Blue Line News, Sault Star (Southam Papers)

Sept. 21, 2000

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. (CP)

- A city police sergeant was found guilty Thursday of harassing a woman involved in a romantic triangle with her former fianc?

Monique Rollin, 1 14-year officer headed up the police service's morality bureau was convicted of criminal harassment and making harassing calls.

Rollin was to return to court Oct. 26 for sentencing. The judge's decision shocked Rollin, 25, and her supporters, who include the man at the center of the romantic entanglement. An appeal will be filed, defense lawyer Malcolm McLeod said.

Ontario Court Justice James Robson said he found the evidence of complainant Cheryl Kelly-Wood believable.

Kelly-Wood’s complaints stemmed from a triangle that developed after she began dating Wayne Taylor, who had been engaged to Rollin and was still involved with the officer. The nurse testified during the five-day trial that she had been the target of hundreds of harassing phone calls from Rollin between Jan 1. 1997 and Aug. 27, 1999. Kelly-Wood also said she was so fearful she moved to Texas in June 1999. The accused had admitted she wanted Taylor exclusively and is with him today, the judge noted. "The Love triangle was painful to both women,?Robinson said, adding the object of their attention "doesn't seem to be a very worthy candidate."

Sept. 21, 2000.

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