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The pair Township. The mayor salary was Te 2 t S Te P w / o <â€" ";,5/ | $ 00â€" _ POSTMEDIANETWORK picked upaloadof Montrealâ€"bound ~ $22,743.52, plus $5,000 forsitting ,& 56 y”’ s« \t., : e yA / tomatoes on Aug. 2 and headed to . on the board of Lakefront Utility | _/ _ ; p % ] W C _( S _ WINDSORâ€"A truckerwith the _ the border. * Services Inc. (LUSI) which overâ€" _| ?fi | ~ *"errmms i â€"O 1j @)â€" slogan, "Don‘t test your luck," _ Rutherford dropped his friend . sees Colborne water, sewer and * ;,5«:’_'?'5 € ns d ;;eri adorning his trailer took his own _ off in Michigan as he headed to electricity services, and another "“‘q“n‘»! A a J OW 0 advice March 1 when he preâ€" the Ambassador Bridge. > $3,500 forhis boardmembership | _ * P t= "| _ __ empted his drug smuggling trial _ Border officers xâ€"rayed the on LUSI‘s parent company, Town l xCP -Q- " W _ by pleading guilty. truck and spotted an anomâ€" * of Cobourg Holding Inc. hy is A w Y [‘@ 00 _ Wayne Douglas Rutherford, aly. They offâ€"loaded the skids . _ Deputyâ€"mayor Sandra Arthur [‘ Pm C005 9 wl ) 63, of Colborne was caught Aug. _ of tomatoes and found the susâ€" ~{was paid a salary of $14,556.02 ies Jâ€"f?’"f 4a. j "‘,w 4, 2013, trying to smuggle more . picious panel. The caulking was s plus conference/seminar U "‘;‘P_ Pastt. than $6 million worth of cocaine.. broken around the panel and it expenses of $3,584.14 for a total . in Ni . 'lf:';' _ and methamphetamine into â€" had shiny screws unlike any othâ€" * $18,140.16. N . . :l}- Canada over the Ambassador _ ers on the truck, . Councillor Don Clark was paid . P | \\_" _ Bridge. Rutherford had bricks of _ Officersremoved the paneland " $15,125.54â€" $12,473.01 in salary, ‘C . . . ;715')*:‘ the drugs hidden behind a false found thedrugshidden inasecret # $1,578.55 for conference/semiâ€" \ . . Eus f}. panel in the nose of his trailer. cavity. nar attendance and $433.61 in . . . a. wett " \e ) _ Rutherford Tuesday pleaded Last month, with his fiveâ€"week # mileage. An additional $640.40 « ~ x . . . 0 â€" > ) guilty to importing nearly 47 kilâ€" _ trial to begin, Rutherford signed remuneration was paid for repâ€" pe nc s\ ~ +W < & i > _ ) ograms of cocaine, importing 17 _ an affidavit admitting to being a § resenting Cramahe Township on _ | e .9 ~*< "p o_ D. > Â¥ > wl kilograms of methamphetamine, + drug trafficker. Hesaid his friend ,, the Lower Trent Conservation 4 «> Noi hie. jur‘ ~ = Aul ayran possessing the cocaine for the _ was unaware of the drugs. authority. gy~: foik e purpose of trafficking and posâ€" _ "I was very careful to ensure s Councillor Tim Gilligan was x: 98. eP sessing the methamphetamine | that he at no time would become paid $15,040.49 â€" $12,273.01 in Tiiiee / Aim. P is > l \â€" for the purpose of trafficking. aware... as I was well aware that he * salary and $2,567.48 for conferâ€" C lt ie U : ky Rutherford is facing drug conâ€" _ would have absolutely no part in . ence/seminar expenses. a ‘v'_‘f"gj!f! f__ , \ 12 iae spiracy charges in Quebec and _ this," Rutherford said in the writâ€" Councillor Ed Van Egmond was 2‘“5 xC W{?’ w p says he intends to plead guilty â€" ten statement to the court. « bDaid $13,748.33 â€" $12,473.01 as bys > ar £% m there as well. Rutherford, who remains free salary and $1,275.32 for conferâ€" > g B . * Superior Court in Windsor has _ on bail, returns to court in June. * ence/seminar expenses. _ } y & g t C yet to consider sentence, but a Rutherford‘s Toronto lawyer, _ Council appointees to the | ‘"‘{\\_ _ To M A trucker last year was sent to the _ Joseph Caprara, said he and fedâ€" Community Policing Committee, ui *: federal penitentiary for 16 years _ eral prosecutor Richard Pollock a Clair Breton and Dawn Foster, for a similar crime here. do not agree on what sentence were paid $15.45 and $19.20 * & Court heard Rutherford had Rutherford shouldreceive. * respectively for mileage. > Julie Oram driven to California with a longâ€" _ Justice Christopher Bondywill 3 Police Service Board appointee > timefriend, of St. Catharines. They â€" sentence Rutherford at a date Melenic Killman was paid a total Police Service Board appointee _ The expenses cover all costs were carrying a load of PVC pipes yet to be set. Charges against a $1,963.08 ($640 salary, $1,183.54 â€" RickSaunders was paid $1,242.82 â€" for Council members, including â€" manufactured in Ontario. Court Rutherford‘s driving partner are for conference/seminarcosts and _ ($1,100 in salary and $142.82 for â€" meals and mileage, Clerk Julie â€" heard the drugs were loaded onto expected to be withdrawn. * $139.54 mileage. mileage). ; Oram said March 8. the truck in Sacramento after the _ ssacheli@postmedia.com a a * * + + + 4 + » e , r)/ ) + ( oÂ¥ /,' ® >