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Sentencing for man whose driving while high on mushrooms prompted 50 calls to 911
The judge cited nearly 800 grams of psilocybin and about 50 emergency calls before imposing a two-year-less-a-day conditional sentence.
- The Supreme Court in British Columbia sentenced Jivat Aragon-Martinez to a conditional sentence of two years less a day on Friday after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drug possession charges from late August 2024.
- While impaired by psilocybin, Aragon-Martinez drove at excessive speeds through Grand Forks and Nelson, British Columbia, prompting about 50 calls to 911 before ramming an off-duty officer's vehicle.
- Police found nearly 800 grams of psilocybin in his backpack, and his Honda engine was "smoking and steaming" as he drove with a medical diagnosis of "substance-induced psychotic disorder."
- Residing at a recovery house in Penticton, British Columbia, Aragon-Martinez must observe a curfew as part of his conditional sentence while seeking to prove to his children he is a good man.
- Born in Mexico and a Canadian citizen since 2014, Aragon-Martinez spent 75 days at the 2022 Coutts border truck blockade before becoming "effectively homeless" following pandemic financial struggles.
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Sentencing for man whose driving while high on mushrooms prompted 50 calls to 911
NELSON - A man whose dangerous driving while high on mushrooms prompted about 50 calls to 911 before he rammed an off-duty police officer's vehicle has been sentenced in British Columbia.
·Toronto, Canada
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