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Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021 • 4 days ago • 3 minute read Windsor s Superior Court of Justice lobby. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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A Windsor judge concerned about sending convicted criminals behind bars during a COVID-19 outbreak at the local jail offered two local drug dealers another two months of freedom before announcing his sentencing decision.
“I’m not looking to put you at risk,” Superior Court Justice Kirk Munroe told Jeffery Durocher and Robert Bela Schrey on Tuesday.
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There are 281 active cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, including 32 new ones reported on Tuesday.
Of those, one is outbreak-related, eight are close contacts of confirmed cases, eight cases were community acquired and 15 are under investigation.
Thirty-one people are in hospital with COVID-19.
A new outbreak was declared at the Salvation Army, just days after an outbreak at the shelter was cleared. There are three other community settings in outbreak: Victoria Manor, the Downtown Mission and South West Detention Centre.
There are six active cases involving inmates at the institution, according to the provincial government. The health unit is working closely with the institution, Marentette said.
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