THUNDER BAY – The kidnapping charge against a convicted killer has been withdrawn.
Eric Lindstrom had been arrested by Thunder Bay Police Service officers at gunpoint on Oct. 4, 2017 amid allegations that a 28-year-old man had been held in what police at the time described as a drug-related, targeted abduction.
The kidnapping charge that was laid against Lindstrom and a co-accused were withdrawn in court earlier this week.
Lindstrom, who has been in jail serving a one-year sentence on unrelated charges since last fall, pleaded guilty to assault and will serve a 90-day sentence after his current incarceration concludes. He was also convicted of breach of probation and received a 30-day sentence to be served concurrently.
Lindstrom had previously been sentenced in 2012 to 10 years in prison for the 2009 killing of 36-year-old Richard Ouimet but received two-to-one credit for pre-sentence custody.
