Sarnia man faces at least one week in jail after police recover gun

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A Sarnia man facing a string of charges after police seized a gun, ammunition and a bulletproof vest emblazoned with an outdated Sarnia police badge will spend at least a week in jail while he awaits a bail hearing.

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Following an investigation by Sarnia police, officers stopped a vehicle at Russell and Durand streets around 6 p.m. Wednesday and arrested the driver for unlawful possession of a weapon. Police later searched the home on Devonshire Road and found two vests, including one with an old police logo, a loaded Taurus pistol, a Cooey rifle, five shotgun shells, 28 hollow point rounds – 10 were in a magazine inserted into the Taurus . a gun – and one nine-millimeter cartridge, the police said.

Brian Kenny, 46, of Sarnia, has been convicted of 15 firearms offences, including:

• Two counts of negligent storage of a firearm
• Three facts of careless storage of ammunition
• Two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• Three counts of possession of ammunition for a dangerous purpose
• Four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of prohibited firearms

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Kenny, who has already been charged in connection with the 2023 incident and was due back in court on November 22, made a brief appearance in court on bail Thursday afternoon. A bail hearing was scheduled for November 8. Until then, he will remain in prison.

Sarnia Police Chief Derek Davis said the combination of a gun and body armor with police insignia is extremely troubling.

“The recovered police flare is a historic one that has not been used for many years. It is not a police vest, nor does it resemble current police equipment or insignia,” the statement said.

He added that having police badges is not an offense as some people collect them, but impersonating a police officer is an offence.

“This clearly puts both the officers and the public at risk,” he said.

The chief also praised the work of the emergency response teams.

“More guns are now off our streets and the offender is now on trial,” he said.

The allegations have not been tested in court.

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