Two accused in Alberta border blockade case plead guilty to lesser charges
Posted Feb 6, 2024 2:15 pm.
Last Updated Feb 6, 2024 2:26 pm.
Two of four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the 2022 blockade at the Canada-U. S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., have pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Darryl Ruether, a spokesman for the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, confirms in an email that Jerry Morin and Chris Lysak entered the pleas in a Lethbridge courtroom today.
Lysak pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon in an unauthorized place.
He was sentenced to three years in prison, and will serve no more time in custody after getting credit for time served.
Morin admitted a charge of conspiracy to traffic firearms.
He was sentenced to 1,185 days in prison and will also be released from custody.