Former Canadian Football League player Adam Braidwood, who was arrested on gun charges last month during the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam, will remain behind bars for two more weeks.
The former Edmonton Eskimo's lawyer, Kris Pechet, said there is a possibility bail will be discussed at scheduled Oct. 19 hearing but added the case is complicated due to his client's outstanding legal issues in Alberta. If Braidwood were to make bail in B.C., Pechet said, there is a possibility he has breached bail conditions set out by the Alberta Crown dealing with his previous arrests.
"No matter what happens with bail in British Columbia, he is subject to being taken back to Alberta," Pechet said. "The Alberta Crown could make an application to cancel his bail. It is unknown whether or when that will be done."
Braidwood was taken into custody Sept. 25 after a Coquitlam RCMP officer who was directing traffic for the Terry Fox Hometown Run was confronted by a many carrying what was believed to be a gun. Police discovered bullet holes inside a nearby home and said the 28-year-old is facing several weapons charges.
His previous legal troubles date back to November 2010 in Alberta, when witnesses reported seeing an injured man being stuffed into the trunk of a car. Braidwood was charged with forcible confinement and aggravated assault. While on bail, he again had a run-in with police that led to charges of domestic assault, uttering threats and weapons offences.
Pechet, who was Braidwood's high school football coach at Seaquam secondary school in North Delta, said his client is doing well given his circumstances.
"He is doing OK," Pechet said. "He is concerned, of course. He is concerned for the impact this is having on his family and his friends. He is more concerned about them than he is about himself."
Braidwood will remain at the North Fraser Pre-trial Centre in PoCo until his next hearing.
The former Washington State football product was drafted first overall in the 2006 CFL Canadian draft but was released by the Eskimos in April because of his legal issues. He was Edmonton's nominee for the Outstanding Rookie award in 2006 but a knee injury forced him to sit out the 2008 and 2009 season.
