A Petrolia man a local politician said he helped police arrest last year has been sentenced to nearly two years of confinement.

But it turns out Bill Dennis, a Sarnia and Lambton County councillor, wasn’t the only Good Samaritan involved in the apprehension of Jaden Burdett on Dec. 8, 2024. Two women driving through Petrolia that Sunday evening also put themselves in harm’s way by trying to thwart Burdett’s drug-induced criminal activities.

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“It’s not everybody that would do that, but these ladies did it and they should be commended for their actions,” Justice Mark Poland said while recently sentencing Burdett for robbery.

The women were driving down Petrolia Line around 6:30 p.m. when they saw Burdett, 22 at the time, trying to break into a car. They turned aroun

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