ESTEVAN — Most of the court matters for Mason Wayne Strutt have been resolved, but he remains in custody.
The 25-year-old man from southeast Saskatchewan pleaded guilty to one count each of resisting arrest and uttering threats, and two counts of violating the terms of a release order, during a CCTV appearance July 13 in Estevan Provincial Court. Other Estevan-area charges for mischief and violating release conditions were stayed.
Crown prosecutor Suzan Wurtz said the Estevan pleas were part of a global resolution for sentencing that also included Regina. According to information from the Regina Provincial Court, he received one day of jail time, 15 months probation and a restitution surcharge. (The charge(s) that generated the guilty plea, and the charge(s) stayed, were not immediately available from Regina court, but a charge of administering a noxious substance was previously stayed).
Strutt received consecutive 30-day sentences for the resisting arrest and uttering threats charges in Estevan, which stemmed from an incident on Nov. 15, 2025. Wurtz said Strutt was arrested after he tried to enter an apartment building.
“Upon arrival, they [police] were essentially provided a description. There was some issues with the people in the building. They ultimately did encounter Mr. Mason Strutt,” said Wurtz.
She noted Strutt was heavily intoxicated, was not co-operative with a member of the Estevan Police Service and threatened to kill another.
Strutt also received two 15-day concurrent sentences for failing to comply.
He has been in custody since the arrest, and has already served the sentences while on remand.
Strutt’s attorney Joelle Graham noted that he was three years into an engineering degree when he was first arrested in 2025 and has one year remaining. She noted Strutt started drinking as a teenager while playing hockey at a high level, and his drinking increase after his junior hockey days were finished.
“Around that time, some … historical childhood issues started bubbling to the surface, and rather than dealing with them the way that he should, he unfortunately more heavily into alcohol to try to drown that out,” said Graham.
She said Strutt is remorseful and embarrassed about his actions, and the behaviour is out of character for him.
Graham noted Strutt remains in custody. Once he is released, he will enter treatment and deal with other issues he is facing, she said.
In accepting the joint submission for the Estevan charges, Judge Mitch Miller asked Strutt about his education plans. Strutt said he wants to go back to Saskatoon in the fall of 2027 and then seek work.
Strutt added he enjoys the engineering courses and claims he has done well.
“You’re 25 and you’re a young man. There’s lots of road left for you, and it’s just a matter of getting that addiction issue under control, right?” said Miller, to which Strutt replied “that’s fair”.
“You have a bright future, and this, I’m sure, is not what you had wanted in your life," Miller added. "Engineering is what you want, and hopefully you can focus on that addiction because the big thing right now is beating that addictions and getting that under control.”
Strutt is scheduled to stand trial on a sexual assault charge in Moose Jaw Court of King’s Bench on Jan 13-14, 2027.
