Jordan Jenkins was sentenced Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Public safety

‘Jail is not gonna help’: fleeing suspect makes plea to judge

Mar 14, 2023 | 12:56 PM

A man who fled from police in a stolen vehicle, at a speed twice the legal limit, has received 90 days jail and a one-year driving prohibition.

Jordan Jenkins, 24, appeared by video for his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court.

In relation to the offence that occurred last Saturday morning, guilty pleas were entered to possession of stolen property exceeding $5,000, dangerous driving and flight from police.

According to facts read in court by Crown prosecutor Gail Douglas, police were out on patrol and around 8:30 a.m., spotted a vehicle that had recently been reported stolen.

The eastbound car, a distinct looking green Oldsmobile, was soon after observed driving erratically on 15th St. W.

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“It’s driving approximately 100 km/hr in a 50 kilometre zone, departing from its lane and driving into oncoming traffic,” Douglas explained

While fleeing from police, the driver attempted to drive in reverse and also nearly missed several parked cars.

The green Oldsmobile was eventually found parked on River St. W, and the driver fled on foot but was located minutes later, hiding in a shed in the 300 block of 12th St. W.

“He blurts out ‘I’m sorry for fleeing,'” Douglas said the man told police.

The sentence represents a joint submission from lawyers and the early plea was among the factors considered.

Jenkins’s lawyer Dale Blenner-Hassett explained his client started using meth at the age of 11, and had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome.

When given the opportunity to speak, Jenkins wasted no time asking the judge if he could serve his sentence at a rehabilitation facility.

“Jail is not gonna help,” he explained, adding rehab was the only way he saw himself changing his ways.

“I’ll be doing the exact thing. I don’t have support,” he said.

Informing Jenkins he did not have the authority to decide where a sentence is served, but could make the recommendation, Judge Hugh Harradence acknowledged Jenkins’s motivation to change.

“Some of this you have to take on yourself,” he said.

At the time of the offence, Jenkins had been on probation and entered guilty pleas to a number of breach related orders including curfew and failure to attend court.

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