being time served.

BB gun mischief

A $500 fine, plus restitution, was the sentence for a Medicine Hat woman who shot a BB gun at a man’s car, and in the process hit his neighbour’s vehicle.

Crystal Delainey pled guilty to mischief and having a weapon dangerous to the public peace for the incident which took place on May 10.

Alcohol was a factor that evening, with duty counsel telling the court that a friend of Delainey’s had been treated poorly by the man, and so in a “moment of weakness” she made this “silly decision.” Delainey was co-operative with police following her arrest, and has since written an apology letter, and also paid $2,155 in restitution.

BB gun shooting spree

One of three men facing extensive mischief charges after multiple vehicles were damaged from BB gun shots had a brief court appearance.

Defence counsel for Kyle Dick requested an adjournment to July 12, as there are discussions for resolution, with the Crown getting together the amount needed for restitution.

Dick, alongside Brayden Beauchesne, both 19, were charged in April alongside a youth, after residents in both Medicine Hat and Redcliff reported a vehicle with several occupants shooting BB guns at vehicles. At least 20 vehicles in both Medicine Hat and Redcliff were vandalized.

Child luring

New legal counsel has been secured for a Medicine Hat man who pled guilty to child luring, but then denied culpability for the crime.

Lawrence Evans appeared by CCTV from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre briefly Wednesday, with an agent for his new counsel adjourning until July 11 in Courtroom 7.

Evans pled guilty in March to child luring, and signed an agreed statement of facts over the incidents where he allegedly contacted an 11year-old Medicine Hat girl over social media, and attempted to meet with her. A presentencing report was ordered at the time, and sentencing date set, but when this date arrived last week, the presentencing report found that despite the guilty plea, Evans was not admitting his culpability.

This led to his counsel withdrawing from the record, and Evans having to seek a new lawyer.

While Evans had been on release, the judge ordered the be taken into custody.

With a new lawyer secured, Evans could seek to have the guilty plea withdrawn, or proceed with sentencing.