James Dykeman will be released on bail to await trial on a number of drug and weapons charges

James Dykeman will be released on bail to await trial on a number of drug and weapons charges. Federal drug prosecutor Richard Huneault told a Sudbury bail court Thursday how police received a confidential tip that Dykeman, 24, was delivering large quantities of cocaine in the Sudbury area. After setting up surveillance, police spotted Dykeman driving his Jeep to a dead end area on Dublin Street. Dykeman was seen leaving the vehicle and heading into the bush near Barrydowne Arena, the bail hearing was told. "It was believed he was making a drop of drugs in the bush area," said Huneault. There are a number of trails in the area, one of which leads to the nearby Adanac Ski Hill, said Huneault.
About 7:30 p.m., a drug officer found a green garbage bag containing about 250 grams of cocaine concealed under a bridge on one of the trails.
Meanwhile, other officers followed Dykeman back to his apartment where they arrested him, said Huneault. A search of Dykeman's bedroom in the apartment he shared with his mother and step-father turned up a prohibited .22-calibre handgun with its serial number filed off, a one-kilo brick of cocaine, several smaller baggies of cocaine, latex gloves and an empty magazine for the handgun. From the apartment, the bush, Dykeman's vehicle and his clothing, police seized 883.7 grams of marijuana, 1.2 grams of cannabis resin, 3,400.81 grams of cocaine, three cellphones and two digital scales, as well as the .22-calibre handgun with a magazine cartridge and Dykeman's jeep. The firearm had a barrel length of about 3.5 inches, said provincial prosecutor Len Walker, making it a prohibited weapon. "This is extremely serious," said Walker of the drugs and weapon found."We believe this man was a supplier to street-level traffickers." This was "trafficking on a grand scale," the prosecutor said. To have that much drugs, Dykeman had to have been carrying on the activity for some time. He "has joined up with some very serious criminals." Dykeman "is a very clever, devious planner. He is extremely motivated to have done so well in a criminal activity," Walker told Justice of the Peace Seguin. Dykeman "has the assets and the means to leave the jurisdiction," should he be given bail, said Walker in arguing against Dykeman's release. And he has the motivation, suggested Walker, because Dykeman must account for his loss to others. While the allegations are serious, they have yet to be proved in court, said Dykeman's lawyer, Glenn Sandberg, in arguing for his client's release.