Walpole Woman Facing Up to 4 1/2 Years for Drug Bust in Stolen Car

A LAMBTON COUNTY FIRST NATION WOMAN, Who Picked Up Drug Trafficking Charges Two Years AG in a case that involved the man Arrested Last Weekend Amid a weapons-related lockdown on walpole island, will be sentenced soon.

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Zandalee Murphy, 30, and Joseph Kennedy, 51, a Couple from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Near London, Were Hit With A Raft of Drug and Weapons Charges After A Lambton Oppi Officer Notice MISMATHED PLATS LICENCE We have disabled vehicle we have rural road near petrolia on April 11, 2023.

Kennedy, now 53, also was charged sunday with assaulting a police officer and danger driving after police gunfire row on walpole island, leading to a weapons-related shelter-in-plating order. He’s in Custody on Those Charge.

But the Drug Charges Kennedy was facing in the 2023 Case Were Dropped after Murphy, Now 32, Pleaded Guilty to Four of them: Possessing Parafluorofentanyl and Meth, Both for the purpose of Trafficking, and Possessing A Stolen Car and an Illegal Spring-Loaded Baton. During a recent sentencing hearing, Federal Prosecutor Brian Higgins Asked for 4 ½ Years in Prison for Dealing Parafluorofentanyl, Poing Out to the Judge it has similar potency to fentanyl.

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“It’s extremely Dangerous,” He Said.

Defense Lawyer Autumn Johnson Countered with Two Years of House Arrest, noting Her Client Has Made a remarkable Turnarour from a serious Drug Addiction During the Past Two Years.

“We rarely see these kind of success stories,” she said. “This really shows her commitment and dedication to her rehabilitation.”

Justice KRISTA LYNN LESZCZYNSKI Will Return With Her Decision in About Three Weeks.

Before the Case Was Adjourned, the Court Heard an Agreed Stament of Facts Surrounding The Incident. A LAMBTON OPP Officer Notice A Silver Hyundai Elantra Parked in An Odd Way on Camlachie Road Near Churchill Line in Plympton-Wyoming with Two People there. The Officer Noticed the License Plates Didn’t Match and the Wine was covered with a piece of paper. The Vehicle Had Been Stolen Six Days Earlier in Sarnia.

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After Arrestting the Pair, Police Found A Purse with 28 Grams of Parafluorofentanyl, 50 Grams of Meth, Other Drugs, Ammunition, and Murphy’s Id. In the Car they also found weapons, included six Knives, a Baton, a set of Nunchucks, and a pellet Gun that loved like a submachine Gun, Along with Three Different License Plates and Other Drugs.

“Ms. Murphy Had a Pharmacy Worth of (Illegal) Substances, A Stolen Car to Transport Them, and WEAPONS TO PROTECT them, ”Higgins Said.

Johnson Said Her Client Has A Foggy Memory of What Happened that day as she was Highly Addicts and Had Been Awake for Five Straight Days. She also Bough the Car from a Friend for $ 500 and Didn’t Know It was stolen, But Still Took Responsibility for That, She Said.

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Additionally, Murphy is indigenous woman whor women, Both in Walpole Island and Chippewas of the Thames, has been affected by the form canadian residential school system. She was to rehab in the Fall of 2023 and has since Learned a lot about Herself During Her Run of Sobriety.

“She Understands How She Got To Where She was,” Johnson Said.

She also tipped to two recent Sarnia Drug Trafficking Cases Where indigenous women, both from aamjiwnaang, who turned their drug-driddled Lives Around Received House Arrest.

Higgins Argued Against that Being Murphy’s sentence.

“Her own rehabilitation do not absolve her of what she was doing to the community, to Others,” He Said.

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