A man who pled guilty to disqualified driving was handed an $800 fine in Ponoka provincial court on Friday, June 12.
Darren Simpson, 47, was pulled over by Ponoka RCMP on May 8 while leaving the McDonald’s parking lot with a burnt out taillight.
The officer discovered Simpson was a suspended driver from several years ago who had never taken the proper steps to get his license back.
Breach of probation leads to sentencing
A man who has been in breach of his probation since 2012 was finally sentenced to pay a $500 fine.
Donald Wilson was convicted on Oct. 12 2012 by Judge W. Andreassen and handed 90 days in custody plus an 18-month probation for a fraud offense.
A term of the probation had Wilson paying $16,917 in restitution.
As of April 12 2013, Wilson was not working steadily but by that August he was employed again and made his first payment of $2,000.
On Oct. 22 of that year, Wilson said he was making more moves to pay restitution but when nothing changed he said he had asked his brother to make a payment and he just must have forgot. However, by Dec. 11 no new payment had been made.
Wilson had only paid $2,000 out of the total and was supposed to have half of it paid by that point.
Shortly before his June 12 2015 court date Wilson finished paying the remaining balance.
He has a previous criminal record with similar convictions.