Sarnia is known as the armpit of Ontario, because it’s a chokepoint at the end of Lake Huron and full of oil refineries.
It’s the home of Canadian rockers, Max Webster and nothing else I can think of.
My first wife, the veterinarian with whom I had four beautiful daughters, whomst (I know that’s not a word) have now spawned three grandsons, was from Sarnia.
She would remind me occasionally that she got paid to castrate males of various species.
I slept comfortably for years.
Across the river on the American side is a town called Port Huron.
According to Roberto Acosta of M Live, these two (left) allegedly attempted to poison a recovery home manager by dumping heroin in her dinner.
Officers with the Port Huron Police Department were sent out around 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 to the home in the 1200 block of Lapeer Road where the 38-year-old victim resided with the two women and others.
The victim is the recovery home manager who heard rumors that she was being poisoned by the two clients, police said.
One of the suspects is believed to have placed heroin in the victim’s macaroni and cheese on Friday, Jan. 11. The victim thought the food tasted funny and eventually discarded the meal.
Port Huron road patrol officers and detectives investigated the incident. The victim was treated at McLaren Port Huron and evidence was obtained by police indicating she’d been poisoned.
Shanna Marie Kota, 39, and Sarah Elaine Prange, 22, were later arrested and lodged in the St. Clair County Intervention Center. Both suspects were arraigned Tuesday, Jan. 15 and pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of poisoning, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and had their bonds set at $100,000 each, according to district court records.
The suspects are scheduled to be back in court later this month for a probable cause conference.
As a side note, when students collect news, we try to get them to verify the geographical location.
When this story came up, it was labelled Missouri.
My second partner spent part of her youth in Missouri. And part in Michigan.
Anyone who has watched the TV show, Ozarks, knows Missouri is its own special kind of place.
The French professor may not know veterinary technique, but it may not matter?