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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-10-5, Page 3Times -Advocate, October 5, 1994 Page 3 Drinking and driving, fraud, narcotics, threatening charges dates. EXETER - In Provincial Court in Exeter on Sep- tember 27, Judge R.G.E. Hunter levied. fines and a jail sentence on a variety of charges and remanded a large number of other charges to future court Over BAC limit Michael Black of Zurich was fined $750 and had his driving li- cence suspended for 12 months on a charge of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit of 0.80 mgs. Black was stopped by OPP Constables Finch and Herbert while on routine patrol in the Zurich arca on August 26 of 1994. The constables said there was an obvious odour of alcohol in the vehicle and the roadside test was failed. At the Exeter OPP detachment, breathalizer tests tak- en between 3.12 and 4.04 a.m. revealed readings of 2.23, 1.95 and 1.93. Dennis J. McDonald of Crediton was sentenced to 14 days in jail following a guilty plea on a similar charge of driving with an over (he.11:nit blood alcohol content. McDonald was travelling south on Main street in Exeter on January 15 of this year when stopped by Constable Penn. The officer detected a strong odour of alcohol and the roadside test revealed a fail. Back at the OPP detachment brea- thalizer tests taken at 3.49 and 4.12 a.m. revealed readings of 1.62 and 1.51. The accused will have his driving licence suspended for two years. McDonald toldthe court he was working a four day week, so will be allowed to serve the jail sentence from 9 a.m. each Friday morn- ing until 6 p.m. each Sunday. He was also warned not to consume any alcohol for 24 hours before reporting to jail. Fined for impairment Jacobus Smits of Hay township was fined $750 by Judge Hunter and lost his driving privileges for a drinking and driving incident which occurred on November 26, 1993. OPP Constable Chisholm operating a RIDE check followed Smits west on Highway 83 and the accused failed to respond to flashing lights and travelled quite a dis- tance at 70 kilometres per hour before stopping. The officer reported the accused had bloodshot eyes, was belligerent and was slouched in his vehicle. Smits will also have his driving licence suspended for 12 months. Indecent act charge dismissed A charge of indecent exposure against Gary Howard of Innerkip was dismissed after Judge Hunter heard evidence from a number of witnesses. The incident was alleged to have happened in Hensall on April 5 of this year. Narcotic possession David Bain of London was fined $300 on a charge of possession of narcotics. Bain was stopped by police in Exeter for speeding and weaving his vehicle on Main street at 2.36 a.m. on August 13 of this year. A one gram vial of hash oil was found in his vehicle. Bain had a similar narcotics offence in 1990. Threatening charge probation Howard Porter of Grand Bend was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation on a charge of threatening arising from incidents which are alleged to have occurred between May 8 and 21 of this year in Hay township: He was ordered not to own any firearms for the next five years. Guilty on fraud charge Beverly A. Gardner of Hensall charged with 30 counts of fraud which are alleged to have occurred between July of 1993 and July 4, 1994 pleaded guilty to the first charge and evidence was presented on it. Gardner is alleged to have purchased clothing valued at $144 from Designers Clothing in Exeter on December 16, 1993 and paid with a cheque on a London branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. It was dis- covered the account had been closed by the bank because of unsatis- factory conduct previous to the incident. Her solicitor said she would probably be pleading guilty to 95 percent of the charges. Judge Hunter ordered Gardner to be back in court on November 22 for sentencing on the first charge and a pre -sentence report on the other charges. Ban on pu:)lication Judge Hunter ordered a ban on publication of evidence in a prelimi- nary hearing charging Robert Drouillard of Mount Brydgcs with sex- ual and indecent assault. Hensall man injured in collision with transport EXETER - Police say charges may he pending after a three - vehicle collision involving atran- sport truck Friday afternoon on Highway 4 near Huron Road 4. The Exeter OPP report that about 4 p.m. Friday, a northbound pickup truck driven by Donald Triebner of Exeter struck the rear of another northbound vehicle driven by Larry Gould of Hensall. The impact of —the collision sent Gould's vehicle into the oncoming lane. A transport truck owned by Ham- mond Fuels of RR2 St. Marys, driv- en by Ian Finnic of RR2 St. Marys, collided with Gould's vehicle in the southbound lane. Gould sustained what police de- scribed as "major injuries" and was transferred to Victoria Hospital in London. Finnie was treated for mi- nor injuries at South Huron Hospital and released. Police say the fuel tanks on the transport truck were empty -and not punctured in the collision. The OPP are also investigating a hit-and-run collision in town, in which a young boy on a bicycle was struck by a white two -door car with two male occupants at the corner of Andrew and Victoria Streets on Fri- day. Police say the boy suffered only minor injuries, but thc driver of the car lefbthe scene. Looking forward to 911 Local police and fire departments still have questions about how the system will work for their emergency services EXETER - Imagine having your teenaged baby-sitter