Jessica Francoeur Henley, Kevin Beauregard and Alexandra Lepage were all sentenced to prison time to be served on an intermittent basis for smuggling tobacco.
On Thursday, March 31 the three accused appeared at the palais de justice in Valleyfield before Judge Marie-Chantal Doucet. The charges against the trio date from 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The biggest sentence was handed down to Jessica Francoeur Henley. On two occasions, Henley, who now lives in Val-d’Or, was arrested by police officers while in possession of unstamped tobacco products. On December 16, 2013, Jessica Francoeur Henley was arrested in Dundee while in possession of 49 cases of smuggled cigarettes and on March 8, 2014, she was again arrested by police in Saint-Étienne de Beauharnois in possession of 10 cases of the same product.
Judge Doucet adopted the joint recommendations of the crown and the defence which were 60 days detention to be served on weekends, a two year probation period as well as not being in possession of unstamped tobacco products again.
Kevin Beauregard, a resident of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, was sentenced to 30 days detention, also to be served on an intermittent basis to allow him to continue working. He will also be on probation for a year and must not be in possession of unstamped tobacco products again.
When he was arrested on March 18, 2015, Kevin Beauregard was in possession of 34 cases of illegal cigarettes.
Finally, Alexandra Lepage was arrested on March 25, 2014 in Sainte-Anicet in possession of 44 cases of illegal cigarettes. At the time of her arrest, Lepage was in the process of loading a truck.
She must now serve 30 days detention on an intermittent basis, respect a probation period of one year and not be in possession of unstamped tobacco products again.
Translated by Cathleen Johnston
