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SAINT JOHN - Pleads guilty to trafficking

Another person nabbed by the Saint John Police Force's six-month long undercover drug sting Operation Portland has changed his pleas to guilty. On Wednesday, William Patrick Flynn, 61, of Douglas Avenue, entered guilty pleas to a pair of trafficking in Dilaudid charges and an RCMP-laid charge of trafficking in hydromorphone, a derivative of Dilaudid. Provincial court Judge William McCarroll remanded Flynn into custody until he returns to court for sentencing at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 9. A pre-sentence report will be prepared.

New theft adds to woman's woes

SAINT JOHN - A struggling addict who enrolled in the methadone treatment program in hopes of getting her life in order is back in trouble again. Robin Lee Beshara, 32, appeared in provincial court Tuesday to answer to new charges of theft and breach court undertaking as she was awaiting sentencing on other charges, including an earlier theft. Provincial court Judge William McCaroll revoked a four-month conditional sentence he had given Beshara during a morning court session, ordering her to serve the remaining 95 days behind bars. In the afternoon, Judge Anne Jeffries added 120 days of jail time to the woman's sentence for two thefts, including one in August and one of $75 to $100 worth of goods from Liquidation World on Monday. In all, she wound up with 215 days of jail time.

Man given last chance

SAINT JOHN - A lovesick man who received a seven-month jail term last spring for several charges, including making harassing telephone calls to his former girlfriend, was back to his old tricks just days after his release from jail. Mark Andrew Beaton, 42, of Cranston Avenue pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaching a court-ordered no contact order by calling the woman on Monday. Beaton apologized to the court and said he would never call her again. Crown prosecutor Chris Titus suggested the man's history of not complying with court orders meant he couldn't be trusted, but after learning the man had also landed himself a job, provincial court Judge William McCarroll said if he took it away by jailing him, which he deserved, "What does he have? Nothing." He said he was going to take a chance on Beaton by releasing him on strict conditions until he sentences him at 10 a.m. on Dec. 15. The accused is to have no contact with his victim, is to abstain from alcohol and illicit drugs, and is to abide by a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.