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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A4 A 4 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 COURTS winnipegfreepress. com WE'RE THERE FOR YOU COMMUNITY PROFILE WD Industrial Group ICP Team- Paul Gosselin, Gabe Dorge, Colleen Riddoch and Danny Peaselee Derksen Plumbing and Heating Black and McDonald Team, John Olson, Rob Thain, Guy Paquette and Beau Brissette Urecon Pre Insulated Pipe Thank you to SOM Volunteers Cody and Joe Calcutt Tara Turnbull and Merle Anderson present the 4th flight Team Prize to Debbie Anderson, Shannon Thompson, Doreen Fancet and Shelley Bettun Pipestar International INC. June 3, 2015 marked the Wolseley Classic Golf tournament's 10th anniversary in support of Special Olympics Manitoba ( SOM). This year's event raised a record breaking $ 51,000. It was a beautiful, 22� sunny day and 1st place team, consisting of Justin Habing, Lance Butler, Rusty Radley and Perry Neumann took home the grand prize. 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A MANITOBA man has been sentenced to five years in prison for an extreme case of vigilante justice that ended in death. Cody Schmidt was angry about his brother getting beaten up and decided to take the law into his own hands. So he grabbed a rifle and began shooting as the culprits sped away from the scene. The results were catastrophic. Dean Unrau, 24, was shot in the head and died instantly. His 18- year- old brother, Michael, was also struck in the head but survived. Three other men escaped injury after the vehicle burst into flames - the result of a bullet hitting the gas tank. Schmidt, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault earlier this year for the January 2013 incident on Long Plain First Nation. The Crown agreed to drop charges of second- degree murder and attempted murder. He returned to court in Winnipeg Wednesday to learn his fate. The Crown was seeking a 10- year sentence. But provincial court Judge Brian Corrin agreed with Schmidt's request for a five- year penalty. Schmidt has spent nearly 31 months in custody since the incident, which Corrin gave credit of time- and- a- half. That amounts to 46 months served, leaving just 14 months remaining. Corrin applauded Schmidt for " his very evident remorse" and the fact he wasn't the initial aggressor, which the judge said " may have caused him to act instinctively to protect his brother and himself against any further unprovoked attack." " The incident began with considerable provocation on the part of the victims," said Corrin. He added this greatly reduced the " moral culpability" of the accused. " He was reacting almost impulsively to an exceedingly threatening situation, one that he couldn't avoid in the overall circumstances," said Corrin. Schmidt, who has ties to the Manitoba Warriors street gang, was on bail at the time and previously convicted of drug offences. He was also under a 10- year weapons prohibition. " I wish I could take it back. It was a stupid mistake. I didn't mean for this to go down like it did," Schmidt told court. The Crown has 30 days to decide whether to appeal Corrin's decision. " The court should denounce the vigilantism in this case," prosecutor Lee Turner told court during sentencing submissions earlier this year. " The law doesn't allow a violent reaction like this to go unpunished." Family members of the victim presented impact statements in court, describing how their lives will never be the same. Unrau, a resident of Portage la Prairie, was the father of a boy who is now six. " I miss my Daddy a lot. I am sad Cody is such a mean, mean person who hurt my family. He is a mean, mean guy who doesn't care about anyone," the boy said in a victim- impact statement read aloud by his mother Wednesday. " Cody destroyed many lives. I have so much hatred and anger towards you," the woman, Kim Randall, told court in her own statement. " You're a low- life coward who couldn't face life like a man." Michael Unrau also presented a statement, saying he constantly relives the nightmare of the attack. " The pain was so intense. I had to learn how to walk again. I am haunted by my memories from that night. I felt so helpless. I can still see my brother's body collapsing," he said. Court heard how the incident began when the Unrau brothers and three other men went to Schmidt's home. Schmidt's brother was then attacked by two of the men - not the Unraus - who were armed with baseball bats. He suffered serious head injuries. As they drove away, Schmidt decided to seek revenge. Lawyers said the other men involved in the incident haven't been co- operative with police. The pair who assaulted Schmidt's brother were later charged and convicted. www. mikeoncrime. com Vigilante shooter gets 5- year term Fired at men who assaulted his brother By Mike McIntyre A Winnipeg man has admitted to dropping large rocks off a Portage Avenue overpass - hitting three vehicles below in what could have been a deadly disaster. " This is just completely reckless behaviour," Crown attorney Boyd McGill told court Wednesday. Dylan Anderson, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief for the August 2013 incident on Empress Street near Polo Park. The vehicles struck sustained more than $ 5,000 damage. No occupants were injured. " There are plenty of stories from other jurisdictions where this type of behaviour has led to people dying," said McGill. Anderson didn't have a criminal record but was dealing with anger issues while hanging out with what his lawyer said was a group of peers who were bad influences on him. " He made an incredibly stupid decision. He knows that now. He's ashamed by it," said defence lawyer Daniel Wolson. Crown and defence lawyers made a joint recommendation for a one- year suspended sentence with probation. Anderson must also pay the insurance premiums of the victims. " I'm extremely sorry for what I did. I should have known better," Anderson said Wednesday. It was just before 7 p. m. on a weekday when he struck the vehicles. " You could have shattered the windows and blinded the person, causing a car crash. People driving down Portage Avenue, or anywhere, have a right to be safe," said provincial court Judge Dale Harvey. There have been similar incidents in the province in recent years. In August, a Winnipeg woman had a rock slam into her windshield as she drove on Chief Peguis Trail under the pedestrian bridge at Gateway Road. It left a large dent on her vehicle and plenty of frayed nerves. " Someone is going to get killed," Darlene Korzinski told the Free Press at the time. The culprits ran away, and no arrests have been made. In June 2014, police charged three 13- year- old boys for throwing rocks off a Pembina Highway overpass. Four cars travelling on Bishop Grandin Boulevard were struck. There were no injuries, but the vehicles sustained damage. The case remains before the courts. Anderson isn't out of the legal woods yet. He is still pending on an unrelated incident that happened under the same bridge from where the rocks were dropped. Anderson, and four co- accused, were charged in July 2014 with terrorizing three teenagers. The victims were assaulted and robbed of money after they stopped to take pictures of Omand's Creek following an afternoon of shopping at the mall. One accused was wearing what police described as a " scary clown mask." Another referred to himself as " the slicer" or " the slitter." Charges including robbery and forcible confinement remain before the courts. www. mikeoncrime. com Rock- dropper pleads guilty By Mike McIntyre MIKE APORIUS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Three vehicles travelling on Portage Avenue were damaged when rocks were dropped on them from a bridge. A_ 04_ Jul- 23- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A4 7/ 22/ 15 9: 44: 11 PM ;