Charges dropped against one accused in cannabis candies case
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This article was published 06/12/2023 (1031 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG — Charges have been stayed against a Tuxedo man accused of doling out cannabis-laced Halloween candy to young trick-or-treaters last year.
Sheldon Chochinov, 64, and his wife Tammy Sigurdur, 54, were each charged with 13 counts of distributing cannabis to a young person and 13 counts of distributing cannabis knowing it is illicit following the Oct. 31, 2022 incident.
Court records show all charges were stayed against Chochinov on Nov. 9.
Chochinov and Sigurdur were arrested Nov. 1, 2022, one day after police received complaints from several parents who said that among the items their children returned home with on Halloween night were bags of Nerds Rope candies containing 600 mg of THC.
THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
The candies appeared to be professionally packaged and, on superficial viewing, looked similar to conventional candy products.
None of the children, aged from six to 16, who reported receiving the candies had eaten them, police said at the time.
Chochinov agreed at the Nov. 9 hearing to forfeiture of the drugs seized.
“As Mr. Chochinov had no knowledge or possession of any illicit substances at any time, he has no issue agreeing to their forfeiture,” his lawyer Evan Roitenberg told court.
Sigurdur pleaded guilty in September to one count each of supplying cannabis to a young person and possessing cannabis that is not packed, labelled and stamped, offences under the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act.
Sigurdur admitted, in the words of her lawyer Saul Simmonds, to “inadvertently providing the items” to trick-or-treaters.
She is expected to be sentenced in early 2024.
Search warrant documents previously reviewed by the Free Press alleged Chochinov contacted his lawyer after seeing a police media alert about the incident and disclosed that “the two ran out of candy on Halloween night and distributed the THC candy from their personal ‘stash.’”
“Chochinov disclosed… that this was a mistake made when under the influence and both he and his wife regretted what they had done,” the search warrant alleged.
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