Court update: Sentencing in drug arrest and after threats made with firearm, preliminary hearing set in child pornography case
Sentence given in drugs, weapons arrest
Alberta Justice says a man charged in a December 2020 drugs and weapons arrest in Grande Prairie has been given a 90-day jail sentence.
Jonathan Kevin Romeo Derasp of Grande Prairie pleaded guilty to five of the 21 charges he was facing including possession of a weapon in a vehicle, contravene storage of a firearm regulations, and three more of failure to comply.
Five charges for possession for the purpose of trafficking, two other weapons counts, and nine more of failure to comply were withdrawn. Derasp had built up 90 days credit for pretrial time spent in jail