‘PILOT TO STARS’ SURRENDERS AFTER 6 WEEKS ON THE LAM
A Quebec man dubbed the “pilot to the stars” who had been on the lam since mid-december has turned himself in to Quebec provincial police. Normand dubé, 59, surrendered to Quebec provincial police in Mascouche, Que., on Wednesday. dubé had been sentenced in two separate cases, including seven years in prison for a 2014 aerial attack on Hydro-quebec lines that cost the utility $28.6 million and plunged 180,000 people into darkness. He was also found guilty of arson and making threats against civil servants in a separate case and sentenced to nine years in prison. Previously known for transporting Quebec celebrities on his plane, dubé had been placed on the province’s most wanted list after failing to report to a detention centre after his bail was revoked on dec. 14.