Woman who cashed counterfeit cheques jailed

Danielle Kristen Hunter deals with offences committed more than four years ago in Ontario

A 29-year-old woman who committed crimes in Ontario has finally dealt with them more than four years later in P.E.I. where she was sentenced recently to eight days in jail.

Danielle Kristen Hunter, who has lived in P.E.I. for about three years, appeared before Chief Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown where she pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, two counts of fraud and two counts of failing to attend court.

The charges stem from incidents in London, Ont., in 2015 and 2016 that were originally going to be dealt with in a manner that would have left Hunter without convictions.

Instead, the court heard Hunter missed two court dates in Ontario and didn’t deal with the matters.

Reading from an agreed statement of facts, Crown attorney Lisa Goulden told the court Hunter defrauded Money Mart in 2015 by going to two locations in London where she cashed cheques. The cheques were payable to Hunter from a retirement community where she claimed she had just started working.

Goulden said both cheques, which had a total value of $1,854.02, were later determined to be counterfeit.

Hunter’s theft charges related to two times she stole from Walmart with an accomplice in 2016.

The court heard one theft involved $219 worth of items and the other involved Hunter stealing motor oil valued at $54.51.

In sentencing Hunter, Orr followed a joint recommendation from the defence in P.E.I. and the Crown in

Ontario.

Orr gave Hunter credit of eight days for time spent in custody leaving her nothing more to serve.

Hunter will be on probation for one year and must perform 60 hours of community service. She must also pay $1,854.02 in restitution.