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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-12-09, Page 28Exeter Tines -Advocate Community '99 Lucan policing cost still up in air By Craig Bradfwrd -nstEs-A )vucArt. St'AH 1.UC:AN — 7'here''s Only ane thing for certain when it comes to the cost of OPP service in the Lucian arta next year... It's going to go up. Lucan count:il discussed the' issue. al its last ever regular meeting last week. Last year the OPP pro- vided policing si a gust of 5139,029 for Lucan ($202.% per household) and • S181.807 ' for Biddulph Township ($256.07 per household). 7'he above numbers are based on the OPP policing Lucian and Biddulph sepa-• rata' Iron( the rest of Middlesex County muruci- palities. In 1999. the cost. goes up to 5143.613 (5209.65) for Lucan and 5187.801 (5264..51) for $iddulph. But the London OPP is alsoproviding a c:ounty- widt quote .al the request of the county since the net cost .will be less for the coram)'. with some munici- palities ,seeing a reduction in service cost and others an increase } 111 pot grower gets $2,000 fme EXE1'ER — A marl with a life-threatening illness was hauided a heft) fine at Exeter court last week for put growing - - ' .fudge R.G.E. Hunter .sentenced C.entralta's 14 allure Knee. 38, to a 52.000 fine but nu jail time after Wallace pleaded guilty to production. of a controlled substance (marijuana). - • Exeter OPP officers and the London OPP drug unit executed a search war- rant on .Sept. 1 at about 6:30 p.m. at a. property the Knees awn next to their )twine. The officers. found several pot plants and noticed more growing on the other side of the fence on the Knee yard. In all. the OPP confiscated 19 pot plants ranging 3'-6' tall. Knee told the OPP the pot he was growing was for personal use. The OPP said the put.has a street value of about 57,000 Two _drug .pussession charges against Knee and ,two possession .charges against his wife Nicole were withdrawn by ttte Grown. , , , .• Knee is receiving outpatient treatment for a life-threatening disease, at a London' hot:pital.' Details from other trials: A happy ending' t letisall's Richard Middleton. 47. Was sentenced to a total al 45 days •in' jail be Judge Htinter alter he pleaded guilty 'it, twc, c;ouiit . ui ast.aujt •agairtst his :;%-year-old common-law wife and to three counts 'or failing to cutup)). with conditions'of undertaking (breaching release condi- ' lions), . Middleton receivetf 1'5 .lav ,.fur each assault charge and five days' lor each brrac,ti Middleton will serve the sentence on'weerker►tis so he can i.$%tp his full-time. job The sentence included u rive year weapon prohibition. • - The charges originally strut from allunr Sept. 2'artd, 3 . , whet+ Middleton•s wile, was 'bruised due to the assaults that happrned at the end of an argument during which Mcddleton',s wife broke antiques Ube two own a related business) '1'ttt•'e;'utiple ttad,be:en drinking at the time. Defeuceuc:uuttdil Kim 'Mc:ligan said Middleton, admits to the breaches Exeter OPP °tlicers witnessed uti hu% 14 that ineltiditd speaking with hit,"wife. visit- ing her and drinking The titlicery ,stopped at Middleton •s wife's home to serve ' ' her a 'subpoena ' ' ' 1 ' ' •Middleton said he ,visited his wife that night after she invited hirci back to ,use tlh telephone to call t,am ily pl' Vanctwver,abput_a death in -the fa,ruih. ' Tl►c couple piati 10 get married on Jan 2t5 ' - , '• ,Death threat Rine. probation. Phil. Brooks. tioW uf.Thedtord but tur•t�ip.lt) ul j:.