Ex-mayoral candidate Mazurkewich pleads guilty to weapons charge

Former Saskatoon mayoral candidate Clay Mazurkewich pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed imitation weapon in connection with an incident at an eastside lounge last year.

Mazurkewich, 51, was fined $750 and also received a scolding in Saskatoon provincial court on Tuesday.

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“This isn’t the wild west,” said Judge Darryl Labach.

Mazurkewich was arrested Dec. 19, 2012, after police responded to a report of a person with a handgun, which had been reportedly shown to another patron at a Market Mall lounge around 2:30 p.m. that day.

He was allegedly found with a black replica pellet handgun tucked into the front of his jacket. A second similar weapon was allegedly found in a holster he was wearing.

Mazurkewich received 605 votes in October’s civic election, finishing a distant third behind winner Don Atchison and Tom Wolf.