Eight people face a total of 54 Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) charges after the seizure of suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine in Pembroke.
Police say a stolen firearm and replica pistols were also seized.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), assisted by OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), Canine Unit and members of the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, executed a search warrant on Feb. 29, at an apartment on Pembroke Street East.
In addition to the illegal drugs and guns, officers also located items typically associated with drug trafficking, including digital scales, packaging material and multiple cell phones. The charges have not been proven in court.
Kerry Lynn Bilodeau, 41, of Bonnechere Valley Township, Shawn William Bolger, 36, of Pembroke, Joanne Reis, 61, of Pembroke, Arin Rose, 21, of Pembroke, each face the following CC and CDSA charges:
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm;
- Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition;
- Possession of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon obtained by crime;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine; and
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
Bilodeau faces one additional charge of failing to comply with a probation order.
Bolger faces two additional charges of possessing a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order.
Reis faces three additional charges of failing to comply with a probation order.
Rose faces two additional charges of possessing a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order and two additional charges of failing to comply with probation.
Owen Irving, 22, of Brockville, Lorraine Kenny, 54, of Pembroke, Jillian Melancon, 40, of Pembroke, and Brianna Lynn Saker, 43, of Pembroke, each face the following CC and CDSA charges:
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine; and
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
Saker, Kenny and Melancon were released and are scheduled to appear in Pembroke court on April 16.
Irving, Bilodeau, Bolger, Reis and Rose were held for a bail hearing on March 1 in Pembroke court.
