Man charged with multiple offences after being attacked with knife
By Delon Shurtz on November 4, 2021.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Talk about adding insult to injury.The injury to Tristan Scott Stolk occurred just before 8 p.m. Sept. 25 while he was smoking drugs behind the Henderson Ice Centre on Mayor Magrath Drive South. Two men approached him, and one of the men sprayed him in the face with bear spray and grabbed his bag. The other man slashed him with a knife before both men fled.
Police were notified by a civilian who reported that a man had shown up at the skateboard park nearby, and his arm was cut open to the bone. Stolk was taken to the hospital and treated.
Police returned to the skate park and found weapons belonging to Stolk, including a knife and a baton, as well as sunglasses, a cellphone, and a bike, all of which were seized by police.
The insult occurred after police charged Stolk with possession of stolen property under $5,000, after they discovered the bicycle Stolk claimed was his, was actually stolen.
Stolk, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court and was sentenced to 15 days in jail. He also pleaded guilty to charges of failing to attend court and breaching probation and was sentenced to an additional 21 days in jail. He was given credit, however, for the equivalent of 15 days spent in pre-trial custody, leaving 21 days to serve.
Stolk, who Lethbridge lawyer Vincent Guinan explained has a “crippling addiction to methamphetamines,” returns to court today to address additional breach charges, as well as charges of resisting a peace officer, carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of stolen property under $5,000.
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