There were many reasons why Derick Freeman shouldn't have been spending Boxing Day 2022 in Sault Ste. Marie.The 27-year-old Toronto area man pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from his actions on Dec. 26 when he appeared in a Sault courtroom on Thursday.Freeman was convicted of possession of a restricted firearm and ammunition, and possession of these items while prohibited.As well, he was supposed to be in his residence in Mississauga at all times.
He also was bound by an Oct. 7, 2021 release order from Chapleau with various conditions, including a requirement that he reside in Mississauga with his surety. "He wasn't supposed to be possessing any firearm much less a loaded handgun," Wilson said. "He was not supposed to be in Sault Ste. Marie. He was not supposed to possess narcotics.""We don't like it when people from southern Ontario come to town with handguns, running around in a residential area, in people's yards," he said. "No good can come from that."The Crown and defence lawyer D'Arcy Leitch jointly recommended the four-year jail term.
When he imposed the sentence, Kwolek noted the lawyers had indicated there had been triable issues because the officer who found the gun is deceased.But he had a loaded firearm with a magazine in a community where there is trouble with guns and drugs, which "I find most in the cases I see on a day-to-day basis.""The nature of these offences are seen in this community and around the country," the judge said.
With the 1.5 enhanced credit he received for the time he has spent in custody since his arrest, Freeman faces a further two years less a day behind bars.
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