Shane McRoy Smith, 44, of Fenton's Drive, Pembroke pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to entering nine buildings in Pembroke, Devonshire and Smith's as a trespasser between June 26 and Aug. 29 and causing unlawful damage to three while stealing property valued at a total of $5,690.
The goods ranged from cigarettes and cash to lighters, air freshener and phone cards taken from C-Mart, Noah's Ark, Van Buren's gas station in Flatts, Serpentine Liquors, HWP gas station on St. John's Road, and the Empire Grocery.
He asked for seven similar crimes to be taken into consideration.
Senior Crown Counsel Carrington Mahoney, citing Mr. Smith's lengthy record of similar convictions, asked the court to commit the defendant to the Supreme Court for sentencing.That would expose Mr. Smith to a maximum of 10 years in jail instead of the five available in the lower court.
"They were drug induced," Mr. Smith said of his crimes when asked by magistrate Tyrone Chin.He identified heroin as his drug of addiction.When Mr. Chin suggested drug court, Mr. Smith said that he wasn't eligible because of the attempted murder conviction.The magistrate nonetheless directed that the defendant attend drug court today as an observer, remanded him in custody and also set a sentencing date of September 16 pending pre-sentence reports.
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