Sarnia police say seven people are facing a combined 37 charges in a cocaine trafficking investigation, dubbed Project Bullpen.
Police released more information Thursday about a series of warrants that were executed on Tuesday across the city and in St. Clair Township.
They were done at a Kenwick building apartment and residences on George Street, Coventry Avenue, Michigan Avenue, St. Clair Parkway, and Murray Street in Corunna. Details on the arrests are posted below.
Police said 3,419.80 grams of cocaine (ranging from 94 per cent to 98 per cent in purity) were seized, worth an estimated street value of $410,376.
Officers also confiscated the following items:
- $6,315 in cash
- Drug packaging
- Cellphones and scales
- Ammunition
- Savage Axis – Calibre 22-250
- Marlin – Model XT - .22 calibre
- Savage – Model 11 – 243 WIN calibre
- Savage Model 64 – .22 calibre
- Remington – Model 700 – 270 WIN calibre
- Savage Axis – 223 calibre
- Winchester – Super X Pump – 12 gauge
Police said the arrests were the culmination of a multi-month investigation by the Sarnia Police Major Case Action Team (MCAT), the Intelligence Bureau and the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario (CISO).
Sarnia Deputy Chief Ron Hansen said he's thankful for the support from other police services in the area.
“Our MCAT and Intelligence units have done an exemplary job leading this expansive and complex project," said Hansen. "Our ongoing modernization within SPS has included ensuring our investigative teams are equipped with current technologies, necessary resources, and critical access to provincial support from CISO. The SPS highly values our partnerships with our fellow police agencies, and we thank Chatham-Kent, London, St. Thomas, Windsor, and the OPP for their support.”
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Donovan Duane Vance Bressette, 31, of Kettle and Stoney Point is charged with:
- Trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Possession of a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine) for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
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Shane Stuart Anthony Brown, 45, of Sarnia was charged with:
- Trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
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Heather Marie Krasinkiewicz, 35, of Corunna, was charged with:
- Seven counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
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Joseph Perry Maness ,31, of no fixed address, was charged with:
- Two counts of trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
Following his bail hearing, Maness was remanded into custody by the court.
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Kailyn Maracle, 28, of Sarnia was charged with:
- Two counts of trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
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Nicole Amber Warner, 38, of Sarnia, was charged with:
- Six counts of trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Possession of a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine) for the purpose of trafficking
- Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Four counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
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Jordan David Williams, 27, of Sarnia, was charged with
- Trafficking in a Schedule 1 Substance (cocaine)
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
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More information can be found on the Sarnia Police Service's website.
