7th charge of
driving while
orohibited

By Anna Marie D’Angelo
News Reporter

.JASGN Roy Carter

_likes to drive when he
has been ordered by a
.judge not to do so.

On July 19, the 24-year-

old North Vancouver man

- pleaded guilty to his seventh

driving. while. prohibited
“charge.

» Judge Jerame Paradis sen-

. tenced Carter to a total of six

months in jail for:

Bi driving while prohibited on
-July 11 in North Vancouver
» District;

dangerous driving and pos-
sessing, a stolen car in connec-
tion with the same incident;

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7 possessing the same stolen
car on May 16 in North
Vancouver District;

$8 possessing another stolen
vehicle on May 2 in North
Vancouver City.

Yer another charge of dri-
ving while prohibited on May
2 was dropped.

According to the RCMP,
Carter did not pull over on
Jul 11 when signalled to do

o by the police for an appar-
ent speeding infraction.

He instead led the police
on a car chase in the Lower
Capilano area. Speeds hit 140
km-h.

The 10-year-old daughter
of Carter’s common-law
spouse was in the stolen black
Datsun car.

West Vancouver Police
and police dogs were called
in to help the North Van
Mounties.

Carter abandoned the car
and ran off with the young-
- ster into a bush area near

to the outdoor barbecue.

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Marine Drive and Capilano
Road.

fronicaily, the police offi-
cer first involved in the chase
was the same police officer
who investigated Carter for
possessing the same stokn
Datsun two menths earlier.

Police said the Datsun was
stolen the second time froma
local repair shop where the
damages relating to its first
theft were being fixed.

Carter showed little emo-
tion as he sat beside his
lawyer AJ. De Meulemeester
during sentencing proceed-
ings.

Paradis noted that the dri-
ving while prohibited charge
was aggravated by Carter's
previous driving corivictions.

Crown lawyer Jane
Nascou sought a six- to nine-
month jail term for Carter.

Carter’s lawyer — had
argued that the jail term for
his client should ju§t be four
to six months.

N. Van man charged with robbery

A 33-year-old Legion patron was discovered
unconscious in a washroom on July 20 alter
he was apparently robbed.

The North Vancouver man was taken to
Lions Gate Hospital where he was treated for
head, neck and chest injuries. Police say he
was released from hospital the next day.

The man’s name was not disclosed by
police.

The man was discovered in the washroom

| of the Royal Canadian Legivn in the 100-

block of West 15th Street. An off-duty
KCMP officer and two other Legion patrons
chased three men who quickly {eft the
premises, according to a North Vancouver
RCMP spokesman.

Police say two of the men were spotted
leaving the washroom just before the injured
man was found.

Drew Russell Wagar, 25, of North
Vancouver, is charged with committing a
violent robbery,

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