Oakalla escapee
still on the run

A WARRANT was issued for the arrest of the fugitive scheduled to
stand trla! Monday in Vancouver county court on robbery charges
stemming from a North Vancouver pharmacy hold-up after he was
stil at large to press time Tuesday and failed to appear for trial.

George Randall Gravelie, 39, was one of 13 Oakalla prisoners
who escaped early New Year's Day from the correctional institu-
tion,

Ten of the fugitives huve since been recaptured.

Gravelle was charged jointly with Wallace Leon Gravelle, 24,
both of Grasmere, B.C., with two counts of robbery, ene count of
using a firearm during the commission of an indictable offence and
pointing a firearm in connection with an April 30, 1987 incident in
which two men attempted to rob the Queensdale Pharmacy.

Appearing in Vancouver county court Monday, Wallace Gravelle
pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and one count of dangerous
driving. He will be sentenced Feb. 11.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of George Gravelle.

Local pilot dies
in Sunday crash

THE CANADIAN Aviation Safety Board and B.C. coroner Lan
Marshall have launched an investigation lute Sunday’s crash of
single-engine plane in Richmond that killed North Yancouver pen-
sioner Arthur Forster.

The 69-year-old Forster died instantly when his home-built
Seahawk airplane slammed into a Richmond field sear Fantasy
Gardens at approximately [1 a.m. Sunday.

Forster was, piloting the fibreglass plane on its first flight. He
had spent two years building the aircraft.

Lillian Vander Zalm called Forster « hero, after saying that he
had guided tis plane to the field on purpose to keep it from
crashing into the nearby freeway, Fantasy Gardens ond area
homes.

Gas bar attendant
foils theft attempt

A FEISTY Capilano Shell Service attendunt foiled a robbery bid at
the North Vancouver station Jan. 13.
A lone male entered the station at 5:30 o.m., wiclding 2 large
butcher knife and demanding money.
The attendant refused and chased the suspect from the premises,
swinging a baseball bat.
The suspect, approximately 5°4”’ to 5'6’’ tall,
black ski mask, black ski jacket and blue jeans,
The man escaped and North Vancouver RCMP are continuing
thelr investigation. .
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Gunmen escape
with $600 cash

TWO GUNMEN ESCAPED with approximately $600 cash ofter
holding up an employee at Ace Video and Smoke Shep in North
Vancouver Jan. 12.

Two Caucasian males entered the 1500-block Pemberton Ave.
store at approximately 7:20 p.m. One man was armed with o
sawed-off shotgun. The other was brandishing # smatl handgun.

North Vancouver RCMP describe both suspects ss being ap-
proximately 20 years old. One ts of medium build, 5’11"" to 5° tall,
wearing a black blazer and beige pants. The second suspect is ap-
proximately 5’8”’ tall, slimly built, wearing 2 white short-sleeved
shirt and black pants.

Both men wore stocking masks during the rebbery. The suspects
. were last seen heading north-bound to Marine Drive where they are
believed to have escaped in 2 get-away vehicle. The police in-
vestigation continues.

was wearing a

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A 24-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man recently appeared in
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stemming from the aileged theft of a vehicle.

James Reginald Watson was originally charged with possession
of stolen property worth over $1,000, impaired driving, failing to
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