Thunder Bay Man Sentenced to 9-Years

A 28-year-old Thunder Bay man has been sentenced to 9-years in prison for his role in a series of violent, drug-related events his lawyer likened to “a Quentin Tarantino movie.”
Steven Nelson Leeson was sentenced yesterday in connection with events that involved kidnapping, assaulting and intimidating people described in court as low-level drug dealers.
Leeson was sentenced for three counts of unlawful confinement, three counts of aggravated assault, choking someone with a seatbelt, using a firearm, kidnapping and assault causing bodily harm.
Court heard four victims were repeatedly kidnapped, intimidated and assaulted, often being bound with duct tape and transported inside hockey bags.
Three of the victims had fingers severed by Leeson or a co-accused for “talking out of turn” or not selling enough drugs.