A pre-sentence report has been ordered, before a young Sudbury man who uncharacteristically engaged in violent behaviour against police and strangers is sentenced.
Matthew MacDonald, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault, aggravated assault and resisting arrest following an incident last August.
MacDonald, who had never been in trouble with the law before, admitted to pushing a stranger through a large glass window causing serious damage, assaulting another stranger and acting aggressively toward police when they arrived on the scene.
Justice William Fitzgerald ordered a pre-sentence report after defence counsel Craig Fleming said these acts were out of character and a report would be of great assistance in informing the court about the circumstances which may have caused his client to act as he did last Aug. 12.
Assistant Crown attorney Guy Roy told the court MacDonald?s problems started when he visited a Minnow Lake convenience store demanding to use the phone.
The owner declined because of MacDonald?s aggressive behaviour.
MacDonald got very angry and kicked a glass door open. He slammed the door to the store three times and then shoved the store owner several times when he confronted him, said Roy.
The store owner contacted police, but they didn?t arrive until MacDonald got into much more trouble.
He again displayed aggressive behaviour when civilians tried see what the problems was.
When police tried to handcuff MacDonald, he broke free and ran away and police had to chase him.
MacDonald ran towards the two civilians who had stopped and a scuffle ensued resulting in MacDonald ?bodychecking? one of the men through a large pane of glass at the convenience store where the trouble began.
The two officers assisted the man who had blood gushing from one of his arms.
The man needed 50 stitches at hospital to close the wound, he severed two arteries and suffered a deep muscle cut near one elbow and needed almost two hours of surgery to repair the damage, said Roy.
The teen is now under treatment for some psychological problems and the pre-sentence report should clear up exactly what happened, said Fleming.
MacDonald will be sentenced in August.
