Estevan resident Evan Kyle Kallis was in custody in Estevan provincial court on Dec. 1, after an arrest on Nov. 20 when he was charged of theft, break and enter, breaching probation and brandishing a knife. He was represented by Legal Aid lawyer Robert Grimsrud, who told presiding Judge Karl Bazin that he did not have the disclosure available to run a show-cause hearing for his client.
Kallis said he wished to enter pleas to the charges, against the direction of Grimsrud who said he wasn't in a position to enter pleas for his client.
Kallis spoke for himself, telling Bazin, "I want to plead guilty and get it over with."
Bazin warned that the charges are serious and that a long-term jail sentence was possible. The Crown prosecutor noted that there may be new charges yet to come for the break-and-enter incident.
Bazin told Kallis, "It's not simply a matter of getting it over with. These are very serious charges. Your lawyer doesn't have the disclosure to properly deal with it."
Kallis accepted an adjournment of the matter to Dec. 8, and he was remanded until that time.
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A 14-year-old youth charged with multiple counts of arson, assault and break and enter, among others, will be back in court on June 18, 2012. Some of the arson charges are scheduled for trial on that date.
A 16-year-old male youth was also dealt with in court on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of uttering a threat, theft and breaching conditions of a previous court order. A fourth charge was stayed by the Crown.
A joint submission was made by the defence and Crown for Bazin to consider. It asked that the youth serve the remainder of his deferred custody in open custody. He was originally sentenced on Nov. 10 to deferred custody after pleading guilty to 11 counts.
The new charges came from an incident on Nov. 28 when the youth entered a local grocery store. He opened a package of Visine and put the bottle in his pocket. He then purchased a bag of chips and left the store. An individual who works at the store then followed the youth out and apprehended him. The Crown prosecutor told the court when the victim had hold of the youth, the accused became very agitated and started shaking around. The victim released the youth who then threatened to kill the victim. A call was made to police, and the youth was arrested at school. The Crown said the recent crime is disturbing because, "he has reoffended so soon after the deferred custody order." He noted that part of that original order was imposed because of uttering threats of death. As a sentence for the new charges, Bazin ordered an additional 30 days of open custody for the 16-year-old. His order is for two-thirds of the sentence in custody and the rest in supervision. In total, he will serve 68 days in custody and 34 days under supervision.
A second youth was in custody during proceedings last Thursday. The 16 year-old male had breached a curfew and was arrested. There was some discussion about his release, but it was noted to the judge that the youth had been kicked out of his home and there was no place for him to go. The youth worker told Bazin that the youth's brother, who is one year older, was moving into his own residence. The brother has a criminal record as well.
"I wouldn't approve those two together," said Bazin, adding that in these cases, the youth would have to live in a residence approved by the youth worker.
The 16-year-old was remanded in custody and will next appear on Dec. 8.
In court proceedings from Monday, a trial was scheduled for Devin Myles Glasser, who is charged with sexual interference. The matter was adjourned because there was no counsel appointed to handle cross examination of the victim. Glasser is representing himself, but because of the nature of the charges, he is not permitted to cross-examine the victim, so court-appointed counsel is supposed to do that for him. Glasser was supposed to find a lawyer who would do that, but he didn't know that was his responsibility. He said there was also some disclosure that he was seeking that he hasn't been able to acquire. The trial was rescheduled for June 25.
