Express_2012_03_30

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Attempted murder charge

Neighbour credited with

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helping to foil robbery

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A23-year-oldHawkesburymanhasbeenchargedwithattemptedmurderfollowing

an attack on a teenager during a break-in at a Portelance Street residence March 12.

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Andrew Kennedy, of Cameron Street, also faces charges of overcoming resistance to

commit an indictable offence, break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence

An alert neighbour is credited with foiling an attempted robbery late Sunday in

and two counts of failing to comply with an undertaking. The incident occurred in the

Hawkesbury.

early morning of March 12, reports the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police

Four people from St-André d’Avelin were charged after a neighbour called police at

detachment. Aman had climbed the second-storey balcony of a residence and broke into

about 10:45 p.m. March 25 to report a break-in in progress at a Cameron Street residence,

the living room. Police say he then tried to strangle a female teenager who was sleeping

reports the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police detachment.

on the living room couch. When a female resident came to the help of the teenager, the

ArrestedwereMathieu Charlebois, 25, Dominique Lefort, 28, both of Principale Street

assailant fled the scene by jumping from the second-floor balcony. The teenager suffered

in St-André d’Avelin, and Rémy Robitaille, 31, and Maggie Rodrigue, 22, both of

minor injuries in the ordeal. With the help of witnesses, the investigation quickly led

Lanthier Street in St-André d’Avelin. They are charged with break and enter with intent

to an arrest.

to commit an indictable offence, trespassing, and mischief under $5,000. Charlebois and

Food bank theft suspects cleared

Robitaille were also charged with theft under $5,000, possession of break-in instruments

and breach of probation. Lefort was charged with two counts of breach of probation. A

blue 1998 Dodge Ram pick-up truck was also seized. All items taken from the residence

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were recovered and seized by the police. All except Charlebois were released. They are

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to appear in court April 25in L’Orignal. Charlebois was picked up by the Sûreté du

Québec as there was a warrant out for his arrest.

Two Hawkesbury men have been cleared of charges they faced in connection with

the December, 2011 break-in at the Hawkesbury Central Food Bank.

A charge of possession of stolen property against Stéphane Hotte, 40, of Main Street,

Three charged in home invasion

has been dropped. Meanwhile, Richard Gorry, 46, also of Main Street, has been found

not guilty of the same charge.

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Charges were laid following a December 24 theft at the Main Street food bank, where

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two computers, 12 cases of sausages and approximately $100 were stolen.

Four-year prison term

Three 22-year-old men have been charged following a March 9 home invasion on

Higginson Street in Hawkesbury.

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The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. when three maskedmen entered the dwelling

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where they tried to rob the occupant, reports the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police

An 18-year-old Hawkesbury man has been sentenced to four years in prison after

detachment.

pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection

The victim resisted and struggled with the perpetrators who left the house and fled

with a September, 2011 attack on a 15-year-old girl.

the scene, police say. The victim sustained minor injuries in the struggle. Police officers

Nicholas Boudrias-Mayer was sentenced by Judge Jean Legault after admitting to the

responding to the call were able to arrest two suspects immediately; the third was

charges that were laid after the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police investigated the

arrested later in the week.

assault of a girl in East Hawkesbury.

Charged are Éric Dubord, of Meikle Street in Lachute, Don Hoffman, of Front Road

Assistant Crown Attorney Juliana Martel related that while Boudrias-Mayer had

in East Hawkesbury, and Danick Lapalme-Blais, of Catherine Street, Hawkesbury.

hatched the plan with a minor, the accused acted alone. However, the motive for the

They are charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence,

assault was not clear.

assault causing bodily harm, disguise with intent and robbery with violence.

The girl had been picked up inHawkesbury by a manwho drove her to a spot on Front

Road East in East Hawkesbury, where he assaulted the victim. The girl succeeded in

convincing her attacker to stop the assault. The man drove the victim back to the

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District General Hospital suffering from non-life-threatening neck and head injuries.

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