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Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.com

CHARGES were laid
on Tuesday against a
man police suspect is
the gasoline robber.

Francis Patrick Spencer, 49, of

no fixed address, was charged while
in police custody. He was in custody
after being charg: d with wo North
Vancouver robberies alleged to have
been committed at knile-point in
mid May.

On Tuesday, he was charged with
10 offences relating to a string of
robberies in North Vancouver and
Coquithm in which a man cither
threw gasoline on counters or on
store employces. In cach case the
robber then threatened to light a
fire. Spencer was also charged with
another knife-point robbery.

Spencer is scheduled for a bail
hearing on June 16 in North
Vancouver provincial court.

The gasoline robber began his

cnme spree in North Vancouver on
March 18 at Rogers Video, 972
Marine Dr.

The man targeted mainly video
and motel clerks who worked alone.

On May 21, a knite brandishing
robber held up Act fb Theatrical
Make-up and Dance Supplies on
Marine Drive ina scenario similar to
that of the gasoline robberies.

On Mav 16, a knife- brandishing
robber held up Seymour Natural
Foods in Parkgate mall in the same
way, Police said a store employee
and a customer were forced ina
back washroom by the robber.

One of the victims came out of

the washroom and saw the man get
inte a vehicle. Based on the vehicle's
ption, police arrested a sus-
Phe gasoline robber held up
Travelodge, Movies Movies,
Dial-a-Movie, Red Hot Video and
Grouse Inn. He attempted to rob
North Shore Market. The gasoline
robber also held up three businesses
in Coquitlam in April including the
Sleepy Lodge motel and Adult
Video Superstore. No one was
injured.

NV man loses leg in
Second Narrows crash

vin Gillies
News Reporter
A man lost one of his
legs and could lose the
other following a serious
Thursday morning crash
on the Second Narrows

915 West 1st Street,
North Vancouver
(below Capilano Mail)
985-3000

According to the Port Mann
Highway Patrol, the man was south-
bound on the bridge in his 1979
Dodge Ram Charger at around 6:30
am. when his vehicle stopped mid-
span in the slow lane

The 29-year-old North Vancouve
man got out of his sport utility vehi-
cle and walked around to the back

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