pleaded guilty to threatening to cause death<\/a> to\u00a0a Sault Police officer in a local Facebook group.<\/p>\nThe court heard that Kennedy posted the cop’s photograph on his Facebook page on March 29, 2024.<\/p>\n
Above the photo of the constable were these words “big donation to the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Area Hospital and food bank if he turns up dead.”<\/p>\n
He also was convicted of assault with a weapon for his actions two days before the threat when he struck a man with an iron sand wedge at a downtown coffee shop, as well as two counts of breaching a probation order.<\/p>\n
Ontario Court Justice John Condon heard Kennedy posted the threat at 9 a.m. and it was shared in the Facebook group called Keeping The Soo Safe.<\/p>\n
It came on the heels of a March 27 incident at the Tim Hortons on Bay Street, where Kennedy became involved in a verbal altercation with another man.<\/p>\n
“He was swinging the golf club around multiple times,” and struck the victim on his left hand and right wrist, prosecutor Chris Thompson said.<\/p>\n
The officer made some comments and his actions upset Kennedy, the defence said, and posting the photo was “a poor reaction on his part.”<\/p>\n
Kennedy apologized for his actions, indicating he has taken an anger management program while in custody.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour conduct towards the officer was more than a reaction, you sought out a photo of him, and invited people to harm him, ” the judge told Kennedy.<\/p>\n
Police officers’ jobs are “hard enough without foolish actions such as yours,” Condon added.<\/p>\n
When he imposed the sentence, Condon noted the accused’s lengthy criminal record \u2014 “full of violence” with a number of convictions for assault, including one for assault with a weapon in 2022.<\/p>\n
Kennedy now finds himself in trouble with the law again, with three criminal charges naming the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie as his target.<\/p>\n
While his bail has been set, Kennedy now must secure a surety in order to be released from custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His matter returns to court on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n
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