Both Men Sarnia Police Charged Linked to A Rash of High-Price Thefts in the Sarnia and Bright’s Grove Area Last Year Using A Stolen Business Pickup Truck have now been sentenced.
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Last Week, Wyatt Mitchell, 32, Pleaded Guilty to Six of the 25 Charges He was facing and Got Six Months Behind Bars.
Cole Dew, 29, Got Two Years in Jail Last Month – He Narrowly Mosed A Trip to Prison – after pleading guilty to 16 of the 36 charges He was facing include five counts of breaking, entering and theft, oven counts of possessing stolen property, three couents of mischief, and one count of fraud .
“These charges, who Frankly, Ament to Something of A Crime Spree,” Justice Kevin Sherwood Said to Dew During His Sentencing.
A 2012 White GMC Pickup Truck was stolen from Ortec Environment Services on Scott Road on Feb. 27, Sarnia Police Said Last Year. The Company Decals on the Sides Were Covered Up With Spray Paint, Police Said.
The Painted Pickup was used March 6-7 During a Series of Break-ins on Stoneridge Court, Kenwick Street, and Old Lakeshore Road, where various items were stolen include a generator, a motorcycle, construction tools, and a wheel, police.
The Pickup was recovered, Police Said on March 8.
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Dew, then 28, and Mitchell, Were Arrested Two Weeks Later and Charted With 25 Offenses Each Including 12 Counts of Possessing Stolen Property, Eight Counts of Breaking and Carering With Intent To Commit An Offer, Three Counts of Mischief, and Two Counts of theft of the of a vehicle.
Mitchell Pleaded Guilty Last Week to Two Counts of Possessing Stolen Property and Single Counts of Motor Vehicle theft, Breaking and Careering With Intent, Theft, and Mischief. He also Pleaded Guilty to Two Unrelated Charges of Possessing Stolen Property and theft from Earlier Incidents.
Defense Lawyer Nick Cake and Assistant Crown Attorney Suzanne Lasha Both Recommended a Six-Month Jail Sentence. Lasha Called it a very concerning rash of thefts and credited several civilians with reporting it to police.
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Justice KRISTA LYNN LESZCZYNSKI, who agreed to impose the suggestion sentence, NODED MUCH OF THE STOLEN Property HAD NEW VALUE AND WAS DAMAGED.
Cake Said His Client Struggled for A Long Time With Crystal Meth, but has cleaned up while in Custody and has kept his sobriety After Being Released. He Had Enough Pre-Sentity Custody To Cover the Sentence.
Now, he’s on 18 month of probation with a curfew and a ban on goong to six addresses in the sarnia area and talking to eight people, included ofw.
Dew’s List of Loads Went from 25 to 36 in Late March Amid A follow-up investigation in the rapids parkway area. During His Sentencing Hearing Last Month, His Lawyer Told The Judge He was a criminal mastermind, but a struggling drug addict.
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