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Threats, theft and jail time

Sii Ashoona, 20, of Cape Dorset was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 months in jail after pleading guilty to uttering threats, obstructing justice and breaking and entering.

Ashoona was following a female relative around Cape Dorset on Dec. 13, 2001. When the woman spun around to confront Ashoona, he called her a "rat." He warned her to be afraid of drug dealers and suggested he was one. The court never heard why he uttered the remarks.

Two weeks later, in a separate incident, Ashoona interrupted a police chase by giving a suspect a ride on his snowmobile. The man is alleged to have doused his home with gasoline and threatened to light a match. Ashoona’s lawyer, Andy Mahar, said his client had no knowledge of the gasoline incident but said Ashoona picked up the male knowing the police were chasing him.

On Feb. 25, Ashoona broke into the storage room belonging to the Polar Lodge at about 8 p.m. An employee found Ashoona slicing into a cardboard box of liquor bottles. Ashoona offered the employee half of the liquor order not to call police. The employee declined the offer.

On Feb. 27, Ashoona was arrested for failing to attend court. He was found in possession of a stolen snowmobile headlight at the time of his arrest.

While remanded in the RCMP cells in Cape Dorset, Ashoona grew agitated and told an officer, "You better be ready to die."

Crown lawyer John Solski asked for an 18-month sentence.

"What’s it going to take to make you grow up?" asked judge Beverly Browne, noting the federal time Ashoona recently served for another crime.

"You’ve been to one of the worst places and yet you still got into trouble ... I wish I knew the magic words to make you stay out of trouble."

Ashoona has been in custody since Feb. 27.

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