A man who was caught fencing jewellery stolen from Riverside residences will be spending 90 days behind bars on weekends.
Neil Lanos appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, April 13. He pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000.
In December of last year, there were three residential break-ins in the Riverside area. On January 4, Lanos was identified selling jewellery and coinage taken from the break-in to Abern Coins in Calgary. He received $1,357. When police discovered the evidence Lanos admitted he sold the jewellery, he said he bought the merchandise cheap from someone else. he acted with willful blindness and should have known it was stolen.
This incident happened while Lanos was serving a conditional sentence order for drug charges and he was charged for breaching the order.
Lanos was sentenced to 90 days in jail to be served intermittently, commencing April 20. He was also sentenced to one-year probation in which he will be bound by a curfew.