OUR: ear-ald Georgia holes still 38 a larg e Poiyphemus moth touches down for a landing. As.a caterpillar the moth. is the most prodigious eater in the animal ‘Kingdom. ST fancouver Police and Crime ppers are seeking help in identify-* ig 2 suspect involved in. the armed. abbery of: ccording to police, a Jone’ black man ntered the store on Feb. 5. He said he was look- ing for’a gift for his girlfriend. The suspect examined several items but did not make-a purchase. .. The man returned two days later and said he was looking for a ring for his girlfriend. He was “shown a few valuable rings. ; “As-the clerk showed him a ring, the man opened. his. quilted jacket and displayed revolver t tucked i into his waistband. " He? produced -a white plastic shopping bag ‘Park. Royal jewelry store. with a red and black pattern on it. The man then ordered the clerk to fill the bags with the rings in the display case. . When the clerk did not fill the bag fast enough to the robber’s liking, the suspect pushed the clerk away and filled the bag himself. A second store assistant came upon the scene and yelled at the suspect. The suspect simply took out 2 cloth and wiped any fingerprints he may have left off from the display counter top. The man walked out of the store with a bag of rings worth thousands of dollars. Tips regarding the crime may be forwarded to Crime Stoppers at 669-TIPS or the West Vancouver Police at 925-7300. Wednesday, August 7, 1996 — North Shore News — 3 Five-year ban for dangerous driver | Assault anal theft suffered whiplash when his'‘car struck a fire charoes dropped in ne car chase began near Prospect 8.€. Supreme Court Road near the top of Lonsdale Avenue. B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Justice Patrick Dohm jailed Nichols on July 9 in Vancouver, SHAWN Greg Nichols will not be allowed to get behind the Nichols pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, possessing a stolen car and driving. whecl of a car for five years after he gets out of jail in nine while prohibited. A charge of assault with a weapon of a North Van Mountie was dropped (stayed). A charge of stealing, the car the day before” the chase was also dropped (stayed). Tronically, some of the. owners of the months. parked cars damaged in the chase were attending an ICBC-sponsored customer’ - service seminar. The ICBC headquarters are located jess than a block away from where the chase ended. The 23-year-old North Vancouver man was already prohibited from driving on May 2 when he lead North Van Mounties in a short, but dangerous car chase down Lonsdale Avenue. Nichols was driving a stolen car during the 9:30 a.m. pursuit. The car was stolen in Burnaby. Six vehicles, including three parked cars and one police. vehicle, were smashed by the end of the car chase in the 100-block of West Esplanade. Nichols was removed from the crum- pled stolen car by ambulance attendants. He was taken to Lions Gate Hospital for observation. One Mountie involved in the pursuit 66 One Mountie involved in the pursuit: suffered whiplash when his car struck a fire hydrant. 99 with hammer strikes “ spokesman. | - The 28-year-old male clerk: was. not: seriously injured j in the 11:30 pm inci-- dent. Car stolen in Langley . used to get away; cops ) investigate cash theft ost sy he super. 4.25, to 30: By Anna Marie D'Angale cle. News Reporter A ‘gas station clerk was injured’ on Aug. 3 after a hammer- wielding robber made off with cash from a station at Mountain Highway and Main Strect in North Vancouver. The hot: car displayed licence plates stolen from another car. The car, which was stolen in Langley, was later found abandoned in. Vancouver. The stolen - plates were ‘also: Vancouver, Meanwhile” the North: Vancouver’ RCMP continue... to investigate. “an‘ attempted robbery on Monday at: the Coach House Inn. A woman said she was jumped. ‘by. four: os men in the inn’s parking lot.) 2 |e. ! The woman told police she fought off the would- ‘be robbers. : A. clerk in the Petro-Canada station was hit in tie back of the ear. The blow caused a 5 cm (2 inch) cut, according to a North Vancouver RCMP ‘Driver hits house, runs | A sleeping North Van resident. woke up to a car smashing into his Lynn Valley house on Aug. 4. The man heard a bang and looked out a window to see what appeared to be a blue four-door Neon car hitting his house in the 1000-block of East 29th Street, according to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. Police say the car driver took off. The house’s foundation was damaged i in the 4" a.m, incident. . Police say speed was a factor in the crash that occurred near Fromme Road. The car is expected to have some front-end damage. Anyone with information is asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP traffic section at 985-1311. Appeal has ordered that the docu- From page 1 the company could have taken additional reasonable measures to prevent the release of substances that killed the fish. Based on an earlier decision in a similar case, Mr. Justice Jon Siguidson said the documents seized were not properly the sub- ject of a search warrant. Sigurdson ruled that because the documents seized were sought as proof that the discharge could have been prevented and because this “could hurt CanadianOxy’s defence of due diligence, the search “warrants are invalid. . He quashed both warrants and a cote ot said the documents may be held by the Crown for 28 days to allow the Crown to decide whether to apply for a search warrant of a permitted scope. Crown lawyers argued that due diligence, or steps that could have been taken to avoid the criminal act, are relevant to the commission of the offence and not simply a defence. Kier added the appeal will likely be heard in the spring of 1997, which means Environment Canada will make an application to adjourn the trial scheduled for January 1997. . CanadianOxy lawyer Jonathan McLean said the B,C. Court of ments and tapes ‘scized be sealed and held by the Department of Justice until a decision on the appeal has been made. On June 15, 1995, CanadianOxy was charged with one violation of the Fisheries Act and one violation of the Waste Management Act. Meanwhile, CanadianOxy also faces a retrial in Squamish for a 1992 spill of about 73,000 litres of sodium chlorate into Cattermole Slough and Howe Sound. In April, B.C. 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