A Southwestern Ontario man previously wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant faces new charges in the Sarnia area linked to a stolen vehicle, court records show.
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Johnny St. Louis, who police have said is known to frequent the Windsor, London, Goderich, St. Marys, and Stratford areas, was arrested following an incident in Lambton Shores Feb. 7 and charged with possessing a stolen vehicle worth more than $5,000, stealing about $157 in gas from a Grand Bend gas station, driving while prohibited, and failing to comply with a release order, records say.
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St. Louis, 50, has multiple release orders and undertakings in place linked to outstanding charges in Walkerton, Woodstock, Stratford and Guelph, records show.
He first appeared in court on the new charges by video link from Lambton OPP headquarters Feb. 10. The case was adjourned to Thursday.
Appearing on video from the Sarnia Jail Thursday, St. Louis told a justice of the peace he hasn’t hired a lawyer yet. The case was adjourned to next week.
The charges haven’t been tested in court.
In March 2021, the OPP asked the public’s help finding St. Louis, then a 47-year-old federal offender, who was wanted for breaching his statutory release. He was serving a sentence of two years, seven months and 15 days for theft worth more than $5,000, escaping lawful custody, drug possession, disqualified driving, flight from police, dangerous driving, failing to stop at a collision, and obstructing police, they said at the time.
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