Central Frontenac man sentenced following lengthy fraud investigation

An 82-year-old man from Central Frontenac Township, who was convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly family member, is going to jail. In a Superior Court ruling dated Dec. 5, John Ehrhardt was sentenced to one year in jail, three years’ probation and must pay $80,000 in restitution. The sentence comes after a lengthy Ontario Provincial Police investigation that began back in 2017 after a family representative reported that hundreds of thousands of dollars belonging to an