Pair pulled over, hit with credit card forgery charges

NEWS RELEASE

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

BLIND RIVER – On July 5, 2015 at 12:45 p.m. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Blind River Detachment stopped a westbound car traveling through Blind River for a traffic violation. 

From their investigation the driver and passenger are now facing numerous charges. 

Garmy GUERRIER (m), 28 years of age from Laval, Quebec is charged with the following offences:

•  Possession of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance for the purpose of trafficking, section 5(2), Controlled Drug and Substance Act (CDSA)

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, section 354(1)(a) Criminal Code of Canada(CCC)

• Identity theft-obtain or possess another person’s identity information, section 402.2(1), CCC, (37 counts)

• Possession of a credit card knowing it was obtained, made or altered, section 342(1)(c), CCC, (27 counts)

• Forgery of credit card, section 342(1)(b), CCC

• Possession of instrument for use in forging credit cards, section 342.01(1)(b), CCC

• Possess credit card data, section 342(3), CCC, (28 counts)

• Theft over $5000, section 334(a), CCC

• Fraud over $5000, section 380(1), CCC

• Possess identity documents, section 56.1, CCC (10 counts)

Jocelyn LAGUE (m), 28 years of age from Laval, Quebec is charged with the following offences:

• Possession of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance for the purpose of trafficking, section 5(2), Controlled Drug and Substance Act (CDSA)

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, section 354(1)(a) Criminal Code of Canada(CCC)

• Identity theft-obtain or possess another person’s identity information, section 402.2(1), CCC

• Personation with intent, section 403(1), CCC

• Forgery of credit card, section 342(1)(b), CCC

• Possession of instrument for use in copying credit cards, section 342.01(1)(a), CCC

• Possess credit card data, section 342(3), CCC

• Theft over $5000, section 334(a), CCC

• Fraud over $5000, section 380(1), CCC

Both accused were held in custody pending a bail hearing in Sault Ste Marie.

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