By Canada’s ‘crime expert Paul Cherry, for the Gazette
MONTREAL – A Sureté du Québec officer was handed a sentence Thursday that leaves him with a criminal record for getting rid of a speeding ticket issued to one of the highest ranking members of the Mafia in Montreal.
Serge Parent, 45, was hoping for an absolution when he was sentenced at the Montreal courthouse following his guilty plea to two criminal charges on Jan. 16. He admitted to stealing a speeding ticket issued to Francesco “Frank” Arcadi , a man who served as the street boss of the Rizzuto clan until his arrest in November 2006 as the RCMP rounded up several Mafia leaders and their associates in Project Colisée, a lengthy investigation into the mob. Arcadi is currently serving a 15-year prison term he received in 2008.
Parent, who also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge filed against him, received a suspended sentence from Quebec Court Judge Robert Marchi and was ordered to do 180 hours of community service within a year. But Marchi’s sentence leaves Parent with a criminal record which means he will likely lose his job. Read More Here
