Man charged in syringe assault still resolving other charges

By Lethbridge Herald on March 14, 2020.

Delon Shurtz

Lethbridge Herald
dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com

A 29-year-old man accused of spraying a security guard in the face 
with a loaded syringe continues to resolve unrelated offences while he 
waits to deal with charges stemming from the assault on the guard.
On Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court Cross Child pleaded guilty 
to a charge of breaching release conditions and shoplifting, for which 
he received a short jail sentence. Then on Friday he was sentenced to 
another three days in jail after he pleaded guilty to one count each 
of drug possession and mischief.
Last year Lethbridge police responded to a drug complaint and found 
Cross Child in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine. On 
another occasion he tried to enter the front door of the homeless 
shelter and was told to use the back door. When he arrived at the back 
door, the agitated man kicked in a window.
Cross Child was fined $450, but chose to serve the default time of 
three days in jail, which will run concurrently with a 30-day sentence 
he is already serving.
The accused is scheduled to return to court April 2 on charges of 
aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and assault with a 
weapon, stemming from the incident at the consumption site.
Just after 6 a.m. March 3 police responded to a report that a security 
guard working at the SCS in the 1000 block of 1 Avenue South had been 
assaulted by a client.
Security approached a man in the waiting area after he began to inject 
himself, and since drug use is only permitted in the consumption area, 
the security guard told the man to stop and go into the supervised 
area. The man became upset and shot the contents of the syringe — 
blood and narcotics — into the security guard’s face before he was 
taken into custody. The 22-year-old guard was treated at Chinook 
Regional Hospital and released.
Police arrested a suspect at the SCS and seized the syringe.
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