A Vernon man who doused a police officer with gasoline and threatened to light him on fire has had his appeal dismissed.
Blake Dergez received a two-year jail sentence last year for assault with a weapon related to the gasoline-dousing incident, which took place in 2021. Dergez also received a four-month consecutive sentence for uttering threats, and one month each for four breaches of probation orders.
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