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Thief given time to work to pay restitution to victims

James Seguin went on a wild crime spree in 2003 just before Christmas Seguin, 25, pleaded guilty to 47 of 130 charges he was facing Monday at the Sudbury courthouse. Seguin will be sentenced Sept. 1.

James Seguin went on a wild crime spree in 2003 just before Christmas Seguin, 25, pleaded guilty to 47 of 130 charges he was facing Monday at the Sudbury courthouse.

Seguin will be sentenced Sept. 1. His lawyer asked for an additional six months before sentencing to allow him to continue working so he can pay restitution to the many people he stole from.

During a two-week period between Dec. 8 and Dec. 22, 2003, Seguin admitted being involved in 18 break and enters at businesses and residences in Greater Sudbury. He also pleaded guilty to stealing or attempting to steal 15 vehicles, and to 11 counts of mischief where he and a co-accused caused willful damage to almost a dozen other vehicles.

The total amount of the vehicles and merchandise stolen wasn?t added up in court, but some quick math reveals the total amount to be well in excess of $100,000.

It was revealed Seguin and Pierre Leblanc were involved together in most of the incidents, but Travis Alston was also involved in numerous break and enters and thefts. Leblanc recently received a 30-month penitentiary term, while Alston received a 12-month jail sentence.

All of the break and enters took place at night and were always preceded by vehicles being stolen, said assistant Crown attorney Philip Zylberberg. Much of the stolen merchandise was recovered at hock shops in southern Ontario.

Seguin is now enrolled in a drug rehabilitation program.

He has continued to work since being arrested and has not become involved in any other criminal activity since being released on bail 15 months ago.
Seguin will remain free until sentencing and will have to continue to abide by his bail conditions.

?Keith Lacey