Linda Richardson

Sault Ste. Marie

Journalist at Freelance

Freelance Journalist at Sudbury Northern Life

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Man pleads guilty to choking longtime girlfriend

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

When Randy Scott grabbed a woman's neck she "felt he was ripping out her voice box," a Sault Ste. Marie judge heard when he pleaded guilty to choking her. The couple had been involved in an "on and off relationship" for approximately 17 years when city police responded to a call from a screaming woman in the early morning hours of Jan. 27. Another caller reported seeing a man running out of the apartment at 3:10 a.m., prosecutor Robert Skeggs told the court on June 6.
'He could have killed me' - Local man admits to arson, tire slashing spree

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A local man who torched a west-end garage last spring — and went on a week-long tire slashing spree — will be sentenced next month. Andrew Hay, 41, pleaded guilty to arson earlier this year in connection with the April 13, 2024 incident. He was also convicted of mischief over $5,000 for slashing tires on numerous vehicles in nearby neighbourhoods between April 14 and 21. Hay was back in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom last week for a sentencing hearing.
Local woman 'very sorry' for fraudulent credit card spree

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

Rilee Bychko admitted Thursday she racked up more than $7,000 in charges on a credit card belonging to her roommate's partner. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000, stemming from her actions between Nov. 1 and Nov. 19 of last year. Ontario Court Justice Romuald Kwolek heard the victim's partner contacted city police on Nov. 20 about multiple transactions, totalling $7,100 on his credit card, including items purchased at Metro.
Driver with no front plate, no licence among impaired convictions

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

It was the licence plates in two separate and unrelated incidents that resulted in the traffic stops that landed the drivers in court facing impaired driving charges. The two women were charged within 10 days of each other and pleaded guilty Tuesday to the offences when they appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom. No front plate, no licence Meagan Jones, 38, was behind the wheel of a vehicle with no front licence plate on March 25.
Police nab disqualified driver three times in six months

4 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

Thomas Chevrier blatantly ignored court orders curbing his driving privileges and his behaviour cost him big time. His actions caught the eye of cops on three occasions during a six-month period and landed him in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom Tuesday. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to half a dozen offences that occurred in August and September of 2024 and January of this year.
Man sentenced to 12 months house arrest after pleading guilty to sexual assault

4 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A White River man is doing time in the community for sexually assaulting a woman in the fall of 2022. Leo Vogt, 55, pleaded guilty to the charge last month when he appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom. The assault occurred on Nov. 2, 2022 after they were drinking alcohol at his residence, Superior Court Justice Edward Gareau heard. She decided to stay there that night, but doesn't remember going to bed, prosecutor Blair Hagan said. The woman woke up and found Vogt sexually assaulting her.
Driver impaired by drugs found passed out in vehicle

1 month ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

When city police officers checked a vehicle in the parking lot of an east-end convenience store in March 2023, they found Daniel Lepage in the driver's seat. He was slumped over the steering wheel of the 2008 black Hyundai, which was running, outside a Wellington Street East Circle K store. There was mucus coming from his nose, and drug paraphernalia in the driver's door, a judge heard Wednesday.
Neck tattoo ties man to knife assault

1 month ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

A distinct neck tattoo and a business man who snapped photos of his two assailants connected Joshua Roess to an October knife attack. There "sure are not many people walking around" the Sault with a "girls lie" tattoo around their neck, prosecutor Robert Skeggs told a judge Wednesday. Roess, 31, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon stemming from an Oct. 22, 2024 incident that occurred on Wellington Street East.
Man pleads guilty to choking a woman

1 month ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

In the early morning hours of June 7, 2024, a woman contacted city police because she wanted Watson Desmoulin removed from her residence. When officers arrived, he "was heavily intoxicated" and "was stumbling," a judge heard last week. She told them they had argued and he "had choked her," prosecutor Heidi Mitchell said. The woman "had finger marks on her throat and a raspy voice," she told Ontario Court Justice Robert Villeneuve.
Fanny pack full of drugs leads to charges

1 month ago | sootoday.com | Linda Richardson

An expired vehicle permit paved the way for police to stop a vehicle on a Sault Ste. Marie street two years ago. It also resulted in charges for a woman who had a fanny pack containing illicit drugs. Brittany Mattaini, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking –fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. The traffic stop happened on April 28, 2023.