No jail time for resisting arrest

Mitchell Charles Abbott pleads guilty to three charges, including resisting three police officers at Red Shores

A P.E.I. man who hit a police officer while resisting arrest at Red Shores in Charlottetown won’t be serving any more jail time.

Mitchell Charles Abbott, 31, appeared before Chief Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown recently where he pleaded guilty to resisting three police officers.

Abbott also pleaded guilty to damaging property and breaching an undertaking.

The court heard Abbott was drinking at Red Shores despite previously being given a trespass notice.

When the police tried to escort him off the property, he resisted and hit one of the three officers.

His lawyer said Abbott didn’t know about the trespass order.

In a separate incident, Abbott punched holes in a wall at his mother’s house where he was living, saying he was trying to make an entrance to the next room. Abbott later threw something at a TV and smashed it.

He was arrested and released on an undertaking with a condition that he not go to his mother’s home.

Abbott was found sleeping in a barn on her property.

The court heard Abbott’s mother said he had bipolar disorder, but he wasn’t taking his medication for it.

Before sentencing Abbott, Orr said he needs to be on his medication or he ends up back before the court.

Orr gave Abbott a suspended sentence with 18 months of probation for resisting arrest and a total of 51 days in jail for the other two charges.

With credit for time served after his arrest, Abbott won’t spend any more time in jail.

Abbott must pay $500 in restitution or perform personal service work at a rate of $10 per hour.