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BANGOR - Campobello man released on bond

A Campobello man charged with distributing Oxycontin and aiding and abetting in the United States was released on a bond on Tuesday afternoon. A deputy clerk at the federal court in Bangor, Maine, said Matthew Stanley, 25, of Campobello, was in court Tuesday afternoon. The deputy clerk said Stanley was arrested on Oct. 9 at the Milltown and Calais border crossing by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement. According to the court Stanley pleaded guilty to the charges against him and was released on conditions to his grandmother's custody. The deputy clerk said Stanley was released to his grandmother's care in Lubec, Maine, on a deed of trust. If Stanley breaks his conditions, the clerk said his grandmother could be forced to pay $35,000.

Pulp mill enters not guilty plea

Irving Pulp and Paper Limited has been charged under the federal Fisheries Act with discharging a substance that is harmful to fish or fish habitat on Feb. 7, 2007, said acting Crown prosecutor Frank Longstaff. Defence lawyer Charles Whelly entered a not guilty plea on behalf of the company in provincial court Tuesday. No details were relayed to the court. "We're not able to comment at length (because it's before the courts)," J.D. Irving, Limited spokeswoman Mary Keith said during a telephone interview. "But when we go to the court hearing, we believe the evidence we will provide will demonstrate care and due diligence taken by the pulp mill." One week has been set aside for the trial, starting Feb. 9, 2009.

Fined $250, but avoids jail time

Marla Dawn Tingley has been fined $250 after pleading guilty to communicating for the purpose of prostitution. Normally, the charge carries a 30-day jail sentence, said provincial court Judge Anne Jeffries. "So if you are back here, be aware of that," she cautioned. But Tingley, 30, formerly of Orange Street, told the court she has stopped using crack cocaine, has moved to Moncton and has a job. "I'm trying to do some better things," she said. "Anything would be better," the judge replied. On Aug. 6, at about 7 p.m., Tingley approached an undercover police officer on Waterloo Street, Crown prosecutor Catherine McNally told the court. Tingley had no prior criminal record.

Fined, can't drive for 15 months

A 43-year-old Saint John man has been fined $1,300 and prohibited from driving for 15 months after changing his plea to guilty of failing a breathalyser. Kevin Robert Floyd, of King Street West, was also ordered to pay a $195 victim fine surcharge. The offence occurred on Sept. 25.

Nearly triple limit, fined, loses licence

Claude Joseph Gautreau has been fined $1,600 and prohibited from driving for 18 months after pleading guilty to impaired driving. Gautreau, 38, was nearly three times over the legal limit when he was stopped by police at a checkpoint at the intersection of Highway 7 and Dipper Harbour Road on Aug. 17, at about midnight. He had a breathalyser reading of 230 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 mg. Gautreau, who has a previous conviction, was also ordered to pay a $240 victim fine surcharge.