Man sentenced for carrying ‘self-defence’ weapons
A man who habitually carried weapons concealed on his person and pulled a knife while in RCMP cells, was given a year’s probation this morning by a Prince Albert judge.
Jeremy Morissette, 20, was charged with several weapons-related offenses in connection with two separate incidents in which he claimed to have been carrying weapons – a knife and a pellet gun – for self-defence.
In the first incident, court heard RCMP were called to a Mistawasis residence early in the morning of July 9, 2016 for reports of several intoxicated people who had become violent at a party. Morissette was found passed out by officers, Senior Crown Prosecutor Shawn Blackman told the court, and was so intoxicated he needed to be carried into the local detachment. He was given a “quick pat-down” before being lodged in a cell along with his cousin, who had been arrested during the same incident.
The situation was not over yet, Blackman said, as officers heard a scuffle inside the cell. When the cell was opened, Morissette was held down by his cousin and brandishing a knife which police believed he had concealed in his sock.