�'.t'teri. Has, handed a ,k100 fin Exeter Court and 12 niuut(is pruballun decent Jul-1 dge utiU alter he pleaded guilty to utter - , a death threat acid brr.,aclting ii pew loud , e . , ' The cirar•ges stem Irbil' a phonettte`ssatge •bi`oiks left ou stht liar t uwtisltip womani-5 answering 'machine rut, Aug 13 • 1 • r The, victim was known ui Bruuks since she arte,d as an advut.ate un behalf ul 1 kuks''for•m►er girlfriend 1 . I' Kraals served 1 r drays in 'jail to '92 fur assault1 Brooks is being treated ,fur anger and anxiety and is on miedicca.tivn Ile has also moved to '1'hedfur•d to a*aid t;utmi'ng in culltakt' with the vii:titn. Judge l-hittLetr told ifrodks'"this is your last chance" aid told Brooks tu,k-wve -no contact with.dlte r'ictitn or her tastily. , • , . Assault nett;, probation .I'-iurutt Park's Colin' Pavlick. 5(),, pleaded• guilty to assault and was handed i 4300 fine and 12 months titubation by Judge Hunter. The charge stens front an Aug. 26 incident bit t'avlirk's Algonquin Ur haeme. Larlier that eve.ning'Paly- lick had fallen down a set of steps at, a friend's home and injured his head. A neighbour latter offered. Pavlick some assistance which Pavlick fended uti' rte.- ulting it) the neighbour's glasses being broken. PavlitA has. already made res- titutiun to his neighbour ' i -- - ' ,Put guile plea gets 5200 tine Cr•editum•s t,erald B3irrling, 22. pleaded guilty to pussessiun of a controlled substatict• •tcamttabis resin) .stemiining front an Aug. 3 incidi'rit.• Judge blunter gave Kierltng a 5200 tine for it being Iiia- second dr•ug,posse'ssion conviction- (the firtsst was iJan '96). e The OPP wer-e.im;estigating Bierlimg fur another matter when he was arrest- ed at about 'I:20 a.m. that day.. The Crown withdrew a break and ender with the intent of theft charge ,Kierling had' earlier pleaded nut guilty to the drug charge. ' ' , , [impaired. ter•dicts Judge )iunter- handetd down the same strait nc;c,s to three titt'ti' who peleade±d guilty: to unpaired driving. Receiving a 5750 tine and•a 12 utunth driving sus- pension were • Huron Park's Christopher Cooper, 4U. Huron Park's Ronald. Dawe, 68, and Idol (;ranton's Nathan Herd, 20 Cooper's charge steres from being stopped by Exeter OPP at Wolper and Main streets un Oct. 22. Dawe was involved in a Minor accident at. Algonquin and Columbia drives un Oct. 30. Hero was stopped by the OPP along Exeter's Maitt S't. alter leaving (.ars Kar 81 Grill in the early hours of Oct. 2,4. All three blew ,over the leg") limit. • . The bad news for, Lucan and Biddulph is the) are in the latter category. Under the county -wide quote. Lucan would pay 5143.694 (5209.77) in '98 and 5148.616 4216.96) in '99 and. Biddulph 5210.583 (5296.60) in '98 and $717.797 ($306.76).in .99 The•combined cost to the new: merged Lucan Biddulph Township is 5331.414 fur '99 with the status quo and $366.41.3 for the_( ounty-wide quote. a difference of 534.499 or - 525.09 per household The count) stands 10 save S188.445 or $12 32 ,per household collectively but Lucian. Biddulph and Middlesex Centre will get hefty increases (Middlesex Centre's policing service jumps up by 5209,093 or 550.38 per household under .the county -wide quote) • - On the other end of the spectrum. Glencoe stands to save .S -105.51S9 or 5123.5.0 per household and 'north Dorchester 5353.400 or 5119.39 per househuld. Ali counf)- wide- figures are based on a five-year contract Council- (hose to defer the issue for disuussiur, b) the new merged rnuttie•r- •palit) Counc•illur.Gierin called fur -the UP) to pro- vide a. bre-a.kdown elbow many service callsat►ey c•ec•e'ive from Loran and - f3iddulph and how the-) came up with the' abo‘ e figures )reeve Hobert Ben JR' agreed saying it is-" jt/st.i- lied and vary) responsible - tor .e:uuttril to ask for jus''ti- tit;atiun of die riurt►bers. Wednesday. I)ecember '► 19'►x 1 YOU'VE Sa �� MER 111 pMD NO "InhFqS 1999 GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS (:re ru ('l,re..n►tuz /hinrj tea. Oe,.i•t Ix di*aplx►eeeu<l 0,ys2995 ECO Limited Quantnh' 424 Main. St. Exeter (519) 235-1331 JOHN RICHARDSON, M.P. 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