A Kaslo-area man has been remanded to the care of an alcohol treatment facility while he awaits trial on several charges.
Calderon was charged Dec. 5 after a man got into an altercation with staff at the Home Hardware in Kaslo, then returned later in the day and smashed the glass in the front door of the store with an axe. With staff still in the store, the man then stuffed a jerry can of gasoline through the broken glass and set it on fire. He was confronted by a passerby, and several other men arrived soon after and doused the flames.
“The record shows violence, in the form of assaults, threatening conduct and mischief as well as one breach of a probation order,” she told the court. “I will note, however, this record is relatively brief and somewhat dated. But what is relevant is that the offences shown here seem to be reflected in the conduct we see in the file before the court here today.”
He noted Calderon also plans to sell his property near Kaslo and move permanently away when his treatment at VisionQuest ends, in about six months. Ruse noted Calderon has been out of trouble for five years, “an indication he is able to be within a community without committing a crime.” Arrangements were being made for Calderon to be immediately transferred to the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, to be picked up there by a VisionQuest representative.