Thieves hit
Seymour
Youth Centre

A stolen car was used
as the getaway vehicle
in a Feb. 23 burglary
at the Seymour Youth

Centre.

The burglars stole a com-
puter and tax machine from
the vouth centre located in
Ron Andrews ReeCentre at
931 Lytton.

According to the North
Vancouver RCMP, a stolen
1984 Volkswagen Jetta was
used in the 2:30 p.m. bur-
glary. Phe car was later recov-
ered on East) Hastings in
Vancouver, Police believe the
burglar or burglars gor into
the youth centre dhrough a
back window,

Anyone with information
is asked to call North
Vancouver RCMP Const.
Mare Sylvestre at 985-1311.

—Auna Marie D’Angelo

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PINs. Pavicic kept her gun
pointed at the couple while
Mahanian went to Vancouver
and withdrew $2,500 in an
estimated 30 transactions.

A deeply — traumatized
Glennis said litde during the
ordeal. Robert kept talking.
Robert ask Mahanian how
much money he had gotten at
the bank machines.

“Not enough,” was the
reply, according to Crown.

Mahanian stated that the
home invaders had “f...ed up”
because they didn’t know chil-
dren would be there. Mahanian
didn’t want the children to
wake up or there would be “a
dog's breakfast.”

Pavicic put duct tape on
Robert’s and Glennis’ mouths
before the home invaders left
with $12,000 worth of proper-
ty including Giennis’ engage-
Ment fing, two cameras and a
VCR. (The ring was never
recovered.)

Robert managed to remove
the duct tape. He eventually
called out to his sleeping, eldest
child. The youngster came
down the stairs. Her father told
her ro call 9-1-1.

After sentencing = on
Thursday, Robert said he was
relatively satisfied with the sen-

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“I think they were stupid.
They were young,” — said
Robert, who is vice-president
of Polygon Homes. He added
thar there was a chance the duo
could be rehabilitated and that
his family wished to move on
with their lives.

Mahanian’s lawyer Daniel
Geller described his client as an
honour student, who was born
in the United States and then
went to live in Tran where his
family was persecuted for being
of the Raha‘i faith, Mahanian
came to Canada in the early
1980s. He did not have an
adult criminal record.

Pavicic was also described as
an honour student by her
lawyer John Banks. She had no
criminal record and had
worked as a model.

The judge noted that both
defence lawyers did not clabo-
rate on how the duo got their
guns or their motive for the
home invasion. The home inva-
sion was not 4 random act. The
month before the home inva-
sion, the MacaArthurs vaca-
tioned in South Attica tor three
weeks. They employed a
babysitter to look after the chil-
dren. The babysitter’s
boyfriend knew Mahanian.
Mahanian had actually been in
the house before the home

invasion,

North Vancouver Mounties
had few clues in solving the
case inmediately, A Crime
Stoppers segment aired in Mav
1997 showed a. surveillance
picture of Mohanian using
MacArthurs’ stolen bank cards.
A tipster revealed the suspects’
names.

North Van Mounties posted
the suspects’ names on the
police computer. In December
}997, a Mountie in Kelowna
phoned to say Pavicie was in
police cells after being arrested
for allegedly using a stolen
credit card.

Crown lawyer Docolas said
that Pavicic was being detained
by store security «when
Mahanian intervened and
assaulted =the — employees.
Pavicic then pulled out a stun
gun and “zapped” the employ-
ces ina bid to escape,

While Pavicic was in a
Kelowna jail cell, a North
Vancouver RCMP under cover
investigation began. An under-
cover female offtcer bettiended
Pavicie who believed she was
becoming involved in criminal
activities,

Pavicic and Mahanian both
admitted the crime to police.
On April 28, 1997 ac the
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was duped into giving police

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nwo guns he said were used in
the home invasions. Mahanian
turned over a sawed-off 12
gauge shorgun and a sawed-off
semi-automatic 22 calibre rifle.
Both guns worked.

When arrested, Pavicie had
the identification and credit
cards of “other women” on
her.

The duo have already spent
10 months in jail, Defence and
Crown lawyers had made a deal
for sentencing in which they
agreed that four vears plus the
time served (equivalent to 21
months’ jail) was appropriate.

The judge agreed. The two
were banned from possessing
guns for life.

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