Teneycke a no-show for jail

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer

Prolific offender Ronald Teneycke failed to show up Friday for his weekend jail sentence in Penticton.

According to RCMP Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth, there will now likely be an arrest warrant issued for him.

The Okanagan Falls resident was ordered by a judge earlier this month to start a 90-day jail term, to be served on weekends.

Teneycke pleaded guilty in April to making or possessing explosives and to firearms possession while banned.

He became ill about the same time, and an application was made to change the start date of the intermittent sentence. There were several court appearances after that, where Teneycke was asked to provide medical proof he couldn't go to jail.

A fax was eventually received from Teneycke's doctor, but Crown's interpretation was there was nothing physically preventing him from starting his sentence.

Judge Gregory Koturbash directed Teneycke to attend for sentence.

According to information given by Teneycke's sister, Linda Walker, he became acquainted with two inmates at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre who allegedly hatched an Oliver-based bomb plot.

He stayed in contact with them after his release and claimed he buried the bomb in his sister's front yard in Okanagan Falls to prevent the incident from happening. The bomb was then removed in March of 2014.

Teneycke, a registered sex offender, has been in and out of jail for different offences in the South Okanagan for several years.