The last person still in custody after five people were charged following an altercation in an east Sarnia motel allegedly involving firearms has been granted lease.
The last person still in custody after five people were charged following an altercation in an east Sarnia motel allegedly involving firearms has been granted lease.
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Chantelle McManus, 38, Hayley Letourneau, 31, Dennis Joseph, 52, Nathan Adams, 32, and Samuel Jacobs-Bressette, 30, are charged with possessing a firearm without authorization, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats, and forcible confinement after the Feb. 29 incident at the Bluewater Motel, Sarnia police confirmed this week.
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McManus, the last person still in custody, was released Monday on $500 lease, records show. Like the others, she’s banned from contacting her co-accused, returning to the London Line motel and from having weapons while the case is before the courts.
The accused will be back in court separately on various dates over the next two weeks. None of the charges against them have been tested in court.
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Sarnia police alerted residents on social media about noon Feb. 29 to an increased officer presence around the motel.
No injuries were reported and no shots fired, police added later. The active part of the probe wrapped up by 7 pm that night, they said, but officers were still on scene the next day.
In an email this week, Sarnia police said they were called Feb. 29 by a man who’d been involved in a disturbance in one of the motel units, alleging threats had been made and weapons might be involved.
This is the second major Sarnia police probe at the Bluewater Motel this year. Four suspects were charged amid a January robbery invasion in which two people were held against their will, police said.
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