Ashley Labonte pleaded guilty to lying to police during a 2024 traffic stop, citing addiction, and was sentenced to time served.

Ashley Labonte, 38, of Greater Sudbury, pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer after giving a false name during a July 2024 traffic stop while a passenger in a vehicle driven by a suspended driver. She admitted to lying due to drug addiction, is now sober and on suboxone, and works at Monteith Correctional Complex. Justice Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi sentenced her to one day in jail, time served, with 90 days of pre-trial custody credit, stressing the seriousness of identity fraud. The Crown dropped four charges from the stop, allowing a separate trial on 16 drug-related and other charges tied to a March incident at Health Sciences North to proceed in January 2025.