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NEWS photo Jan Smith

FIRE OFFICIALS are still
investigating the causé of a
fire that... did’ extensive
damage. to the basement of
a North Vancouver. house...

The. five, atc3Ul. East
26th Street:on' Tuesday,

aiso caused “smoke, heat’

and water, damage
throughout the house.

> The resident of the house

was not home at the time.
of the fire and neighbors
turned in the alarm to City
of “North Vancouver
firefighters at 6:14 p.m,

Fire officials say arson is
not suspected as the cause
of the blaze.

in the photo above, city
firefighters inspect the
basement of the house
where the fire started and
did the most of the dam-
age. At left, a firefighter
hoses down the area on the
main floor above where the
fire started, as 2 precai-
tionary measure.

3 - Friday, December 20, 1985 - North Shore News

Bank worker
steals $40,000

A NORTH Vancouver
woman has been charged
in connection with the
theft of $40,000 from the
Bank of Montreal at the
Park Royal branch.

Marilyn Gray, 47, of
3610 Regent Street, has
been charged with one
count of theft over $1,000

and one count of fraud.

Gray was an employee
of the bank when the
thefts took place, a West
Vancouver Police
spokesman said.

West Van police con-
ducted the investigation
in conjunction with Bank
of Montreal security
staff.

Confinement
nets charges

A 21-YEAR-OLD Deep
Cove man has been put
over for preliminary
hearing on charges of
sexual assault. and fore-
ible confinement.

David Richard Loewen
appeared in North Van-

couver provincial . court,

Wednesday to face the

Two

charges in connection
with a Nov. 3, 1984 inci-
dent in which a female
was allegedly confined
against her will and sex-
ually assaulted.

North Vancouver pro-
vineial court Judge J.D.
Layton remanded
Loewen to Jan. '4 for
preliminary hearing.

fires

believed set

ARSON is suspected as
the cause of two small
fires in an apartment
building.

West Vancouver
firefighters were called to
1460 Esquimalt Avenue
in West Vancouver on

Sunday to extinguish two
fires.

The first fire was con-
tained in a garbage con-
tainer outside the
building and the second
fire was in a box filled
with newspapers in the
underground parking lot.

Fire destroys
parked car

A PARKED car was
damaged extensively by
fire Sunday.

The 1981 Cutlass
Supreme had been parked
at 2926 Park Lane in
West Vancouver for a
couple of days when an

apparent short in the
car’s engine compartment
caused a major amount
of damage to the interior
and exterior of the car,

West Vancouver
firefighters extinguished
the fire which occurred
just after 7 p.m.

Six months

for sex

A North Vancouver man
will be sentenced to six
months in jail after
pleading guilty to one

- count of sexual assault.

Thomas Darbyshire,
54, pleaded guilty Mon-
day to sexually assaulting
a female on Aug. 15. He
will be sentenced Jan. 3,

In addition to the jail
term, North Vancouver

assault

provincial court Judge
J.D. Layton placed Dar-
byshire on a year's pro-
bation, terms of which
include that he bave no
contact with the com-
plainant or her sister for
the duration of that pro-
bation, and that he
undergo treatment
specified by his probation
officer.