Man sentenced for missing weekend jail
A man who showed up late for his weekend jail sentence won’t have to worry about his schedule any time soon.
Jeffery Litwin, of Prince Albert, was sentenced to 90 days in custody on July 11 but was given permission to serve his sentence on weekends. He showed up for the first weekend, Crown prosecutor Gail Douglas said, but failed to report on time the next week and was declared unlawfully at large. Douglas said Litwin managed to elude the authorities for nearly two months before a city police officer recognized him on the street and gave chase.
Douglas said Litwin, who was riding a bicycle, led multiple police vehicles on a low-speed chase and narrowly missed colliding with a police car before eventually giving up and surrendering.
“He didn’t go gently,” Douglas said. “It wasn’t a particularly easy arrest.”