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Two men have been sentenced to house arrest for their involvement in an east Windsor shooting.
Brothers Andrew Meloche, 24, and Joshua Fryer, 22, pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession of a firearm while in a motor vehicle.
“I’m very sorry for everything,” Fryer said in March during his sentencing hearing.
“I definitely learned a lesson from this all. I just want to show my remorse.”
“I just feel very terrible about everything that happened,” Meloche said in March.
“I can definitely tell you; I’ve learned a lot since that time, and I just want you to take that into consideration.”
Those guilty pleas and expressions of remorse were referenced Friday when Justice Joseph Perfetto sentenced both men to eight months house arrest.
Their sentence starts today under strict bail conditions to remain at home unless for work or medical appointments.
“He’s feeling, obviously, very relieved to have closure,” Fryer’s defence lawyer, Bobby DiPietro Jr., told CTV News after the sentencing.
“My client is happy no one was seriously injured.”
Crime sent ‘shock waves’
Meloche and Fryer were originally charged with five counts of attempted murder and a different weapon offence.
On April 9, 2022, five people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds after they were struck out front of an east end bowling alley.
Court learned in March both men had been inside the establishment when Fryer was punched from behind and fell. Meloche was also assaulted.
The men went outside and got into Fryer’s pickup truck with two other passengers. Fryer drove closer to the door.
That’s when someone in the truck fired seven shots; five of which struck people unknown to those in the truck in the lower extremities.
A court-ordered publication ban prevents the media from reporting on any details, which might identify the person the prosecution believed fired the handgun.
At the March sentencing hearing, Assistant Crown Attorney Bryan Pillon requested a sentence of 14 to 20 months house arrest.
“This (shooting) sent shockwaves through this community because it was a mass shooting,” Pillon said at the time.
CTV News has reached out to Pillon for comment on the conclusion of Friday’s sentencing.
