Welamukotuk vigilantism case going to prelim
Chief Shelley Marie Sabattis, eight others seek jury trial on April 29 break-in charges
Nine members of the Welamukotuk (Oromocto) First Nation, including its chief, want a jury to decide their cases on an alleged attack on an unwanted person in their community last spring.
All nine defendants were back in Fredericton provincial court Thursday on April 29 charges alleging a violent confrontation at Welamukotuk First Nation.
Welamukotuk Chief Shelley Marie Sabattis, 56; her son and band councillor Allan J.W. Sabattis-Atwin, 36; his husband, Shawn Sabattis-Atwin, 43; the chief’s daughter, Desirae Moon Stevens, 24, and another son, Drae Stevens, 20; the chief’s brothers, Nikia William Sabattis, 40, and Steven Robert Sabattis, 52; the chief’s niece’s partner, Aubrey Landry, 29; and Joel Berrios Jr., 36, are all charged in the case, and all nine were present in court Thursday.
They’re all accused of two counts of break, enter and assault on Sonya Atwin and Anthony Shane O’Blenis.