Ugo Fredette pleads guilty to 4 minor charges

UgoFredette, the Saint-Eustache manfacing murder charges for the deaths of Vronique Barbe and Yvon Lacasse,has plead guilty to four secondary charges.

The charges are: dangerous driving, being in possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest and flight from police.

He plead guilty at the St. Jerome courthouse onFriday.

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The charges, laid in Ontario, help connect the dots to create a picture of what happened in the 24 hours after an Amber Alert was issued for a six-year-old boy in September.

The boy was found safe with him and was transferred into the care of Quebec's youth protection services.

In Quebec, Fredette, 42, isfacing first- and second-degree murder charges in the deathsofVronique Barbeand 71-year-oldYvon Lacasse.

Fredette was found driving Lacasse's car when he was stopped by Ontario Provincial Police.

Lacasse'sbody was found nearArundel, Que., five days afterFredette'sarrest.

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Barbe's body was found at her home inSaint-Eustache, north of Montreal, on Sept. 14.

Fredette is expected to appear in court to answer those charges in August.