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The court imposed a 21-month custodial sentence and three years' probation for multiple residential break and enters, balancing denunciation with the offender's addiction issues.
The defendant was sentenced for multiple counts of residential break and enter.
The court imposed a 21-month custodial sentence (net 15 months and 10 days after pre-sentence custody credit) followed by three years probation.
The sentence balanced denunciation and public protection with the defendant's personal circumstances, including her late-onset criminal activity (beginning at age 49-50), underlying heroin addiction, and lack of prior record before 2007.
The court rejected a conditional sentence as inappropriate given the number of residences involved and the serious impact on victims.
Probation conditions included non-association orders, geographic restrictions, mandatory substance abuse and counselling programs, restitution obligations, weapons prohibition, and DNA sampling.
Victim surcharges of $1,000 were imposed with five years to pay.
A 90-day jail sentence was imposed for public mischief causing wrongful incarceration.
The defendant was convicted of Public Mischief after falsely reporting to police that she was being extorted and threatened with death by the victim.
The defendant fabricated the allegations to explain missing casino funds.
Her false reports resulted in the victim's arrest and 42-day pre-trial detention, which caused significant harm to his business and livelihood.
At sentencing, the court balanced the defendant's difficult personal circumstances and lack of criminal history against the serious nature of the offence and its impact on the victim and the justice system.
The court imposed a custodial sentence of 90 days followed by two years' probation, rejecting a conditional sentence despite the defendant's mitigating factors due to the need for denunciation of conduct that undermines the integrity of the justice system.
