A man whose arrest in April was captured on video and caused a social media sensation in North Battleford has been sentenced to four years in custody minus remand time for several counts.
Randall Christopher Nicotine, age 30, was at North Battleford Provincial Court Oct. 20.
He was convicted of four counts of assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting arrest and two breach of probation charges.
Nicotine also admitted several of the offences were for the benefit of a criminal organization, considered an aggravating factor in sentencing.
He had already served six months remand time and was credited nine months in sentencing, which means his sentence has three years and three months left to run.
Nicotine is the individual arrested April 4 in a takedown at an intersection on 100th Street in North Battleford. The takedown had been captured on the dash cam of a passing motorist.
Nicotine had existing warrants against him at the time, and had been the subject of a number of complaints to police that weekend.
According to police, members of Battlefords RCMP located the suspect and attempted to arrest him, but the suspect fled on a bicycle. After a brief foot chase, the suspect was apprehended.
The video footage from the scene was later obtained by police for investigative purposes. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq_CCtgQu0k)
The RCMP has thanked the community for the support received while attempting to apprehend Nicotine, and for supporting the ongoing investigations.
