IRCMP search for
murder suspect

THE RCMP Wanted Persons
Unit is searching for a suspect in
connection with charges of
Jmurder and attempted murder.
% The suspect is believed to be in
the Greater Vancouver area and
is considered dangerous.
The RCMP Pincher Creek,
Southem Alberta, detachment
F currently bolds a Canada-wide
warrant for Ian Murray Berger,
who is facing the two charges.
The charges stem from a
shooting incident which occurred
near Pincher Creek, Aug. 10.
Berger dresses the part of a
Hasidic Jew end frequents syna-
gogues. He is known to wear a
black bat aad yarmulke (skull
E cap). Police describe him as being
a Caucasian male, 36 years old,
5° 11°’ tall, weighing 151 pounds,
with greying brown hair and
fF green cyes. He has a scar across
his throat and whea last seen,
hed a scruffy, untrimmed greying
beard

Berger speaks English, French

IAN Murray Berger
.. considered dangerous.

and Hebrew, and is a native of
Montreal.

Information about the suspect f

should
Stoppers at
North Vancouver

detachment at 985-1311.

be forwarded to Crime
669-TIPS or the
RCMP

Trial ordered

in B&eé

charge

A 36-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was ordered Thursday in
North Yascouver provincial court to stand trial in a higher court
on three charges related to an alleged break-in at an Upper Lons-

dale residence.

Robert Gerhard Zerbe was originally charged with break and
enter and having his face masked while committing an indictable
offence in connection with a Dec. 15, 1988 incident ia which s
home ov Osborne Road was alleged to have been burglarized.

He was farther charged with possession of stolen property fo)-

iowing a potice seizure of jewelry.

Appesring before Judge J.D. Layton, Zerbe elected to be tried

by a judge without a jury.

No trial date had been set to press time.

NV man fined for

stolen property

AN 18-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was fined $400 Wed-
nesday in North Vancouver provincial court after he pleaded guilty

to possession of stolen property.

Christopber Lowden was originally charged following an Oct.
37, 1988 seizure of a VCR, a chest containing silverware and 20
silver spoons belonging to two otber males.

Trial set in
sex assault

A JULY 3 trial date has been set in West Vancouver provincial
court for 2 45-year-old West Vancouver man charged with sexual

assault.

Mobamimed Seyed Shidfar was originally charged in connection
with incidents involving a female, alleged to have occurred between

March 1, 1988 and Dec. 31, 1988.

Appearing March 6 before Judge R.D. Grandison, Shidfar was
remanded to July 3 for 3 trial on the charge.

The trial is scheduled to take three days.

5 - Sunday,

March 19, 1989 - North Shore News

COUNCIL TO RE-EXAMINE PARKING POLICY

NV resident tired of tickets

COMPLAINTS FROM an irate
resident who has received over 20
parking tickets near his home have
pushed North Vancouver City
Council into re-examining the
parking problems between 4th and

parking ratio.

“LT believe there should be a
detailed examination over this,"
said Morris,

Ald. Stella Jo Dean agreed the
problem was not with the street

“We have to have our streets
cleaned,’’ said Dean, ‘‘otherwise
we are going to have a very dirty
city."*

City engineer Chuck Gail wil! be

: filing a report on parking problems
6th streets. cleaning. in the area.

“No matter what I do, they
ticket me day in and day out, said
resident Brad Sloboda.

Sloboda said his problems began
when city council erected street
cleaning signs along his street that
prohibited parking between 8 and
10 a.m.

“The streets are adequately
clean,’’ he said, ‘‘the city has
always done a good job.’’ But he
said the new street cleaning signs
have made the already difficult
parking problem intolerable.

Sloboda said between 35 and 40
people on his block have signed a
petition protesting the new signs.

Ald. Frank Morris said the
problem was not with the sireet
cleaning, but with the dense park-
ing in the area.

“Fourth, Sth and 6th are
crowded with apartment buildings
whose parking standards represent
the standards of the sixties,"’ said
Morris.

Morris said that it was up to the
city to try to solve the problem,
because it was the city that was
Originally responsible for the (low)

fa ere comes
a Peter Cottontail ...

fhopping down
the bunny
trail to
5 $$ Capilano Mall
9 this Saturday
at 11 a.m.

Don't miss ell the Easter fun in the
Grand Court:

* chocolate Easter eggs for the
kids

% a bunny hop contest at 1 p.m.

%* and come make an Easter
bonnet with the folks from the
IMAGINATION MARKET
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.!!

My, Remember, Capilano Mall will be
? closed Good Friday & Easter Sunday!

GOLD WANTED

We buy karat gold; old
rings, chains, charms, etc.
plus yellow dental gold.

THE GOLDPOST

1207 W. 16th St., NV.
at Pemberton behind McDonalds)

Open Mon-Sat. 10am - ‘1pm
Closed Wed. & Sur

987-8731

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