A man arrested in Newfoundland for serious assault that occurred in Quebec city in April 2016

Photo Stevens Leblanc
Cédric Leblond

Dominique Lelièvre and
Kathleen Frenette

Friday, 1 September 2017, 09:09

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Friday, 1 September 2017 12:24

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The individual 31-year-old was the subject of a warrant for arrest canada-wide for having committed aggravated assault, there is more than one year in a bar in Quebec, was found and arrested in the east of the country and has appeared on Friday morning, at the palace of justice of Quebec.

Without great surprise, the public prosecutor for criminal and penal prosecutions, Me Éric Beauséjour, opposed the release of Cedric Leblond. The lawyer of the latter, to Me, Simon Roy, has requested that the file of his client to be postponed to September 7 ” be the time required to study the record.”

Tuesday, Leblond was arrested in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in respect of the actions he allegedly committed on 9 April 2016 at the bar, the Red Lounge of the rue Saint-Vallier, in Saint-Sauveur.

“During this evening, Cedric Leblond would have used physical force in striking the victim in the head. This last care addition to significant sequelae of these actions,” explained the spokesperson for the Service de police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ), Pierre Poirier.

After the alleged facts, the suspect had left Quebec to win, according to some information, the region of Calgary.

However, the search for the child had remained unsuccessful.

The SPVQ mentions having worked with the Calgary police and Edmonton for a number of months.

Mandate pan-canadian

In July, a result of new information, a warrant for arrest canada-wide had been launched against the accused.

Eventually, the police of Saint-Jean who proceeded to his arrest in collaboration with the Calgary police.

Photo Stevens Leblanc, Journal de Québec