News In Brief.

_ Dog returned
A DOG taken from a car parked behind the Coast Inn

of the West the night of Dec. 5 has been returned to its
owner.

_ A reward apparently helped speed the return of the

Jack Russell Terrier who goes by the name of ‘Duke’.
The dog was discovered in a local apartment build-
ing several days after he was taken. _
- But another item taken from the car, a black Fender
guitar with a red Ruins sticker on it, remiains at large.
Police remind motorists to keep valuables out of
sight and to lock up vehicles. an

Back in court ;
» THE MAN accused of cutting the throat of a local cab
driver is back in court next month for a preliminary

| _ inquiry.

Neil Robert Tumer, 23, faces charges of robbery
_ with violence, assault with a weapon and breach of
probation. °

He was charged after i a'cab driver was attacked i in
the early morning hours of Dec. 2. "

The driver suffered a substantial knife wound to his

. throat. He was taken to hospital where stitches were —

applied.-
The driver told police he was attacked during the
course of a robbery.

RCMP officers followed footsteps, believed to be
that of the suspect’s, in fresh snow to a local residence

..Where a man was arrested. :
He was then taken'to the local RCMP detachment
for questioning prior to charges being, laid.

“Teens wanted

RCMP ARE now looking for two teens in a van they -

suspect are responsible for a growing number of paint-
ball vandalism attacks. °°

“People and property have been targets in the last

: while with most of the attacks coming after midnight

and into the early morning hours.

Thomas, Gair and Kalum | have been the locations of |

more recent attacks.
Those who can help are requested to contact the lo-
cal RCMP detachment at 638- 7400.

‘Males flee scene |
4 POLICE REPORT that a Kalum St. business owner

phoned them at 7:30 .m. on Dec. 20 to report that three

males were banging:on his store door.
They apparently wanted to come outside even
though the store was closed.

The owner also reported that there were several

people on the roof of his business.

The man did not come out:and the males fled. after

he called police.

“Business owners are cautioned to be wary of per-
sons loitering at or near their locations and to report
these matters to the police immediately. .

She gets

probation

in offence

THE FINAL person | in-
volved in a serious assault
that sent two people to hos-
pital over the summer has
been sentenced.

Crystal Vandale received |

a conditional discharge with
six months probation after
pleading guilty to one count

of wilful obstruction of a po- —

lice. officer in Terrace Pro-
vincial Court Dec. 12.

On July 8, around 3:40
a.m.,.a man and woman were

hospitalized after they were |
assaulted at the ball fields «

behind the curling arena.

The man remained in-
hospital in intensive care for.

12 days while the woman
was treated for her injuries
and released,

Vandale ‘was ordered to.
_ write a letter of apology to .

Const. Desa that must be

approved by her’probation —
officer and be completed;

by Jan. 31, 2007 and attend,

. participate in and complete
. any counselling as directed —

by her probation officer.

In handing down his sen-
tence, Judge Ed de Walle
said he ‘was satisfied that

Vandale should be given a "|
break because of her. lack of -
a prior criminal record, her

cooperation with police, and
her guilty plea that saved the
court time. He noted that the

most. important thing was.

she fully understood what
she did and did not want to
find herself back in court. ‘

~ On Sept. 19, Andre Nich-

olas Lacroix received a one-

. day jail sentence with time

served for the duration that

he spent in custody while
‘ awaiting his trial date. after

he plead guilty to one count

of assault, causing bodily —

harm.
On Oct. 17 sMark Henry

Therrien received a one-day
jail. term and was also given. .
_ credit for time served in jail. .
Therrien had plead guilty

to two charges of assault

_ causing bodily harm.

Finally, you can e
trust him to do the *

grocery shopping

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