2 — Sunday, July 5, 1998 — North Shore News

North Van store robbed twice in a week

Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter
tangelo@nsnews.com
TWO burglaries in five
days have brought the
president of a drinking
water supply store to
his boiling point.

“This is an intolerable

level of crime,” said Stan
Stanley on Thursday.

On Saturday, June 27, a
man broke into Eau Canada
in the 1300-block of Main
Street. The 3:30 a.m. break-
in took approximately 30 sec-
onds. The burglar used a
boulder to smash a window
and steal a computer. The
crook was last seen heading

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down Main Street cowards
the’ Second Narrows Bridge
in a silver mini van. A witness
did not get the van’s licence
plate.

Five days later, on July 2,
Eau Canada was hit again by
a burglar.

Stanicy said that this time
the crook unsuccessfully tried
to break one window at 5

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a.m. He then used a propane
cylinder to break another
window. The burglar stole a
computer and new color
printer.

Stanley said the witness in
the first burglary complained
that the police did not show
up while the burglary was in
progress.

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Staff Sgt. Al McGiegor said
that even with an alarm sys-
tem, police may not be able
to arrive immediately.

Police call these type of
burglaries “smash and
grabs.” McGregor said that
computers that can be scen
through a window are vulner-
abic. He said that stolen
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McGregor said that in
many instances it is the infor-
mation in the computer that
is more important to the
business owner. Meanwhile
Stanley said it is impractical
to bar the 25 windows of the
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