Georgetown man given probation for punching police officer in face

Perhaps it was a case of too many cooks in the kitchen.

Only those who were there will ever know for sure. Them and the police.

Charlottetown City Police were called recently to a city residence to address a noisy party complaint. Upon their arrival they found no less than seven males engaged in a fight in the kitchen of the residence.

Police broke up the fight and began to escort the men in question out of the house.

One male, however, decided he didn't want to leave.

Daniel Reginald MacIntyre, age 19, of Georgetown, tried to make his way back into the party. When a police officer tried to prevent him from doing so MacIntyre punched the officer in the face.

He was immediately taken into custody and subsequently charged with assaulting a police officer, a charge he pleaded guilty to Thursday in provincial court.

Chief Judge John Douglas placed MacIntyre on probation for 12 months.

During that time MacIntyre must write a letter of apology to the officer, perform 10 hours of community service work, and, if his probation officer deems it necessary, undergo assessment, counselling and treatment, if required, for his use of alcohol and/or any other underlying issues that might have contributed to the commission of the offence.

His parting remarks to police that night were "I love you guys."

The court was told MacIntyre was highly intoxicated that night and has little memory of the events that transpired. He was brought up to speed on the night's events the next day by his friends.

Kimberly Dawn Wood, 31, of Charlottetown, was sentenced to four days in the provincial correctional institute after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driving. She was also fined $1,000 and ordered to pay a $150 victims of crime surcharge.

On the night in question, Wood was driving on the wrong side of the road and struck a parked car.

Total damage to the two vehicles was estimated at just over $2,000.

The court was told Wood was abusive to police when she was stopped and that her blood/alcohol level at the time was almost three times the legal limit.

Wood's defence counsel she was embarrassed by the events of the night in question and was genuinely remorseful for her actions.

Wood has little memory of anything that happened that night after she started drinking.

Counsel said she had no intention of driving that night and gave her keys to the bartender on duty but that when he went off duty another bartender came on duty and that bartender gave her keys backs.

Matthew Michael Wadden, 19, of Charlottetown, was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay a $150 victims of crime surcharge after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driving.

Sentence has been suspended in the case of Shane Ernest Ellis, age 18, of Cornwall, who pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of stolen property.

Douglas placed Ellis on probation for 12 months, during which time he is to perform 50 hours of community service work.

If his probation officer deems it necessary, Ellis must undergo assessment, counseling and treatment, if required, for his use of alcohol and/or drugs and/or any other underlying issues.

Ellis was charged after he was found in possession of $501.31 taken from a series of parked cars.

Sentence has been suspended in the case of Garnet B. MacGuigan, 52, of Charlottetown, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a wallet from the Dollaroo store.

MacGuigan has been placed on probation for 12 months. The wallet had a value of $7.88.