MOOSE JAW — Calgary resident Jirard Stacey Saddleback will spend nearly 12 years in federal prison for an incident from 2022 that included possessing drugs and firing a gun at Moose Jaw police.
Saddleback, 34, appeared in Moose Jaw’s Court of King’s Bench on Sept. 25, where Justice D.L. Dawson imposed an 11-and-a-half-year sentence — or about 4,198 days — on him. She credited him with 1,004 days spent on remand, which means he will have to serve 3,194 days or about 8.7 years.
As part of a joint submission between the defence and Crown, Saddleback pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm with the intent to resist arrest, assaulting an office by threatening with a firearm, possessing a restricted firearm without a licence, and breaching a firearms prohibition order.
He also pleaded guilty to possessing 848 grams of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking and for possessing property — $6,620 in Canadian dollars — obtained by crime over $5,000.
Dawson also imposed on Saddleback a mandatory DNA order and a lifetime firearm ban.
On Oct. 22, 2022, while surveilling a residence on the 800 block of 4th Avenue Northwest and preparing to execute a search warrant, police observed Saddleback jumping out of a window.
Saddleback fled when officers confronted him. While being pursued, he drew a firearm from his person and fired one round in the direction of the officers.
Meanwhile, while conducting a search of Saddleback’s residence, other police heard multiple gunshots within a block of their location. Officers immediately surrounded the area and then heard another gunshot on the 300 block of Ross Street West.
Following negotiations with Saddleback, he finally surrendered and was arrested without incident and taken into police custody.
After the arrest, police discovered and seized 848 grams of methamphetamine and $6,620 of Canadian currency that Saddleback had in his possession.
