A former DoorDash driver has been ordered to complete 10 hours of community work service after pleading guilty to swiping a package while making a delivery at a Burnaby condo tower.
Feridon Jahankhani, 63, pleaded guilty in Vancouver provincial court Wednesday to one count of theft under $5,000 in relation to the March 31 incident.
On that day, he had made a delivery at 2133 Douglas Road, a highrise in the Brentwood neighbourhood, according to agreed facts presented in court.
A resident of the building later noted a package he’d ordered had been reported delivered but had disappeared.
Security video later revealed Jahankhani had made off with the parcel, which contained a pair of $425 Adidas running shoes.
In a joint sentencing submission, Crown prosecutor Sharon Preston and articling student René Allain, appearing for defence lawyer Chantal Paquette, called for a nine-month conditional discharge with 10 hours of community work service.
Allain noted Jahankhani lived on a fixed income, did not have a criminal record and was “deeply embarrassed by his actions.”
B.C. provincial court Judge Patricia Bond agreed to the proposed sentence and granted the conditional discharge.
That means Jahankhani won’t have a criminal record if he abides by the conditions of his sentence, which include a ban on going to the highrise at 2133 Douglas Road.
The running shoes were never recovered.
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