The Way-J Boys Ranch of Copetown was a group home for foster children that ran for only a few months in 1969, long enough for its owner to sexually assault residents. |
Howard Wayne Jones, now 70, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of indecent assault — as it was called in the Criminal Code in the 1960s – for attacks on two victims at his Way-J Boys Ranch in Copetown.
Eight other charges were withdrawn.
Ontario Court Justice Bernd Zabel handed Jones the equivalent of a 40-month sentence, crediting him at time-and-a-half for the 27 months and four days he served in pre-trial custody. (more...)
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