Shipment of weapons and ammunition found on North Island carries 4-year sentence

A Surrey provincial court judge sentenced Stephanie Joan McMillan to four years in prison after pleading guilty to gun and drug crimes that occurred in Surrey and northern Vancouver Island.

McMillan, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking related to a traffic stop on May 2, 2020 when Delta police found a bag containing 121.36 grams (approximately 4.5 ounces) of crystal meth at his feet, 60 pills. of LSD in his wallet and $4,600 Canadian in a Calvin Klein bag.

A month earlier, McMillan was arrested on Highway 19, north of Port McNeill, also during a traffic stop. In this case, police found several firearms, gun parts and ammunition in the trunk. McMillan pleaded guilty to possessing four rifles and a prohibited weapon – a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun – with ammunition. She had been released on a promise to appear in court and charges in the Vancouver Island case had not been approved at the time she was arrested in Surrey.

She was the driver in both cases.

The Crown asked for an overall sentence of 6.5 years in prison while his defense lawyer argued for a suspended prison sentence of two years less a day and three years of probation.

Judge Mark Jetté noted in his May 29 sentencing reasons that McMillan received a lifetime ban in 2016 from possessing a firearm. The court heard she lives on a half-acre hobby farm in Surrey and is expecting her first baby.

Jetté said it was still unclear where she was going with the weapons “and what she was going to do with them.”

“MS. McMillan's criminal record demonstrates a decade of serious criminal offenses that led to the commission of these offenses in April and May 2020 respectively,” the judge noted. “By her own admission, she had become entrenched in a criminal lifestyle during this period and sold drugs to support this lifestyle and his drug addiction.”

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An appendix attached to Jetté's reasons for sentencing lists what police found in McMillan's vehicle during the traffic stop on Vancouver Island “including, but not limited to,” a blue Rubber tote Maid Roughneck containing 460 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition; 73 rounds of 9 mm caliber ammunition; 29 rounds of .410 caliber shotgun ammunition; a 20-gauge shotgun shell; 75 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun ammunition; one round of .270 caliber ammunition; 17 rounds of 30-06 caliber ammunition; nine rounds of .320 caliber ammunition; 11 rounds of .375 caliber ammunition; 90 rounds of .38 special caliber ammunition; 22 rounds of 308 caliber ammunition; 17 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition; .50 caliber ammunition; 89 rounds of 7.62 x 39 ammunition; 30 Boulder Buster Booster cartridges used to blast rock; a JC Higgins, Model 60, 12 gauge, a prohibited sawed-off shotgun with a barrel length of 320 mm, with the rear stock cut off; a wooden rear stock adapted to the JC Higgin 12 gauge sawn-off shotgun; a barrel and receiver assembly for a Russian-made SKS semi-automatic rifle with serial number EM3546; an SKS trigger assembly with serial number EM3546; a bolt carrier for an SKS with serial number EM3546; a Cooey Model 60 .22 caliber long gun, with no visible serial number. The receiver, bolt, trigger, and barrel were all present and appeared to be working; a wooden stock for the Cooey rifle, model 60, .22 caliber; a Safari Land 6-round rapid loader for a revolver; a black Keystone, Cricket .22 caliber, single-shot, long gun; a wooden SKS stock with 11 Xs engraved on the side, which fits the SKS barrel and receiver assembly; another SKS barrel and receiver assembly with attached bayonet, serial number TA 7800; a wooden SKS stock with serial number TA 7800, which matches the serial number on the SKS barrel and receiver assembly; a rusty revolver, of unknown make or model, bearing the serial number G13994; an R Knall 9mm revolver which appears to have been rendered inoperable because the barrel was punctured and an object appeared securely placed in the barrel; a C11 air soft pistol, 4.6 mm, bearing the serial number 411006608; a WASP brand knife that ejects CO2 from a small ejection port at the end of the blade; a black Kbar-style knife with a 6-inch blade; a Glock magazine with 14 rounds of .40 caliber in the magazine; an Outers Gunslick rifle kit for a .30 caliber long gun; two 14-inch machetes; a metal collapsible/collapsible pistol grip; a “FURY” branded silver throwing knife, with possible serial number 66034; a bayonet with serial number 65221; a wooden rear stock for a long gun; a black forestock for a hunting rifle; a blue blanket with the name “Stephanie McMillan” and a poem embroidered and sewn onto it, which originally wrapped the seized roadside SKS rifle, but was later placed in the tote at the scene.

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Police also found, according to the appendix, a green metal case with latches located in the rear cargo area of ​​the vehicle containing a browning .22 caliber magazine; another unknown brand magazine containing .375 magnum cartridges; an SKS trigger assembly with serial number TA 7800; a charger for an SKS with serial number TA 7800; two front handguard/gas tube assemblies, one of which had the serial number EM3546 engraved on the gas tube; a cricket brand 4 x 80 rifle scope; a charger for an SKS with serial number EM 3546; a back box for an SKS with serial number TA 7800; a bolt carrier for an SKS with serial number TA 7800; a bolt carrier/set for a .22 caliber Cricket rifle; a firing pin assembly, with striker, for an SKS with serial number TA7800; a firing pin assembly, with striker, for an SKS with serial number Em 3546; two return springs and guide rods for an SKS; a rear housing for an SKS with serial number EM 3546; a bayonet; miscellaneous equipment for assembling firearms, including butt rests and pins; 323 .22 caliber ammunition; a magazine containing four rounds of reverse-loaded 9mm ammunition; seven .410 caliber shotgun shells; a .375 caliber cartridge; one round of 9mm Luger ammunition and one round of .270 ammunition.