The following is a report about a bail hearing, which means the alleged facts discussed have not yet been proven in court.
A man shot at and Tasered by police after allegedly assaulting a Metro Vancouver Transit Police officer at a Burnaby SkyTrain station in April has been denied bail after allegedly threatening two strangers in Port Coquitlam with a knife earlier this month.
Tasered, shot at
Kyle Evan Grant, 38, was in Vancouver provincial court for a bail hearing Wednesday.
He doesn't have a criminal record, but charges have been piling up against him since a dramatic showdown with Transit Police at the Sperling-Burnaby Lake SkyTrain station in April.
Officers were called to the station at about midnight, according to alleged facts in a ruling by B.C. provincial court Judge Jennifer Oulton Wednesday.
Police attempted to detain Grant, but he allegedly assaulted one officer by "swinging a jacket at her" and then ran away.
The officers caught up with him at a nearby intersection and tried again to arrest him, but he allegedly resisted, brandished a knife and said, "I'm going to kill you, you f***ing pig; you’re going to die."
An officer drew her gun and fired one shot, but it didn't hit Grant, who walked backwards and eventually dropped the knife.
Other officers arrived and Tasered Grant, but that was ineffective. He was finally arrested after more officers arrived to assist.
Grant was arrested but released on bail on April 17.
Charges piling up
Less than two months later, he was charged with theft after allegedly stealing from a mall in Powell River on June 3.
Two months after that, on Aug. 13, he allegedly stole ice cream from the Fig Mart on Commercial Drive in Vancouver.
When the store owner chased after him, Grant allegedly grabbed a candle covered with glass and hit him on the head, inflicting lacerations to the man's head and neck requiring stitches.
Grant was arrested and again released on bail on Aug. 23.
Then, on Nov. 2, Grant allegedly approached two women in Port Coquitlam, calling one of them "hot" and making other "sexualized" comments.
When one of the women told him to leave, he got angry, saying "You need to get the f*** away otherwise I’m gonna smash you guys out. I’ll kill all of you guys" and making other threatening comments.
He charged at them but stopped. One of the women said he had a knife, and, when a brother of the one of the women arrived, Grant told him he had a gun.
Police caught up with Grant later in the day and arrested him, and he has been in custody ever since.
Crown opposed release
The Crown opposed releasing him again on bail, arguing his detention was necessary to protect the public because there was a substantial likelihood Grant would offend again.
Articled student Tyson Talhan, who represented Grant at the hearing, said Grant was dealing with mental health and substance use issues but had secured a place to stay at the Salvation Army shelter until a bed opens up at a treatment centre.
But Oulton rejected the proposed release plan.
"The concern I have with the plan proposed by Mr. Grant is that the mental health and substance abuse issues are unclear, and, unfortunately, the housing that's asserted as a linchpin for Mr. Grant's stability in the community will not be secured by the plan he proposed," Oulton said.
Despite the fact Grant doesn't have a criminal record, Oulton noted the number of offences before the court, the violence alleged against the Transit Police officer, store owner and strangers, and a lack of clarity about what Grant's substance abuse and mental health issues are.
She ordered him to be kept in custody.
Grant's next court date is set for Nov. 23 for intended guilty pleas.
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