A man was sentenced to 15 days in jail, plus five days in default of a victim fire surcharge for a number of charges, including taking money from a customer's car at Canadain Tire.
Mattias Rivard appeared in provincial court in Drumheller via closed circuit television on Friday, December 23. He pleaded guilty to a number of charges including theft under $5,000 and possession of identification documents.
On February 18, 2021, at 4:10 a.m. two individuals in a white Jetta entered the Canadian Tire parking lot and broke into a customer's car. They stole items and $400 cash.
On February 19, 2021, at 2:59 a.m. there was a report of a white Jetta in a ditch near Three Hills.
When police ran the licence plate they found the car was stolen. The occupants were sleeping. Police approached the vehicle and arrested the two occupants for being in a vehicle without the owner's consent.
Rivard was put in the cruiser and a search revealed four pieces of government identification that did not belong to him.
The Crown and defence agreed to a global sentence of 15 days, plus a victim fine surcharge of $600. He was given pretrial custody credit of nine days, leaving six to be served. He also consented to five days consecutive to satisfy the victim's fine surcharge.