Buffalo Escorts: Charges against foster parent dismissed
Comments: 0 - Date: May 17th, 2012 - Categories: Buffalo escorts
WELLAND -
All criminal charges laid against a longtime Welland foster parent for Family and Children’s Services Niagara have been dismissed.
Maurice Lavigueur was arrested and charged on Jan. 6, 2011, with two counts each of sexual assault, sexual exploitation and juvenile prostitution.
Less than a week later, police laid additional single counts of sexual assault, sexual exploitation and juvenile prostitution after a second complainant came forward.
The matter was resolved May 4 in a St. Catharines courtroom and all charges against Lavigueur were dismissed.
What began as a preliminary hearing for the case was converted to a trial and the case then proceeded on a trial basis, said Lavigueur’s St. Catharines attorney, Mike Delgobbo.
Mid-way through the second complainant’s allegations, the Crown asked the court to dismiss the charges, Delgobbo said.