Saint John police have finished their investigation into councillor Blake Armstrong for the damage done at Seaside park late last year.
Police say that there wasn’t any criminal intent by Armstrong so there are no criminal charges.
The west side councillor has, however, struck a civil agreement with the city to pay for the damage at the west side park.
Armstrong used his own excavator to clear some brush at Seaside Park without permission.
He did publicly apologize at a council meeting at the end of November, and said that he though the was “improving the property” for Saint Johners and visitors.
“I now realize that I should have gone about getting this work done in a different way. At no time was I intending to damage any of the property,” says Armstrong.
“I regret my decision, I take full responsibility for my mistake and I pledge not to do this again.”
(Photo courtesy of Graeme Stewart-Robertson, for ACAP Saint John)
