Here are this year’s least cunning bandits

Every year, bandits are caught by Quebec police forces because they obviously did not plan their crime so that everything went smoothly. Whether through lack of judgment, distraction or quite simply because they are not questioned as to whether it was a good idea, many people have found themselves in court through their own fault, often by facilitating the work of the policemen. Here are the cases that caught our attention in 2022, reminding us that the perfect crime does not exist and that justice has a long arm.

Smile, you’re being filmed

LAVAL | Surveillance cameras have multiplied in recent years.

Gahens Lee Sovereign seems to have forgotten about it, when he allegedly tried to take down a rising star in organized crime, in September 2021, when he was filmed with his face exposed, a pistol fitted with a silencer at the hand.

In addition to not being the smartest, the accused would not be the best shooter, Davide Barberio having survived this attempted murder.

The young man was already in detention for another case, when he was accused of having broken an order prohibiting him from possessing a firearm, for an event that occurred in Terrebonne.

A sex offender wants to go to the waterslides

SAINT-JÉRÔME | Being a criminal comes with consequences. A sex offender did not understand this concept: indeed, he complained about the conditions he would have to respect after serving his six and a half years in prison, instead of questioning the impact of his crimes on his victim.

“I will hardly be able to leave my house, finally. For example, I will no longer be able to go to the water slides,” complained Marco Corriveau last September.

” [Il] denies the criminal offense, and portrays himself very much as a victim, ”described the Crown. Instead of thinking about water slides, a little introspection would do no harm.

It didn’t take long…

GRANBY | This duo obviously hadn’t thought of the small details when they planned a convenience store robbery in January 2021.

Even though they had taken the trouble to hood up so as not to be recognized, François Patenaude and Pascal Bouchard helped the work of the police, who only had to follow the footprints in the freshly fallen snow. .to the apartment of one of the defendants, not far from the convenience store.

The two men had stolen cash, cigarette packets and a cell phone, for a total value of $1,835.

On the spot, the patrollers found the cigarettes and the loot.

Bouchard, who was sentenced to 32 months in prison, “takes the time to call the cashier by her first name and tells her that he knows her well,” noted Judge Benoit Gagnon.

Patenaude came out of it better, he who took himself in hand, with 90 days to serve discontinuously and probation.

Not the best joke to make

BEAUTY | Wanting to prank a friend, Antoine Gagnon-Griffin started shooting his rifle in his direction.

A projectile, however, ricocheted and lodged near the victim’s lung, fortunately, without ever putting his life in danger.

The 28-year-old engineer was facing jail time, but was instead granted clemency by a judge, who granted him conditional discharge on 150 hours of community service, along with a $1,500 donation.

In prison because of his chihuahua

MONTREAL | Rapper White-B was sentenced to two years less a day in prison… because of his chihuahua.

The prominent artist on the Quebec rap scene drew a gun in front of a worker who was passing in an alley and who allegedly nearly ran over his dog.

And David Bouchard-Sasseville, his real name, was not at the end of his sentences: he was detained in Ontario, for an offense related to the possession of a firearm, when he pleaded guilty.

Hoping that he learns a lesson, since he will be prohibited from owning firearms for a period of 10 years.

Still drunk driving

MONTREAL | We repeat it every year in this list, but drunk driving continues to wreak havoc. And it is criminal.

Despite all the prevention to counter this scourge of society, a driver impaired by alcohol and drugs decided to drive and caused a pile-up involving four other vehicles, last January, on Highway 40, in Montreal , which had consequences in the lives of many people.

Authorities feared for the life of one of the drivers, but the offending motorist, a man in his twenties, emerged with minor injuries.

We can never say it enough, when you drink, you don’t drive.

Mr chalet in jail

LAURENTIANS | Although he managed to cheat nearly 200 people, this repeat offender is not the smartest, he who was sentenced to five years in prison in July.

Kevin Goulet took advantage of the cottage rental craze at the start of the pandemic to line his pockets.

The newspaper exposed his little scheme in June 2020, while on parole, after being convicted in 2017 of similar crimes. Feeling the hot soup, he preferred to flee.

The police investigation proved that one of his email addresses to defraud his victims was the one he used to communicate with the correctional services.

Kevin, you don’t have to go on like this.

Worse and worse

MAGO | A 29-year-old Montrealer heavily intoxicated by drugs was arrested last February after stealing a DoorDash delivery person’s vehicle, driving without a valid driver’s license, defrauding various businesses along the way, stealing mail and giving false identities to the police.

Worse still, the suspect who had just been handcuffed told the police that as soon as he was released, he would steal another vehicle. Anything to help you, champ.

He steals from his blind girlfriend

SAINT-HYACINTHE | Surely thinking he wouldn’t get caught, an unscrupulous individual went to prison for stealing several thousand dollars from his blind spouse.

Kevin Lalonde-Rousseau took advantage of the handicap of the young woman, due to an addiction to video games, dispossessing his victim of most of his savings.

In order to pay her back, Lalonde-Rousseau was sentenced to three months to serve weekends so he could keep his job.

Not the king of subtlety

MONTREAL | The Quebecer nicknamed the king of Xanax is not the master of subtlety, while he has led to his own downfall due to his indiscretion.

Alexandre Beaudry was betrayed by a pendant found during a home invasion that allowed investigators to identify him, with the same symbol he used on the dark web to sell his drugs.

The Americans now want to extradite him to try him for his crimes.

The Montrealer even went online, on the Reddit platform, to boast of being a former king pin of the dark web and being “responsible for the Xanax epidemic in America”.

In November, a judge ruled he will have to remain behind bars pending extradition, as the United States argued he was groomed to flee justice.

A “big draw” to end up in prison

MONTREAL | It’s fascinating to see fraudsters who seem to think they will never be caught up in their actions.

Gyula Jr Barta pushed the limits of deception, he who did not hesitate to strip his own friends of more than $500,000, by pretending among other things that he wanted to distribute millions in a “big draw” , in exchange for money.

Victims have even dragged their families into these false investments.

Instead, Barta used the money to maintain a small lifestyle and pay her rent.

Sentenced to three years in prison, he will have the opportunity to think of a way to repay his victims. He risks spending more time behind bars, whereas from his release he will have 10 years to pay his debts.

Was it really worth $500?

MONTREAL | Who said crime was profitable? You had to tell Tudor Donciu, who was paid a measly $500 to carry out an importation of 64 kilos of cocaine, which nevertheless has a value of $2.5 million on the street.

“It is permissible to infer that such a quantity of narcotics would not have been entrusted to a person who did not know the nature of the contents of the bags”, affirmed the magistrate, declaring the accused guilty.

Trapped by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during a controlled delivery, he could face 11 years in prison and then be expelled from the country because of his crime.