After the Arrest

At the time of the arrest, Reggie was hitting "rock bottom".  In addition to the arrest, his addiction had almost been fatal a few times with overdoses in the past year; he had crashed his car; his business had failed; and hit was taking a serious toll on the family.

Reggie was given a trial date after being arraigned in Provincial Court.  The most likely outcome of his probable conviction would be a sentence to two years or less in Sleepy Hollow Provincial Correctional Facility, according to his lawyer, and common experience of similar cases.  The attorney was able to get the trial date pushed out until the following May, and then ultimately for June 26, 1998.

Reggie's parents arranged for Bail, and Reggie was released, but with the contingency of having to attend Addiction Treatment, first at Lonewater Farm, in New Brunswick, and then at Talbot House, a Provincial Addiction Treatment Center and "Half-way House".  Reggie enrolled in the Treatment Program in the months prior to his court date, and would be essentially free to come and go, but had to stay mainly at Talbot House during his treatment period.

The following are the pre-sentence documents submitted to the Court: