Warrant issued for convicted sex offender
Anthony Stephen Beaumont, 40, of Fredericton, not present in court when case called
A Fredericton man scheduled to enter pleas Monday on allegations of violating a sex-offender registration order and failing to attend court was a no-show.
Anthony Stephen Beaumont, 40, of Albert Street, faces a charge of violating a 2007 court order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act by failing to report where he was living to the registration centre between June 2 and July 2, 2022.
He’s also accused of failing to attend court Jan. 24.
Beaumont was supposed to be in Fredericton provincial court Monday to plead to both counts, but when Judge Scott Brittain called his name in plea court, he wasn’t present, and no one was on hand to represent him either.
Crown prosecutor Christopher Lavigne asked the court for a warrant for the defendant’s arrest, and the judge issued it as requested.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.