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Man pleads guilty to forging painkiller prescription
Peter Varga Northern News Services Published Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The 41-year-old man pleaded guilty to five charges on July 27: forgery, two breaches of probation, trespassing, and intimidation. On July 30, territorial court Judge Bernadette Schmaltz delayed sentencing for one month because a statement was needed from the victim of intimidation, the man's former common-law spouse. The offender accumulated all the charges in June, starting with forgery on June 2. He forged a prescription for the painkiller Tylenol 3 onto a legitimate prescription that day, Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh said. A pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart, where the offender attempted to use the prescriptions, recognized the document had been altered and promptly called the RCMP. Police arrested him. Three days later, the man received another charge related to a probation order. On June 5 he broke an order not contact his former common-law spouse when he tracked her down at a friend's home and then refused to leave. Walsh said the offender broke the same probation order again on June 30 when he pursued his former spouse in downtown Yellowknife telling her to "drop the charges or the game is up." After entering a guilty plea on his client's behalf on July 27, defence lawyer Hugh Latimer stated the offender indicated he was intoxicated during all the incidents. "The fact that he has pleaded guilty here means a lot," said Latimer, adding that his plea was entered fairly early. "In doing so, he's showing he understands the error of his ways." Walsh stated the man "cannot use alcohol as an excuse" when breaking the law. She added his effort to forge a document, and the systematic effort required to search for the woman he victimized demonstrates "some cognitive ability" and "complete disregard for the law." Walsh requested a sentence of six to nine months for all the charges. The offender remains in jail while awaiting his sentence.
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