"A Toronto man who was arrested alone aboard a boat drifting in the Atlantic Ocean last fall has pleaded guilty to charges of theft and possession of stolen property. Mohammad Yazed Saleh, 31, admitted in provincial court in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., that he drove a stolen Ford F-150 pickup truck with Ontario plates to a yacht club in the village of D'Escousse on the coast of Cape Breton. He took a small fishing boat and headed out to sea."
"Five days later, the stolen vessel was seen off the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon, near Newfoundland. It took two more days before the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, an RCMP marine unit out of Quebec, the military and the coast guard found Saleh drifting east of Sable Island, 300 kilometres east of Nova Scotia. Saleh has been in jail since Sept. 30, 2025, and remains behind bars."
"Crown attorney Keavin Gallant Finnerty says theft and possession of stolen property are 'very serious' charges and that eight months in jail is within the normal range for sentencing. (Tom Ayers/CBC) He had also been facing another charge of possession of stolen property involving the boat and a number of charges for breaching release conditions for weapons offences in Alberta and British Columbia. Crown attorney Keavin Gallant Finnerty said those charges have all been dropped as part of the plea deal."
Mohammad Yazed Saleh, 31, admitted in provincial court in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., that he drove a stolen Ford F-150 with Ontario plates to a yacht club in D'Escousse, Cape Breton. He took a small fishing boat and headed out to sea; the stolen vessel was seen five days later off St-Pierre-Miquelon near Newfoundland. Two days later, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, an RCMP marine unit from Quebec, the military and the coast guard found Saleh drifting east of Sable Island, 300 kilometres east of Nova Scotia. Saleh has been in jail since Sept. 30, 2025. Crown and defence lawyers jointly recommended an eight-month sentence, or time served, and several other charges were dropped in the plea deal.
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