A Burnaby man has pleaded not guilty to firearms charges related to what police described as a road-rage incident that ended in gunfire on an East Vancouver street.
Jeromy Crunik, 28, was in Vancouver provincial court Thursday and pleaded not guilty to one count each of unlawfully discharging a firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and possession of a firearm contrary to a court order.
The charges are linked to an incident on Jan. 6, according to police.
The Vancouver Police Department put out a post on X/Twitter that day, saying a driver had had to slam on his brakes to avoid a jaywalker on Commercial Drive near East 12th Avenue.
"The two exchanged words before the pedestrian pulled a gun and shot at the driver," stated the VPD post.
The driver was not hurt in the incident, according to police.
Crunik was under a 10-year firearms ban at the time after a drug-trafficking conviction out of Kelowna, according to court records.
He was also on bail on multiple Lower Mainland fraud charges.
At his court appearance Thursday, he elected to have his case tried in front of a B.C. Supreme Court judge and jury.
His next court date is May 22 to set a date for a one-day preliminary hearing.
Crunik was released on bail on April 4 with multiple conditions.
He must live at his mother's Burnaby home and wear an electronic monitoring device, according to his release document.
He is bound by a 4 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew, seven days a week, and is banned from contacting one individual named in the document.
He is also banned from possessing any firearms or weapons and any credit cards, cheques or mail not in his own name.
He is also not allowed to go to any Cactus Club, Aritzia, Burb Cannabis or No. 24 Café & Bistro in B.C., and he must undergo drug counselling as directed by his bail supervisor.
Information presented at Crunik's bail hearing cannot be published because of a publication ban.
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