A Lambton County man initially facing 18 charges after the OPP seized drugs, guns, cash and stolen vehicles in two raids now faces 51 charges.
A Lambton County man initially facing 18 charges after the OPP seized drugs, guns, cash and stolen vehicles in two raids now faces 51 charges.
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Lambton OPP said the items were discovered in raids on Oct. 10 — one on Wilkesport Line in St Clair Township and another on Wills Street in Wallaceburg.
Jonathan Clark, 35, of St. Clair Township is charged with:
- seven counts of possessing a firearm or ammunition contrary to a court order
- three counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- two counts of carelessly storing firearms
- two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- prohibited driving
- possessing stolen property
- possessing a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- possessing meth for the purpose of trafficking
Tashia Houle, 39, from Wallaceburg is charged with:
- carefully storing firearms
- unauthorized possession of a firearm
- possessing a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- possessing meth for the purpose of trafficking
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Clark and Houle — have been in legal trouble together before, including attempted murder charges after a shooting in Wallaceburg in 2021 — were held in custody pending bail hearings.
Clark was brought to court last week where he was rearrested on 51 charges.
The new list of charges includes:
- five counts of possessing a firearm without a license (two Remington Wingmaster shotguns, Enfield and Colt revolvers, Savage Arms rifle)
- three counts of possessing stolen property worth more than $5,000 (1973 Chevrolet Corvette, 2001 Polaris 1000 ATV, 2002 Harley Davidson)
- five counts of possessing stolen property worth less than $5,000 (2001 Jeep Wrangler, 2001 Suzuki motorcycle, Remington Wingmaster shotgun, Enfield and Colt revolvers)
- two counts of carefully storing firearms (Savage Arms rifle, Enfield revolver)
- possessing a loaded restricted firearm (Enfield revolver)
- 18 counts of possessing ammunition while prohibited
- 15 counts of possessing firearms while prohibited
- possessing meth for the purpose of trafficking
- prohibited driving
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Clark is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 21 by video from the jail. Houle has a bail hearing Nov. 8.
They were arrested and charged with attempted murder in July 2021. A Chatham-Kent police officer who pulled them over noticed suspicious damage to a vehicle they were in around the same time police were called to investigate shots fired at the intersection of King and Victoria streets in Wallaceburg.
The attempted murder charges were dropped after Clark pleaded guilty in November 2022 to possessing a dangerous weapon and possessing a firearm while prohibited and was sentenced to two years in jail. Houle was cleared of all charges after his plea deal.
Clark was previously sentenced to 18 months in jail in Sarnia in 2020 for pointing a shotgun at his ex-partner and served another year behind bars in 2021 for being caught with an illegal sawed-off shotgun in Oil Springs.
The former Oil Springs resident was also finished in 2015 for meth possession.
The new charges haven’t been tested in court.
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