at your home and there is an emergency...she looks for the blurred seven digit number by the phone and begins to call...4he panics. That scenario could be eliminated within the next two years as Huron County has taken the first steps to- wards setting up a 911 emergency sery icc. Local response is positive, but like anything else that is unfamiliar to those who will use it, there are questions. - "911 is great for police and am- bulance. If they can activate our system it's ideal," said Exeter and Area firc chief Gary Middleton. "How it workcd bcfore, it could never activate our system." Thursday night at a meeting in Godcrich, Bell Canada's Mark. Lade and Dan Berry made all the in- dications that the system would be able to activate the fire de- partment's system. "If we have to man our 16 fire phones, it's a step backwards," said Middleton. But he did add, if it docs work, it will be very ben- eficial, "it's a lot of pressure off thc guys with the fire phones." +J Like anything else, the 911 sys- tem will take some educating and Lade recommended that the seven digit emergency numbers now be- ing used, continue to be utilized. "We suggest you keep the seven digit line in because there will be a generation that will still use it," said Lade. As far as the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, its primary concern is whether or not the 911 would be a tiered system similar to what they have in Metro Toronto. In Toronto, when a call comes through, all thrcc emergency ser- vices, fire, police and ambulance are dispatched to the scene. "That's a decision Metro Toronto made, it's pretty expensive," said Lade. Exeter OPP Staff Sgt. Don McInnes said a tiered system would not be necessary in Huron County. "I don't know a whole lot about it (911)," admitted McInnes. "Part of 911 is a tiered system, and 90 per- cent of our calls we don't need fire or ambulance." How 911 works is that when a call comes into the central dispatch, immediately the caller's name, ad- dress, phone number and other in- formation is displayed on a screen. That dispatcher in turn would then call the appropriate service in Hu- ron County. "We get the odd call where all of a sudden the phone is ripped off the wall. In that avenue it would be good," said McInnes. The 911 service works well in ru- ral areas where the ambulance, po- lice or fire arc uncertain of the loca- Thieves strike jewellery store Coming a year after last year's break-in, police say they may have some leads this time around EXETER - Thieves left behind thousands of dollars of jewellery in their getaway car after an Exeter robbery last week. Detective sergeant Rick Borden of the Exeter OPP confirmed that a silver Honda Civic was recovered in London, the same car spotted by a witness of a smash and grab rob- bery at Bakelaar Jewellers in the early hours of last Tuesday morn- ing. Left in the car was several thousand dollars worth of jewellery taken from the break-in. Borden said the thieves apparently "pan- icked" when dumping the car near Gainsborough Road. The car had been reported stolen in �' - on on September, 20. "I don't think they were as well - organized as we thought they were," commented Borden. The recovered jewellery was only part of what police describe as a "substantial" amount of goods tak- en from the store in a theft that like- ly took less than a minute. Police cruisers were on the scene within minutes and set up patrols on roads surrounding Exeter, but the thieves had already slipped away. The break-in came almost exactly one year after a similar robbery at Bakelaar Jewellers. Last year's theft took place in the early hours of September 21, 1993. Borden said that coincidence can't be ig- nored. "The people who were re- sponsible last year could very well he responsible this year," said Bor- den. "It seems more than co- incidental." One difference is that last year's theft took place through the store's glass front door, which has since been reinforced with a metal gate. This time the thieves entered through the back door. Again, items taken included gold chains and some rings. Borden said stolen jewellery is often sold off at less than 10 per- cent of its actual value. He is com- paring this theft with other jew- fJ-(otic(aySeason E SOMETHING NATURE'S CLINIC Sptt nolo; Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. • Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. " , I Apt. Only 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 472 MAIN ST. 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"We're feeling nice and solid again," said Bakelaar, and added that he hoped the police in- vestigation might lead to more re- covery of the stolen goods. tion, however McInnes doesn't see that as a problem. "1 don't think there are too many calls we can't get to," he said. If the 911 docs come to 1-luron County, and the county opts to have Bell Canada set up the dis- patch system (see attached story) when a call comes in, it would go to Sudbury or Ottawa where there are bilingual operators. "It's fibcroptics, it's the speed of light," said Lade. The primary purpose of 911 is to be like a very large security blan- ket. "We hope we can work in part- nership to provide a safer Huron County," said Lade. SAVE MORE THAN 2 DEMERIT POINTS AND THE $90 FINE Save your life! Wear a seat belt. Research " shows that seat belts save lives and reduce injuries. That's why < it's important to-buclde up and make sure that passengers under 16 are also properly buckled up. 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