Three years after a judge gently suggested he might be too old to continue a life as a criminal, Gary Bravo recently returned before another local judge, this time with a much longer age barrier to reconsider his future.
Bravo, 54, was sentenced Aug. 25 by the Windsor High Court of Justice to 42 months in prison after pleading guilty to 3 of the nine charges he faced, adding ownership of fentanyl to the trafficking target.
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Minus 448 credit days for 299 days of real time spent in pretrial detention, Bravo sentenced through Judge Maria Carroccia to serve 812 more days, or just over two years and 3 months. He banned gun ownership for 10 years and ordered a DNA sample to be supplied.
“He comes from a circle of good, working-class, middle-class relatives; he just has drug problems,” defense attorney Frank Retar told The Star.
After a brief police chase involving a vehicle with stolen license plates on Jan. 15, 2021, near downtown, Bravo discovered with fentanyl in his possession.
Although his consumer has a long history of scammers (he once judged it as “a bit catchy”), Retar said Bravo was in a long time where he had “stable” dates and moved away from drugs and crime. It is in those moments when he is “off the rails” that problems and crimes arise.
When he ruled in court once in 2019, after getting caught driving a stolen vehicle with stolen license plates, the ruling referred to Bravo’s age and said others like him “sometimes get tired of it. Do you think you could be there now?
Bravo responded with a simple: “Yes. “
More recently, following an investigation through the Windsor Police Service’s Drugs and Firearms Unit (DIGS), Bravo was arrested along with others last January and charged with firearms and drug-related offences. These new rates are still before the court.
It’s rare for repeat offenders who are addicted to Bravo’s seniority to end up in front of judges on gun and opioid charges, but Retar said his client’s drug disorders don’t go back too far.
“There are so many other people in their fifties so long,” Retar said. “He’s only been in the game for about 10 years. “
He described Bravo’s circle of relatives as “good people” and that a task awaits its consumer the next time he is released. If you choose this path.
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