National Post (National Edition)

`PILOT TO STARS' SURRENDERS AFTER 6 WEEKS ON THE LAM

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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Dubé had been placed on the province's most wanted list after failing to report to a detention centre after his bail was revoked on Dec. 14.

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