OPP cop killer was on bail after prior officer assault
I posted another article a few weeks back about a US Gun smuggler who got off due to our incompetent legal system... unfortunately here is another SAD SAD example that resulted in the tragic death of a beautiful young OPP officer...
WHY is the government so focused on law abiding gun owners and WHEN will they get tough on criminals? I am contacting my local MP (again) to ask these questions...
https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/l...-court-records
[COLOR=#555555]A man charged in the shooting death of a Southwestern Ontario OPP officer was released on bail six months ago while facing charges including assaulting a police officer and possessing a handgun, court records show
[COLOR=#191919]A man charged in the shooting death of a Southwestern Ontario OPP officer was released on bail six months ago while facing charges including assaulting a police officer and possessing a handgun, court records show.
[COLOR=#191919]Randall McKenzie, 25, of Kingston, and Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry, 30, of Hamilton, were charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of OPP Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala.
[COLOR=#191919]Pierzchala, 28, was fatally shot while responding to vehicle in the ditch west of Hagersville around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police arrested two suspects hours later
[COLOR=#191919]McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry appeared briefly Wednesday afternoon at the Cayuga courthouse, where they were remanded into custody until their next appearance on Jan. 17. A judge ordered the pair not to communicate with a list of potential witnesses and family members of the slain officer.
[COLOR=#191919]Court records show McKenzie was released on bail on June 27 after spending nearly six months in custody after Hamilton police arrested him a year ago.
[COLOR=#191919]McKenzie, of no fixed address at the time, was arrested on Dec. 1, 2021, and charged with a dozen offences including assault with a weapon, assaulting a peace officer, assault, possession of a firearm without a licence, carrying a concealed weapon, mischief and possession of counterfeit money.
[COLOR=#191919]The gun involved was a handgun with its serial number removed and McKenzie was under a pair of weapons bans imposed by judges in 2016 and 2018, the documents say.
[COLOR=#191919]The death of Pierzchala, the fifth Ontario police officer killed on-duty since September, drew condolences from police forces and politicians and outrage from some police officers.
[COLOR=#191919]“Reverse the roles and imagine the public outcry. Keep violent criminals in jail. Hold the courts responsible,” London police Det. Gary Bezaire said on Twitter.
[COLOR=#191919]OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique said Pierzchala joined the OPP little more than a year ago, achieving his childhood dream of becoming a police officer, and passed his probation period on the day he died.
[COLOR=#191919]Prior to becoming a police officer, the Barrie native studied health and society at York University, where he was a member of the varsity wrestling team, and worked as a special constable at Queen’s Park.