By Taylor MacPherson

Man sentenced for homemade Taser

Jul 20, 2017 | 2:00 PM

A man caught with a crude but functional homemade stun gun was handed a six-month sentence this morning by a Prince Albert judge.

Darcy Kyle Herman, of La Loche, was arrested with the improvised shock weapon Dec. 6, 2016. Crown prosecutor Elizabeth Addabor said Herman was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by police on 15th St. W. for a standard documentation and sobriety check, and was found to have several outstanding warrants for his arrest. When the officer removed Herman from the vehicle and placed him in handcuffs, she said he noticed an unusual object on the car floor.

“In plain view on the floor where Herman was sitting was a homemade Taser,” she said.

According to Addabor the officer tested the weapon and found it to be functional, creating an electrical current between two metal prongs protruding from one end of the device.

Police in Prince Albert became quite familiar with homemade shock weapons during December and January. In a period of less than 30 days Prince Albert Police and RCMP seized three homemade devices. In a January interview, RCMP Sgt. Lyle Korczak said the seizures were “very rudimentary” but still concerning to police and potentially dangerous to the users.

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This morning Herman pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon or device. He also pleaded guilty to unrelated charges of motor vehicle theft, obstructing justice by providing a false name to police and numerous breaches of court-ordered conditions and failures to attend court.

Based on a joint submission by the Crown and defence, Herman was sentenced to six months in custody on all the charges against him, and was fined $1,500. Given credit for the time he has already spent in custody, Herman was left with just 39 days to serve.

Taylor.macpherson@jpbg.ca

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