P.E.I. man gets 10-year prison sentence for possessing fentanyl for trafficking
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Possessing an estimated 185 grams of pure fentanyl – the biggest quantity seized in P.E.I.’s historical past – or roughly 92,820 doubtlessly deadly doses for trafficking functions – has led to a 10-year federal jail sentence for a Cornwall, P.E.I., man.
“It is a staggering amount of this very harmful substance to be coming to P.E.I.,” mentioned federal Crown lawyer Scott Barry on Aug. 1 in provincial court docket in Charlottetown at sentencing for Jarrett Ivan DesRoches.
Along with fentanyl, DesRoches, 39, was sentenced to a two-year concurrent jail sentence for possessing 200 grams of cocaine for trafficking functions, three-year concurrent sentences for possessing two prohibited loaded handguns and 18 months concurrent for possessing almost $6,100 in Canadian forex obtained by crime.
DesRoches pleaded responsible to the offences on July 17. The P.E.I. RCMP confirmed that the quantity of fentanyl seized was the biggest quantity within the province’s historical past.
At sentencing, Choose Nancy Orr gave DesRoches credit score for 270 days of enhanced credit score for time already served in custody.
Studying from an agreed assertion of info, Barry instructed the court docket that on Dec. 5, 2022, the RCMP acquired details about a FedEx bundle in Charlottetown containing $2,980 in U.S. cash and $2,050 in Canadian cash (totalling $6,100 in Canadian forex). The bundle that police intercepted was despatched by DesRoches and addressed to somebody beforehand linked to different packages containing medication, mentioned Barry.
Then on Feb. 2, police intercepted a FedEx bundle despatched to DesRoches from an tackle outdoors of P.E.I. containing the cocaine and fentanyl. The bundle was then delivered to DesRoches’ Cornwall residence as a part of a police undercover operation. Contained in the bundle was dye and an alarm to inform police when it was opened. About an hour later, the alarm went off and police entered the residence. The dye from the bundle was discovered on DesRoches’ arms, and he was arrested.
Police positioned a secure in DesRoches’ main bedroom that contained rating sheets in step with drug trafficking and two loaded handguns (revolvers) – one inside his automobile that was holstered in a hid place alongside the driving force’s seat and one inside a secure within the residence. Police additionally searched DesRoches’ telephone and located communications with different individuals about supplying him with cocaine and fentanyl in addition to the native resale market situations for these medication.
“It is a staggering amount of this very harmful substance to be coming to P.E.I.” – Federal Crown lawyer Scott Barry
Barry defined that the 1.547-kilogram bundle seized by police contained 12 per cent of pure fentanyl (or 185 grams) together with one other powered substance. Primarily based on that quantity of pure fentanyl and the truth that a doubtlessly deadly dose will be lower than two milligrams, Barry estimated the entire variety of doubtlessly deadly doses to be 92,820.
DesRoches had a previous prison report. He was represented in court docket by defence lawyer Iain McCarvill.
Along with the jail time, DesRoches was sentenced to a weapons prohibition and ordered to supply a pattern of his DNA to authorities.
DesRoches, who appeared by video from the Provincial Correctional Centre, declined a possibility to deal with the court docket at sentencing.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. He will be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and will be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
