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National Post
11-07-2025
- National Post
Montreal drug trafficker who says he's addicted to crime to be released from prison next month
Article content Colegrove will get out of prison Aug. 21 on statutory release, the law that requires federal offenders who have served two-thirds of a fixed-length sentence be released to serve the remainder of their sentence in the community, under supervision. Article content The parole board placed conditions on that release in the same decision that denied Colegrove full parole. Those include staying away from criminals, alcohol and drugs. He must live in a halfway house and be either 'gainfully employed,' looking for work, upgrading his education or pursuing volunteer gigs. Article content Colegrove will only be allowed to have one mobile phone and one SIM card for the device. He's also supposed to provide his parole officer 'with detailed billing statements showing all incoming and outgoing calls,' and unlock the phone so his minder can check his texts, call logs, emails and social media. Article content Colegrove was arrested in February 2015 for being unlawfully at large, said his parole decision. 'However, during your arrest, the items seized revealed that you were involved in a sophisticated criminal operation ranging from false identifications to equipment used to follow police frequencies and to thwart surveillance. Police found money and a large quantity of illicit drugs (cocaine, cannabis, hashish, and methamphetamine pills).' Article content Investigators found accounting documents that showed Colegrove had done $3,845,910 in transactions 'related to illicit dealings,' said the decision, which notes they also discovered 'large quantities of hard drugs (2,222 grams of cocaine including crack).' Article content Police also found loaded guns at the scene, but Colegrove was acquitted of firearms possession charges, said the decision, which notes he's banned from having guns. 'The court did not find any mitigating factors in your case but did identify several aggravating factors which included the quantity and nature of the drugs, the objective gravity of the offence, which is punishable by life imprisonment, the use of a residence in a quiet residential area, as well as your profile as a career criminal with a specialty in narcotics trafficking.' Colegrove denied any 'active affiliation to traditional organized crime,' said the decision. 'You stated that you acted on your own at all stages of your crimes.' Article content Article content Colegrove told the parole board he 'grew up in a dysfunctional family environment' and that his parents had substance abuse issues. 'You mention having been brought up in crime and knowing nothing else.' Article content Colegrove got out of prison on statutory release in June 2023, but it didn't last long. Article content 'On July 13, 2023, you were paid an impromptu visit while you were at a park,' said his parole decision. 'You were asked to hand over your cell phone so that your caseworkers could verify your compliance with your special condition related to telecommunications.' Article content They discovered an application on his phone that could be used to send encrypted messages, said the decision. 'You stated that you used the application to watch news about the war in Russia.' Article content Colegrove's handlers also 'noticed that your recent internet search involved 'Hells Angels news,'' as well as his own name 'and the name of the man you claimed to be the source of your security concerns.' Article content Colegrove was 'found in possession of a second cell phone, wrapped in multiple plastic bags, covered in soil and leaf residue, suggesting that the cell phone had previously been buried. You explained that it was an old cell phone, which your (case management team) knew about,' said the decision, which notes they 'immediately refuted this claim.'
CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
Sask. man who set fire to homeless woman going back to prison
The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the statutory release of a man who lit a homeless woman on fire in Saskatchewan. Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in the 2014 bludgeoning, burning and sexual assault of Marlene Bird in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Bird lost much of her eyesight and had both of her legs amputated after the attack. She died in 2017 at the age of 50 from heart, liver and kidney failure. Black was given statutory release earlier this year, but the board says the 39-year-old violated his conditions by using drugs the morning he was released from prison.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- CTV News
VPD re-arrests high-risk offender
Vancouver Watch Vancouver police re-arrested high-risk offender Randall Hopley on Thursday, just hours after he obtained statutory release from prison.
CTV News
20-05-2025
- CTV News
Saint John police arrest wanted man who allegedly breached conditions of release
Saint John police arrested Jerry Loatman who was wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for violating the conditions of a statutory release.
CTV News
14-05-2025
- CTV News
Saint John police seek man wanted on Canada-wide arrest warrant
Jerry Loatman, who is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant is pictured. Police in Saint John, N.B. are looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for allegedly violating the conditions of his statutory release. Police issued a warrant for Jerry Loatman, 44, on May 7 after he failed to return to the Community Correctional Centre in Saint John, said a Wednesday news release. Jerry Loatman is described as six-foot-one, 251 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He has the following tattoos: a face on his left forearm a heart with a dragon on his upper right arm a brick wall with a skull on his upper left arm Loatman is serving a four-year sentence for a robbery conviction. Police are warning the public not to approach Loatman. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Saint John Police Force at 1-506-648-3333 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or 1-800-222-T.I.P.S. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
