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Article contentRyant said a member of the public provided police with video showing a porch on Larch Street that was packed with young people, including Wamboldt.Article content\u201cMr. Wamboldt is seen in the video holding a knife in his right hand,\u201d the prosecutor said. \u201cAt one point, Mr. Wamboldt nearly touches another person with the knife on the porch.\u201dArticle contentThat person, a young man, was interviewed by police. He told them Wamboldt was waving the knife around \u201clike a crazy person.\u201dArticle contentHe said that when he asked Wamboldt if he was OK, Wambolt replied that he was better than OK and \u201cstarted screaming like a madman.\u201dArticle contentRyant said that at another point in the video, Wamboldt\u2019s knife comes close to a young woman\u2019s leg.Article contentThe videos were played in court during the sentencing hearing.Article contentRyant said the terms of the conditional discharge would meet the primary sentencing objectives of denunciation and deterrence while also assisting with Wamboldt\u2019s rehabilitation and ensuring he never engages in such \u201creckless\u201d conduct again.Article contentArticle contentWamboldt graduated from high school, has some post-secondary education and works in the construction industry.Article contentBoutet said the incident happened about two years after his client was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of severe bullying.Article contentHe urged the judge to accept the proposed sentence, which he said would help Wamboldt \u201cheal from his past and move on and essentially never be in front of the court again.\u201dArticle contentWamboldt told Simmons he was sorry for wasting the court\u2019s time.Article content\u201cI just want to apologize for any hurt or harm that could have been caused to the community,\u201d he said.Article contentThe judge said the behaviour she saw on the videos was \u201cdisturbing.\u201dArticle content\u201cYou just looked totally out of control on the video, completely different than the young man who\u2019s speaking with me right now,\u201d Simmons said.Article content\u201cI agree,\u201d Wamboldt replied.Article contentArticle contentShe encouraged Wamboldt to be honest with himself about whether he should drink alcohol.Article content\u201cSome people drink alcohol and fall asleep in the corner,\u201d the judge said. \u201cOther people drink alcohol and they become funny, the life of the party. And yet others drink alcohol and they turn into different people, and they just shouldn\u2019t consume alcohol.\u201dArticle contentWhile on probation, Wamboldt must perform 50 hours of community service and participate in counselling for mental health issues, substance abuse and gambling addiction as directed by his probation officer.Article contentHe is prohibited from possessing any weapons and can only use a knife for food preparation or consumption, or in the immediate course of his employment.Article contentSimmons said Homecoming is \u201ca happy tradition.\u201dArticle content\u201cBut Homecoming with that number of people behaving in that fashion in residential areas of our city is not a happy tradition,\u201d she said.Article contentShe said the sentence should send a message to Wamboldt and others \u201cthat there will be a consequence for this sort of behaviour, and it will be in the context of the criminal justice system.Article content\u201cThe administration of justice takes this very seriously.\u201dArticle content<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Brunswick man handed conditional discharge for brandishing knife during 2022 Halifax street party Article contentRyant said a member of the public provided police with video showing a porch on Larch Street that was packed with young people, including Wamboldt.Article content\u201cMr. Wamboldt is seen in the video holding a knife in his right hand,\u201d the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":7593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,590,1],"tags":[116,589],"class_list":["post-7592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-newfoundland-and-labrador","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}