Author: Frank Retar Criminal Law

Emotions ran high in a Chatham courtroom as the family of a Chatham teen killed in a violent encounter in October 2022 expressed frustration during a youth’s sentencing hearing Wednesday. The male youth, who was 17 when the teen was stabbed to death in a drug deal gone bad involving four teens on ...

Jared John Atwell, 25, of Chatham, who’s charged with attempted murder while using a firearm, possessing cocaine, and possession for the purpose of trafficking, made a brief virtual appearance Friday in a Chatham court. Court heard that lawyer Frank Retar will serve as Atwell’s counsel. Read the...

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The chief witness for the prosecution in a Windsor murder trial agreed with a defence lawyer that having a drug dealer press a gun to your head and then pull the trigger is “a pretty significant” event, one that would be “forever etched in your mind.” And yet, said lawyer Frank Retar, during...

After days of intense grilling, during which the prosecution’s main witness confessed repeatedly to having lied in previous sworn statements to police and in courtroom testimony, Jacob Reaume was asked Thursday whether he himself was the actual killer of a young Windsor woman for which three other...

Nicholas Plain was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for trying to sell 55 grams of crystal meth in Sarnia. Justice Krista Lynn Leszczynski called it a dangerous, addictive and insidious substance. “One that destroys lives, destroys families and communities,” she said. Plain’s crimina...

Bravo, 54, was sentenced Aug. 25 in Windsor’s Superior Court of Justice to 42 months in prison after pleading guilty to three of nine criminal counts he’d been facing, including possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking. “He comes from a good, hard-working middle class family — h...

Bouchard’s lawyer Frank Retar said his client, who has a “significant criminal record,” was apologetic to the victim’s family at his sentencing. “He said, ‘Krug was my friend.’” Retar described the sentence on the lesser charge as “a great result for that kid” and that the pr...

Jamie Kelly, 55, made a brief appearance in Chatham court on Wednesday. Defence lawyer Frank Retar told the court this was Kelly’s first appearance after being released last month following a contested bail hearing. Retar requested the matter return Oct. 5 to provide him time to speak with his cli...

Jamie Kelly, 55, made a virtual appearance in a Chatham court with his out-of-town surety, a family member. Earlier this month, the Crown rejected a bail plan for his release from custody. Kelly also faced a reverse onus, meaning it was up to him to show cause why he should be released. Kelly’s la...