A prolific offender in the South Okanagan is set to undergo an assessment to determine if he is criminally responsible for the lengthy list of charges he faces relating to an alleged crime spree in July.
Ronald Arthur Teneycke, 53, is charged with robbery, flight from a police officer, committing robbery with a restricted or prohibited firearm, discharging a firearm with the intent to wound or disfigure, being unlawfully at large and aggravated assault among other charges in a long list of allegations stemming from incidents in July 2015.
Teneycke was arrested on July 23, 2015 in a Cawston orchard after a massive manhunt in the South Okanagan had multiple police forces collaborating to locate him.
An NCRMD assessment (not criminally responsible due to mental disorder) was ordered in Penticton Provincial Court Monday after an application for the 30-day assessment was made by Teneycke’s defence counsel Michael Welsh.
Crown counsel did not oppose the application.
Teneycke attended the hearing on Monday via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre and said little, other than telling the judge he could see and hear the proceedings.
Teneycke filed a lawsuit against the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre in December 2015 seeking $25,000 in damages for allegations of mistreatment, claiming KRCC warden Evan Vike and correctional supervisor Devin Pageau used positions of authority to “influence and control” a situation that led to Teneycke being physically harmed and “victimized by other offenders” while in custody at KRCC between Aug. 25 and Sept. 18, 2015.
A handwritten, amended notice of claim was filed on Jan. 15 in which Vike and Pageau’s names are scratched out as defendants and replaced with the Province of British Columbia and the Ministry of Justice written in their place.
The Province of B.C. filed their response to the amended notice of claim on Feb. 10 stating that the province “denies the allegations contained in the amended notice of claim and puts the claimant (Teneycke) to the strict proof thereof.”
Teneycke returns to court March 16 for scheduling future dates.