Linda Richardson

5 days ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A Sault Ste. Marie man will spend four and a half years behind bars in a federal penitentiary for child pornography offences. Clinton Aikens, a 28-year-old first offender with no prior criminal record, was sentenced to the prison term last week when he appeared in a local courtroom. The sentence was jointly recommended by the Crown and defence.

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

An impaired, prohibited driver, nabbed at the bridge plaza in November, was fined $4,500 on Friday. Shauna Lyons, 50, pleaded guilty to an over 80 charge and driving while prohibited when she appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom. Ontario Court Justice Andrew Buttazzoni heard the Canada Border Service agency at the International Bridge contacted city police on the evening of Nov. 8, 2024.

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A 16-year city police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to repeatedly harassing a woman he was prohibited by a court order from contacting. Jarrott Forsyth, who has been in custody since he was denied bail in February, was sentenced to time served. Forsyth, 43, is a constable with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. Standing in the prisoner's box in a local courtroom, he admitted he communicated with the woman between Jan. 15, 2024 and Jan. 20 of this year.

3 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

During 10 days in February, Albert Ward's ongoing dispute with a neighbour in a Wellington Street East apartment building accelerated to a death threat involving knives. On Feb. 3, he damaged her door, and threatened to kill her. On Feb. 13, Ward was angry and started yelling at the woman, but this time he was holding knives, as he again threatened to harm her. And last week, on April 17, he was in a Sault Ste.

3 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A local man, who pleaded guilty to nearly five-year-old drug offences, convinced a judge that he's a different person today. Jessie Hachey admitted he was guilty of four charges when he appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom on Feb. 10. The offences stemmed from a June 19, 2020 incident where city police officers executed a search warrant at an Anita Boulevard residence.