One of the men arrested in a bait car theft earlier in April pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to six months in prison.
Jordan Daniel Plamondon, 27, was arrested the afternoon of April 3 after he and father Shane Michael Smith, 44, stole a bait car in south Nanaimo and were arrested near Grouhel Road in Ladysmith, when police cut power to the engine. According to Nanaimo RCMP, a motorcycle found in the truck’s bed had been stolen from Sooke on March 26.
It was stated during the sentencing Tuesday, April 24, that Plamondon had 23 convictions and RCMP referred to him as a prolific offender in a press release.
Plamondon was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while disqualified, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and breach of a probation order. He pleaded guilty to all four counts Tuesday at the courthouse in Nanaimo, receiving the six-month jail sentence.
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In addition, Plamondon will be on probation for 18 months. He will also be prohibited from driving for two years and consuming alcohol or drugs (except for prescriptions) or entering a liquor store or any place that sells liquor.
Cheyne Hodson, representing Plamondon, said his client had been one of six children raised by a single mother. He stopped attending school when he was in Grade 11 and became addicted to drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamines, which was said to be essentially the cause of his criminal behaviour.
Since being in custody, Hodson said, Plamondon has enrolled in courses hoping to further his education, is attending AA meetings and has been accepted into a gateway program to Guthrie House, a therapeutic community aimed at treatment for addiction.
Basil McCormick, Crown counsel, sought a no contact order between Plamondon and Smith, as well as a 10 p.m.-7 a.m. curfew, neither of which Judge Brian Harvey included in the sentence.
Smith sees his next day in court on May 1.
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