Unique offender sentenced for Nanaimo drug busts
NANAIMO — With numerous factors stacked against him led by severe cognitive deficits, a Nanaimo man was sentenced to a further two years in jail.
Dale John Patterson, 41, previously pleaded guilty to four drug trafficking charges and an impaired driving offence in connection with two incidents in 2021 and was sentenced on Monday, April 22 in provincial court in Nanaimo.
Police found 102 grams of fentanyl/carfentanyl, 11 grams of cocaine, eight grams of crystal meth, nearly $5,000 cash and several prohibited knives on Patterson during the arrests.
An agreed statement of facts heard Patterson’s story of an impressionable offender who lacked critical thinking skills to stay out of trouble.