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First got here the movies. Leland Pearl of Saskatoon acquired one, which was sent from a fake e-mail handle. It confirmed an unknown man slapping Pearl's ex-girlfriend, Alexa Emerson, who was bound on the wrists. The man stated Emerson's "blood would be on his fingers" if Pearl did not hand over custody of his son.

Then came the bomb threats and the ominous packages. Over a six-month interval, 17 companies, colleges and hospitals throughout Saskatoon received bomb threats and/or packages containing a mysterious white powder stated to be anthrax. After which police and local media retailers acquired one other strange video, in which a mystery woman claimed accountability for the white powder.

Court docket in Saskatoon this week heard one girl was behind it all — Emerson herself. Courtroom heard that she created faux accounts, hired actors and fabricated dramatic scenes to threaten her ex-boyfriends. This week she pleaded responsible to 15 charges, including public mischief, uttering dying threats and criminal harassment. They represent a condensed version of her original 81 fees.

Emerson, 33, was sentenced to two years much less a day, and a three-year probation order that includes a psychiatric remedy. In all, 9 individuals acquired unusual online messages containing threats and harassment. 200,000 responding to emergencies. No less than 25 people had been exposed to the white powder, which in some circumstances turned out to be baking soda. A 10-page agreed assertion of information introduced at Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday lays out intimately how Emerson's actions affected folks, companies, colleges and hospitals in Saskatoon.

It is a complicated document. Emerson used social media to disrupt lives and the neighborhood, the doc reveals. For all the complexity of her strategies, Crown prosecutor Jennifer Claxton-Viczko says Emerson's motives weren't terrifically difficult. They spoke to a lady with important psychological well being issues, the prosecutor says. Claxton-Viczko stated after sentencing. Alexa Emerson's circle of victims started small, in keeping with the assertion of info. To do so, she created fake electronic mail accounts utilizing the names of individuals in his wider circle.

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This concerned Celynne Braun, Pearl's ex-wife. Emerson also dragged an ex-boyfriend of Braun's into the mix by attributing the messages to him. She additionally focused Jeri-Lynn Johnston, Pearl's sister, and Johnston's office, Airline Resorts in downtown Saskatoon, with disturbing messages, including the graphic videos. The Shark Membership, a bar and grill, additionally obtained one. On Nov. 29, 2016, Emerson's techniques escalated. Police and emergency services responded to 5 calls about suspicious packages in a single hour that day.

The first came from Reduce Casual Steak Home on 21st Street E. Someone had hand-delivered an envelope to the restaurant over the lunch hour. A workers member opened it and discovered white powder and a observe. Within the hour, related packages arrived on the Ernst & Younger workplace and the Airline Hotels predominant workplace, both downtown, and the Sandman Lodge/Shark Club and Nation Inns and Suites in the city's north finish. All the packages have been signed "Celynne Braun" — the title of Pearl's ex-spouse. Police, fire and paramedics converged on the scenes.

The hazmat trailer and a command centre closed off a lot of the downtown. Anybody who got here into contact with the powder had to be decontaminated. In the end, the powder turned out to be harmless. Emerson worked at Reduce Steak Home. The Shark Membership was her earlier employer. Ernst & Young is where a previous boyfriend worked.

Airline Motels is where Pearl's sister Jeri-Lynn Johnston labored. Country Inn and Suites is the place Johnston's husband worked. It was a long winter for Saskatoon police and emergency companies. Between November 2016 and April 2017 9 individuals were targeted with emails, threats and harassment by Emerson, who used numerous aliases.