New Brunswick·NewA 30-year-old man has been arrested after missing his first court appearance Monday on a charge alleging he was part of a conspiracy to kill another man in the Moncton area in 2019. Nicholas Bain, 30, among five accused of plotting to kill Sylvio Saulnier in 2019CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2025 2:45 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A warrant had been issued after Nicholas Bain missed an appearance in Moncton provincial court on Monday on a charge alleging he was part of plot to kill a man in 2019. (Shane Magee/CBC)A 30-year-old man has been arrested after missing a court appearance Monday in Moncton on a charge alleging he was part of a conspiracy to kill another man in 2019.An arrest warrant for Nicholas Daniel Bain, 30, had been issued after he missed his first appearance on the charge in Moncton provincial court Monday morning. New Brunswick RCMP confirmed to CBC News that Bain was arrested Tuesday by the Fredericton Police Force. Bain, Janson Bryan Baker, Jesse Todd Logue, Monique Alicia Boyer and Christopher Allen Lennon are jointly charged with conspiring to kill Sylvio Saulnier between Aug. 29, 2019 and Sept. 30, 2019. Sylvio Saulnier was the son of 78-year-old Bernard Saulnier and 74-year-old Rose-Marie Saulnier — who were found dead in their Dieppe home on Sept. 7, 2019. Baker, 29, is accused of killing the couple. His trial on first-degree murder charges is scheduled to start in January.Sylvio Saulnier died in 2023. RCMP have said his death “did not involve criminality.”The conspiracy charge was laid and announced by RCMP on Nov. 24. Bain was the only one of the five not already in custody.Court staff said Bain appeared in Moncton court on Wednesday and is scheduled to return Friday for a bail hearing. The four who did appear Monday are scheduled to return to court Jan. 5.
Man arrested after missing court on murder conspiracy charge
