The lone remaining person still in custody linked to an altercation in an east Sarnia motel allegedly involving firearms was granted lease Friday.
The lone remaining person still in custody linked to an altercation in an east Sarnia motel allegedly involving firearms was granted lease Friday.
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Samuel Jacobs-Bressette, 30, is one of five people facing charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats, and forcible confinement after the Feb. 29 incident at the Bluewater Motel, Sarnia police said.
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But he was the only person not arrested that day and a warrant was still outstanding as the other accused, Chantelle McManus, 38, Hayley Letourneau, 31, Dennis Joseph, 52, and Nathan Adams, 32, were granted lease between March 1 and 11.
Jacobs-Bressette was arrested March 15 and released Friday on $1,000 bail to two sureties after spending a week in the Sarnia Jail. Now he’ll live at an Aamjiwnaang First Nation home with a 10 pm to 6 am curfew and is banned from weapons, contacting his co-accused, and returning to the Bluewater Motel. He’ll be back in court April 18.
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The other four were forbidden to talk to each other or go back to the London Line motel while the charges are before the courts, though some were allowed one visit to collect belongings. They return court on various dates in March and April.
None of the charges against any of the accused have been tested in court.
Sarnia police advised residents on social media about noon on Feb. 29 of an increased officer presence around the motel.
Police added later they’d been called by a man who’d been involved in a disturbance in a motel unit, which included allegations of threats and possible weapons involvement. No injuries were reported and no shots fired.
This was one of three major Sarnia police probes at the Bluewater Motel this year. Four suspects were charged after a January robbery invasion in which two people were held against their will, police said. A Windsor man faces 21 charges after a suspect was found there last week in body armor with a hidden, loaded handgun and $34,000 in drugs.
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