Wednesday, August 30, 1995 — North Shore News - 5

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Robbery charge

A 27-YEAR-OLD North ay ancouver man was charged with
robbery after allegedly assaulting a West Vancouver resident
and stealing his wallet last Thursday in the 1500-block of
Marine Drive.

The West Vancouver man, age 20, was crossing, Marine
Drive when he was thrown to the ground and kicked by two
men who grabbed the victim's wallet at 1 a.m., according lo a
West Vancouver Police (WYP) spokesman.

Two WVP officers on routine patrol saw the victim chase
the two men down the street. One suspect was caught by
police in a lane near the 1500-block of Marine Drive. The sec-
ond suspect got away. The wallet was recovered, said police.

Christopher Reid Crawford is charged with robbery in
connection with the incident. His next court appearance is
Sept. 6. .

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A MOTHER black bear and two cubs were caught in the °
3300 block of Westmount Drive Aug. 23.
According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, a resi-

dent contacted police at about 8:30 a.m. after seeing the bears
in her yard. The bears were tranquilized and caught just
before2 p.m... |

: Conservation officers said the bears were to be transport-

_ed to the Boston Bar area for release. -

. NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
WEST VANCOUVER fire chief John Rowlands and Mayor Mark Sager.present Mike Legge (front
left) and Ryan Aubry (frorit right) with awards to honor them for their rescue of Kurt Hlerbrun -
(front centre). Kurt's sailboat flipped over during lessons in West Vancouver.and he became
entangled in the rigging. Quick-thinking instructors. 5 Leage and Aubry pulled Kurt out of the
water, preventing Kurt from drowning.

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Bus driver's version. differs

From page 3 7
, Said Acres, “The operator just
made a judgment call here and
thought he was dealing with a hoax
and didn’t call the police.
“He didn’t notice anything out of

“the ‘usual except one of the youths
ae down the advertising sign.”

Oliver can‘not beliéve that the
“bus driver did not notice anything.

cc.“You’ve got an empty bus, a lot .
‘of verbal abuse and one guy leaping
* around with a knife,” said Oliver.

sion of the incident!

Meanwhile two/young offenders
and an adult were charged with
criminal offences in connection
with the bus antack,

Anthony Albert Welsh, 18, of
North Vancouver. will be sentenced
on Sept. 19 for assault with intent to
steal in. connection with -the. inci-'

‘dent.

The young offenders involved,
age 17 and 15 at the time of the inci-.
dent, each received one year. proba-
tion in connection with robbery and

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