A Bracebridge dealer who sold to undercover police was in a Bracebridge courtroom recently.
Kris Pfluegl, 32, pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and possession of the proceeds of crime.
Court heard that the OPP received a tip that someone was trafficking cocaine “at or near” a downtown Bracebridge bar.
The OPP initiated surveillance of the bar and on May 30, 2024, the OPP began to infiltrate the social network of the establishment, court heard.
There, the undercover officers encountered Pfluegl, who told them he sold cocaine for a living. Pfluegl agreed to sell to the undercover officer and a deal was done in one of the washrooms for 3.1g of cocaine, the court heard.
On June 26,, 2024, the officer purchased 29 g of cocaine and Pfluegl was subsequently arrested for trafficking.
Pfluegl was sentenced to six months of house arrest, three months under curfew and 12 months of probation.
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This person should be in jail, the issue is Ontario does not have enough jail space (remand and 2 years less a day offfenders) and the federal system (2 years or more offenders) is also full. I know it costs money, but as Ontario’s and Canada’s population, crime is going to grow, we need more jail space
Pfluegl was sentenced to six months of house arrest, three months under curfew and 12 months of probation
Why in the world is this person not incarcerated ? Our drug abuse pandemic increases daily; putting our loved ones at risk.
So now I guess he sell his cocaine from his house.
total BS! ruining and endangering lives and he sits at home?
What is going on in this province?
Another slap on the wrist! Why even bother arresting him!
The courts are telling the OPP they are just wasting their time
and do not care about parents and their children.
Of course we have a lethal drug epidemic, the dealers operate with near-impunity
House arrest,curfew and probation are not going to solve these problems. We need to monitor the judges decisions and track the results. Years ago while living in B.C. I was involved in the crimestoppers organization and as part of this we had a program called “court watch”. This involved trained personnel going to court and watching trials and then recording the results to take back to crimestoppers. After a few trials the judges started to ask us what we were doing taking notes in court and showing up at different trials. When told the judges started to sit up and pay attention to us and we noticed a change in the judges behavior and how sentencing was handed out. I’m not sure how this all played out as I moved from B.C. shortly after but I would like to believe that it started to improve the justice system when judges know they are being monitored and held accountable for the decisions they make. Maybe the crimes toppers organization here could implement a similar policy. It certainly wouldn’t hurt.
JMHO