Sharbot Lake Criminal Court

Henderson man pleads guilty to possession of a weapon while prohibited

David Sillars pled guilty to one charge of possession of a weapon while prohibited from doing so. A charge of mischief under $5,000 against him was dropped by the Crown. Two further charges under the hunting and fishing act will be dealt with at a later date. In terms of sentencing for the weapons related charge, a pre-sentence report will be prepared and Sillars will return on June 15 for sentencing.

Mr. Sillars also has an appeal pending for a conviction in another jurisdiction, which is expected to take place in the fall of 2020, his lawyer said.

“Once that date is set, which should be in the spring, we will be in a position to deal with the other charges in this court,” Sillars lawyer told Judge Griffin.

In summarising the case, the Crown said that a neighbour of Sillars came upon him, on December 4th, 2019, on what they thought was their property. They saw that he was carrying a crossbow, with a scope on it. He apparently claimed he was using the crossbow to “play GI Joe” and not for hunting. The neighbour took a video at the scene. When police attended at Sillars’ home after the neighbour reported the incident to them, they found a crossbow, but it did not match the video. Sillars later called police and said he had the Crossbow that was in the video, but that it belonged to a friend and not him. Both Crossbows are in the possession of police at this time. Police have also determined that Sillars was not on the neighbour’s land when they met up, but on Crown land.

Mr. Sillars was banned from obtaining or possessing weapons in 2007. The Crown proceeded summarily in the case, limiting the potential consequences.

Ongoing

Sasha Baillargeon, charged with failure to comply with a court order, which was to stay away from her mother, will return to court on March 16.

Shelly Myers and Kathleen Vanalstine, both charged with ‘theft under $5,000’, will return on March 16. The hope is that they will both have satisfied the conditions of a diversion program by then and will have the charge withdrawn.

Dustin Sweet, and Suzy Wickens, both charge with possession of stolen property, will return on April 6, on the expectation that the principal defendant in the case, Dustin’s father Wayne, will have his case settled by then and the Sharbot Lake case will be able to proceed.

Mark Thomas, charged with ‘failure to comply with court ordered conditions’, will return on April 6.