‘One bad decision after another led me here,’ crook tells Sudbury judge

For being found with a fake $50 Canadian bill and a photocopier during a drug bust, Kenneth Ducheno has received the equivalent of a six-month jail sentence.

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Already sporting a lengthy criminal record, Duchenko pleaded guilty in Sudbury court to possession of counterfeit currency. The Crown dropped other charges he was facing after police busted him on June 14.

Ducheno pledged that when he resolved all of his other, unrelated charges before the courts, he plans to end his life of crime.

“I made a bunch of bad decisions that led me here,” he told Ontario Court Justice Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi. “I feel bad for what I did. I can’t take back what I did…One bad decision after another led me here.”

Asked by the judge what he plans to do when he resolves all of his charges, Ducheno replied: “Stay away from drugs and alcohol, go to a treatment facility close to my family, start another company and stay from this nonsense.”

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Ducheno’s next court date will be in video remand court on Jan. 2 to address his unresolved charges.

“Your record is fairly lengthy,” noted Justice Restoule-Mallozzi.

“I know. It’s embarrassing,” answered the 39-year-old man.

“If you don’t make changes, you will likely find yourself back before the courts,” stressed the judge.

Ducheno, who has been in custody since his arrest on June 14, used 40 days of his 190 days spent in jail to date in this case. As a result, he received 60 days jail credit, which was the length of the sentence the Crown and defense lawyer Adidi Lyer suggested to the court.

The court heard that when Greater Sudbury Police officers executed a search warrant at a Burton Avenue residence on June 14, six people were inside.

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Officers found narcotics in an upstairs bedroom, while Ducheno was in a bedroom in the basement with a photocopier and a $50 Canadian bill police determined to be counterfeit.

Lyer, in her sentencing submission via Zoom link, said Ducheno has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, which he self-medicates using alcohol and drugs. She said her client intends to return to the Brantford area, where he has a supportive family, and check into a treatment facility.

In his submissions, federal prosecutor Denys Bradley said Ducheno is not a first-time offender.

“What we are recommending does send an appropriate message to Mr. Ducheno,” he said. “He has accepted responsibility for the counterfeit bill he had in his possession on that date.”

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