Thursday, December 4, 2003

FOUR MORE SEX CHARGES LAID AGAINST GOULAIS RIVER RESIDENT

Goulais River, Ont.,

Sault Ste Marie OPP have laid four more sex charges against Goulais River resident Robert Lemieux.

Yesterday members of the Sault Ste Marie OPP Crime Unit arrested and charged sixty-three- year old Robert Lemieux with four sex crimes. The charges date back to 1963 and 1964 in and around the Sault Ste Marie area. At the time of the assaults the lone male victim was thirteen years old.

Mr. Lemiuex has been charged with two charges of Indecent Assault on a Male and two charges of Gross Indecency Contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. Investigations have indicated that Lemiuex has lived in and around the Sault Ste Marie area for most of his adult life. He did travel and work in various parts of Canada.

Mr. Lemiuex first came to the attention of police in Ontario as a result of an investigation by the Child Abuse Unit of the Winnipeg Police Service. The Winnipeg Police Service traveled to Sault Ste Marie in late November of this year to investigate the Goulais River man, several complainants came forward in and around the Winnipeg area to complain about being sexually assault by the accused.

As a result of that investigation Mr. Lemieux was charged with sixteen sex related charges in Winnipeg. He appears in Winnipeg court on Dec 29 2003 to answer to those charges.

Mr. Lemiuex has been released from custody on the Sault Ste Marie charges and will appear in court on January 12, 2004 in Sault Ste Marie to answer to the charges from this area.


SPEEDING CHARGE LEADS TO DRUG FIND

Garden River First Nation, Ont

Two southern Ontario men got a little more than a speeding ticket yesterday. A Sault Ste Marie OPP officer was running radar on Hwy 17 in Garden River yesterday after the car operated by the two men was seen traveling over the speed limit.

After the car was stopped the officer located small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and magic mushrooms in the car.

Twenty three year old Christopher Munro of Burlington Ontario and twenty four year old Matthew Yakabuski of Arnprior Ontario will be making a return visit to Sault Ste Marie on January 5, 2003 to answer to charges under the Controlled Drug and Substance Act.