Truro, N.S. (Canadian Press) - An RCMP officer was granted an absolute discharge today on a fraud charge in Nova Scotia provincial court.
In passing sentence in Truro, Judge Robert Stroud said Ron Lamb has an unblemished record as an officer and has been under considerable strain while on suspension. The 48-year-old officer at the RCMP’s Indian Brook detachment pleaded guilty in February to fraud.
He admitted to providing a false band number and address to a non-native to exempt them from paying HST when purchasing a bicycle.
Lamb’s lawyer told the judge the officer used the number to end chronic harassment from an individual who was obsessed with him.
An absolute discharge means Lamb - whose suspension will be reviewed later this month - will not have a criminal record.
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