A Drumheller man was sentenced to two years after pleading guilty to charges that include possession of a prohibited weapon and assaulting a peace officer.
Khoda Sullivan made his pleas in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, July 16.
The court heard Drumheller RCMP were patrolling in the rural vicinity on January 23, 2019. They were searching for a stolen vehicle using OnStar.
The officer pulled into a vacant rural residence and identified Sullivan near the vehicle. He was wearing a face covering, a ball cap, and a backpack. Sullivan saw the police and ran towards a nearby Nissan Ultima.
The officer moved to intercept and was engaged with Sullivan as he was getting into the Nissan and dropped his backpack. He started to drive away, dragging the officer. The car struck the police cruiser, and the officer fell off. He was as uninjured.
It was later discovered the Nissan was stolen from Red Deer eight days previous. In the backpack was a sawed-off shotgun.
Sullivan has an extensive record dating back to 2004 and is currently serving a two and half year sentence imposed in 2019. he has been taking steps to heal and continue his education while incarcerated.
He was sentenced globally to two years consecutive to the sentence he is currently serving. He will also face a lifetime ban on weapons and a one-year driving prohibition upon release.

After a 16 month break from performing, Rob Shapiro and Darren Gunowsky of JayWalker returned to the stage with a vengeance culminating with some fun performances at the Calgary Stampede.
The live music industry has been in a rut due to COVID-19, but there was a respite when things began to reopen. JayWalker has taken full advantage.
“Our new band JayWalker played the Nashville North tent on the grounds and the King Eddy, which is part of the National Music Center on 9th ave, what an amazing place,” Shapiro tells the Mail. “So not surprisingly, the 16-month break from stages was the worst, so to get back playing in front of live audiences was what we all needed and made us all appreciate what we do. We soaked it all in, and it was over too quick but there are more shows to come.”
While they weren’t on stage, they weren’t resting on their laurels either. JayWalker released “Kicking Back on a Sunday” before the pandemic struck, and a couple of months ago followed it up with “Drawing a Blank.”
“Yes, we have a bunch of new JayWalker music. The current single is called “Drawing a Blank,” it’s on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube. There is an EP we are working through now. Darren, lead vocals and guitar just sent me a new song he was working on, so we will work through that one this week,” he said.
They will be shooting a video this summer for “Drawing a Blank,” and it should be released shortly.
Through COVID, they kept working on their music, but it wasn’t the same.
“We did manage to write songs during the break but truly did not care for the break from touring as we could not be in the same room to write songs as we usually do. We did it virtually however on Zoom and Teams and made do but there is no substitute for writing in the same room, call me old-fashioned,” he said.
Even if he is admittedly old-fashioned, they have embraced social media.
“It’s quite a commitment keeping them up to date, but we have a schedule, and we try to keep on it with new content on what we are up to, we just did a cooking show which was pretty funny, it’s on our YouTube, and other socials. Search JayWalkerCountry and watch us make authentic Italian pizza from Rome Italy when we were touring a few years back, it’s spectacular,” Shapiro said.
“That is important to us as we want people to be able to hear and see us online as much as live, so we can’t wait to get that done and share it on our socials.”
JayWalker just signed with the Sakamoto Agency who is the CCMA agency and talent buyer of the year. Their roster includes Aaron Goodvin, Washboard Union, Nice Horse, and Now JayWalker.