Man acquitted in
courthouse fire

THE SECOND North Vancouver man facing criminal charges
arising from the Feb. 7 fire that damaged the old New Westminster
courthonse has been acquitted.

Luis Rodrigues Rosa, 22, of 1672 Garden Avenue, had pleaded '
not guilty to one count of arson and one count of break and enter.
laid against him in connection with the fire that caused more than
$300,000 damage fo the 95-year-old building.
| Appearing in New Westminster county court Wednesday, Rosa

- was acquitted. on both ‘charges.

On June 10, 21-year-old Richard Arthur Gladwin of 618 East /

| 17th Street, North Vancouver, was fined $3,000 and placed on:
‘ probation for nine months after he had pleaded guilty to an arson,
-chasge laid against him in connection with the courthouse fire. /

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Probation breach

nets jail term,

; A “22. YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was sentenced ts three
‘months in jail Thursday after he pleaded guilty to failing to comply
with terms: ‘Of his probation.-: |
m2 Adam a no was charged after he failed to complete

‘DAVID ALAN “Chaput was ‘sentenced to three months in jail
Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property. -
The 23-year-old Vancouver man was in: North Vancouver pro-
-vinclal court to face a charge of break dnd enter laid against him in
-connection.with am April 29 break-in at a North Vancouver homie.

/

«Chaput..was charged. with possession of stolen . property after.

police seized 4 pair of stolen licence plates the same day...

‘oo The Crown entered a ‘stay of proceedings in‘ the break and enter
charge against Chaput.
. Chaput was sentenced by Suge J D. Layton. -_ ;

A aw MAN’ working at St. ‘catherines Anglican Chureh - “Was
threatened by.a man wielding a large knife to hand over all her
money.

. -The incident took place Nov. 13 at approximately 12:50 p.m.

The assailant was ‘wearing. 2 blue toque and bandana to cover his

‘face. ; .

* He ran off with. $350 and several credit cards,
North Vancouver RCMP are investigating.

. Two charged
with B&cE

TWO BURNABY men appeared in North Vancouver provincial
court Tuesday to face a charge of breaking inte a Deep Cove
business.

Kevin Daryle Krimmer and Donald Wade Fortin, both 19, were
originally charged with break, enter and theft following a Sept. 2
incident in which a Deep Cove business was alleged to have been
burglarized.

Appearing before Judge J.D. Layton, the two were remanded to
Nov. 26 to fix a date for trial on the charge.

THE RADIO. communication
system used by West) Vancouver
Police anf the Fire Department
will be improved to the tune of
$80,000.

“I've been worried about the ‘dead
spots’ in the radio system,"’ outgo-
ing Mayor Derrick Humphreys
commented at a recent district
council meeting.

Due to West Vancouver's to-
pography and the fact that there is
only one antenna, ‘‘dead spots”’
occur in many portions of the

5 - Sunday, November 23, 1986 - North Shore News

W. Van police, fire radio
communications improve

British) Properties, Lighthouse
Park, the Horseshoe Bay/Sunset
Beach areas and in many areas on
Hollyburn Mountain.

District Council has decided to
spend $88,000 for the acquisition
of a second channel and a new
repeater site on Black Mountain or
Bowen Island. The cost would in-
clude additional mobile equipment
to handle the two channels.

A further $22,000 will be spent
to install a new control console
and provide radio usage training
for the police department.

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