An assault charge against the president of the Prince George Youth Volleyball Club was dropped after he “successfully completed an alternative measures program,” said a spokesperson for the B.C. Prosecution Service (BCPS).
A court document alleged there were reasonable and probable grounds to believe that Daniel James Drezet committed assault on Nov. 17, 2023 in Prince George. The charge was dated Jan. 19, 2024, but did not contain any of the incident’s circumstances, except for the name of an alleged victim.
Drezet, born in 1969, was served a summons on Feb. 14, 2024 by a Prince George RCMP constable, ordered to report Feb. 21, 2024 to the Prince George RCMP for identification and to make a first appearance in provincial court on Feb. 28, 2024.
The charge was stayed on Jan. 13.
Drezet has not responded to The Citizen's requests for comment.
A person accused of a minor first offence must accept personal responsibility and agree to make amends in order for their case to be dealt with outside the court system under the Criminal Code-authorized, alternative measures program.
Alternative measures could include “compensation for the loss or damage, an apology, community service work or culturally based practices for Indigenous people,” according to the provincial government website.
“What they all have in common is that the accused person must accept responsibility for the alleged criminal conduct and then, under the supervision of their probation officer, participate and complete the program,” said BCPS communications counsel Damienne Darby.
Asked what type of program Drezet completed, Darby said the BCPS does not provide details about the agreements in specific files, “but the terms you have mentioned are customary in these types of resolutions.”
