A 29-year-old woman murdered in Granby
Chloé Lauzon-Rivard was found lifeless in an apartment building on January 5, 2024. (Provided)
On January 5, Chloé Lauzon-Rivard was found lifeless in an apartment building on Elgin Street. She was 29 years old.
Michaël Dugas-Farcy, who was her spouse at the time, was arrested by the police a few hours later in the Laurier-Station area, 170 km from the scene of the tragedy. He was charged with second degree murder.
No request for a psychiatric evaluation was made during the 32-year-old’s hearing on January 8. Dugas-Farcy was not at his first run-ins with the law: he had already been arrested in a case of threats in a marital context in 2021.
On August 31, a golf tournament was organized in memory of Chloé Lauzon-Rivard. All profits were donated to Maison Alice-Desmarais, a support and accommodation center for women with or without children, experiencing domestic violence, in Granby.
Significant events
Several crimes also marked Granby during the year, including September 9, where two break-ins took place for cigarette thefts at two different gas stations.
The first event occurred at the corner of Principale and Simonds Nord streets and the second at the corner of Robitaille and Pierre-Laporte streets.
The next day, a pickpocket was arrested around 5 p.m. for stealing a wallet from the Exci-Prêts business on Principale Street in Granby.
Alexandre Maxime Blanchette, a 30-year-old man known to the police, was charged with three counts of theft from businesses that recently occurred in Granby.
On October 21, a newspaper delivery man had to alert the Granby Police Department because around 3 a.m., he noticed a break-in at the Pétro-T located on Fréchette Street.
At the same time, another alarm was triggered, and this time, it was at the Esso gas station located on Principale Street at the corner of Simonds North for another break-in.
During the same night, still October 21, the Le Rustique bar was also vandalized, a wall was smashed.
And finally, a driver, who was possibly impaired by alcohol and who was driving on St-André Street in Granby, drove into an apartment building located on Paré Street, in Granby, on the night of Tuesday 5 November to Wednesday November 6.
At the corner of Paré and St-André Ouest, in Granby, the driver drove into an apartment building. (Catherine Trudeau/La Voix de l’Est)
Narcotics operation
A series of searches and arrests have taken place since June 2024 in the region, particularly in the town of Granby.
On June 17, five arrests and five searches were carried out. More than 50 g of cocaine, nearly 400 capsules and tablets, four cannabis plants, nearly 500 contraband cigarettes, and approximately $1,500 were seized.
The agents were also able to get their hands on a prohibited weapon, namely a dagger, six replica handguns as well as equipment used for trafficking substances such as sachets, a client list, a scale and cell phones. A motorcycle and a car were also seized as criminal property.
The following June 20, an investigation led to four other arrests and three searches which once again concerned cocaine trafficking. 25 grams of cocaine, approximately 500 grams of cannabis and various drug trafficking equipment were seized.
Last August, four arrests on Place Jean-Lapierre in connection with drug trafficking and possession took place. These four arrests allowed officers to seize more than 400 methamphetamine pills, more than 50 grams of cannabis, prescription drugs, counterfeit American money, more than $350 in Canadian money as well as a variety of illegal substances.
And finally, on December 5, more than 2,000 cannabis plants were found in a farm building in the Adamsville area of Bromont.
Following information provided by the public, a first seizure was made at 177 Court Street in Granby on Thursday morning. (Tania Di Sei/The Voice of the East)
In the unusual category…
A few stories attracted attention during the year, two in particular.
The first happened on Thanksgiving evening. A 29-year-old man saw his car run out of gas on Route 112, near the Joseph-Dion intersection in Granby. The problem is that he was arrested for driving impaired by drugs and… for receiving a vehicle!
The second unusual story of the year is that of a driver in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton who, on November 10, was caught driving at a speed of 130 km/h in an 80 zone. She handed her papers to the police officer when she was to receive a ticket amounting to $864, accompanied by 10 demerit points.
Her driving license was supposed to be suspended for a period of seven days, but now she decides to flee.
The police officer still having his papers in hand, decided to follow her to her house. She finally received a higher report and a report was issued to the DPJ since a minor child was in the vehicle.
Speed is often a cause of arrests in the area. (Stéphane Champagne/La Voix de l’Est)
