OTTAWA — Accused of driving around Peterborough with a flamethrower, a loaded rifle and a crack pipe in his lap garnered a convicted drug trafficker no jail time.

Instead, Jesse Garlow — a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation — was credited for time served and handed a suspended sentence due to what the judge described as “intergenerational trauma” and “attempted cultural genocide” in her Nov. 4 Ontario Court of Justice sentencing decision.

Garlow, 41, pleaded guilty to possession a loaded prohibited firearm — contrary to existing firearms prohibitions — in connection with a June 7, 2024 traffic stop in Peterborough where he was pulled over for erratic driving.

Police found what Justice Brenda Green breathlessly described as a “very frightening looking firear

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