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SAINT JOHN - Man in stand-off given eight months

A federal parolee who was returned to prison to complete his sentence after a 12-hour standoff with city police on Aug. 15 and 16 will be dong some extra time behind bars. Provincial court Judge Alfred Brien ordered Stephen Anthony Gough, 43, who had barricaded himself inside a Broad Street apartment with a gun, to serve eight months consecutive to any time he is currently serving. He had pleaded guilty to a single count of carrying or using a firearm in a careless manner. The judge also imposed a 10-year firearms prohibition on Gough. No one was hurt during the standoff, with police eventually coaxing Gough to come out of the south end residence around 5:30 a.m.

Not to drive for 18 months

SAINT JOHN - Gregory Earl Scharf, 32, of Margaret Street has been handed an 18-month driving prohibition after being found guilty at trial of a single count of impaired driving by Judge Alfred Brien. Scharf was also fined $2,000 and ordered to pay a victim fine surcharge of $300. The accused had been stopped on the Courtenay Bay Causeway on Jan. 3.

Drunk woman caught driving

SUSSEX - Amanda Walton, 23, of Norton pleaded guilty to failing a breathalyser demand and was fined $1,100 and prohibited from driving for one year in Sussex provincial court on Thursday. Crown prosecutor John Henheffer said around 4 a.m. on Aug. 23 police were conducting a traffic check on the corner of Winter Street and Summer Street near The Thirsty Mule Saloon. When they checked Walton's car, they noted a strong smell of alcohol, and when they asked her to accompany them to the police cruiser, she was unbalanced and slurring her speech. Two breathalyser readings were 200 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood - which is over twice the legal limit, which prompted Judge Henrik Tonning to impose a higher fine than the standard $1,000.

Handed 15-month driving prohibition

SAINT JOHN - The fact he was convicted for the same offence back in 2002 didn't help when it came time for David Robert Murphy, 29, of Quispamsis to be sentenced by provincial court Judge Alfred Brien for operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level that exceeded the legal limit. The judge fined Murphy $1,600, ordered him to pay a victim fine surcharge of $240 and prohibited him from driving anywhere in Canada for a period of 15 months. After being observed speeding by city police around 12:20 a.m on Sept. 3, the court heard, Murphy was apprehended in the parking lot of the Atlantic Superstore on Rothesay Avenue. He blew breathalyzer samples of 160 and 140 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 mg.