A Barrie judge acquitted Michael Evaristo of gun and drug charges Tuesday afternoon citing “serious” breaches of his Charter rights during an April 2022 downtown traffic stop.
A jubilant Evaristo, 45, walked out of the Barrie courthouse a free man, with his arms raised, after being found not guilty on all charges due to what Justice Nancy Dawson described as an “unlawful arrest and detention” and subsequent illegal search of his pickup truck while he was suspected of drunk driving.
Uhm OK. h/t Mauser
