Traffic stop leads to multiple charges

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.