No charges laid
in tug sinking

PORTS CAN...::A. Police will lay no charges in connection with
the Oct. 27 si: ing: of a tug in swirling waters beneath the Lions
Gate Bridge. “
/, Aasp. Robert Sharp said Friday no charges were contemplated
“ because the investigation.into the accident had revealed that there
‘was no. intention/ on the part of the crew to do anything wrong
. “Sand we don’t think charges are necessary. We just hope everyone
“ has learned something from this.”*
_ The 34-foot Petro Master sank at approximately 2:39 a.m. Oct.
- 27 while it was assisting another tug in pulling a log boom into
° Burrard Inlet. ] ,
. Owned by North Vancouver" s Noble Towing Ltd., the tug was
pulled under in less than a minute when it was flipped on its side by
. currents rushing between the boom and the boat. .
>The vessel/s skipper had jumped tv the boom moments earlier to
. replace: a ouvigation light and no one was at the tug’s wheel> A
deckhand. rhanaged to escape from the boat’s wheelhouse. Both
crew, members escaped uninjured. -
, _Damage/to the Petro Master has been estimated at £300,000.
“The First. Narrows. was closed to shipping until the tug was
ey by a massive ¢ crane at approximately 11 a.m.

~

Man jailed for

_ A 37-YEAR-OLD man of no fixed address | Was sentenced Thursday
b\ in, North Vancouver: provincial. court 0. nine. months in Jail! and

“vplaced’ on probation for'18 ‘months after he pleaded guilty to: three:
counts of. Jattering, a. forged document and. four ‘counts of double.

doctoring. ” i
: “A Roger Edward Pepper was, originally charged with nine’ counts of

‘obtaining a controlled drug from seven different doctors in North ;
: Vaucouver, Burnaby, Vancouver, Delta and Coquitlam without
closing : to: the various. dectors detail s of drugs previously ob-

ned within the preceding 30 days. © 5
The. charges. were laid against Pepper in conaection with inci-
! dents i in “August, and September in which he obtained prescriptions
? for approximately.300, 20 milligram tablets of Ritaiin from doctors
‘. after’ claiming he’ suffered from narcolepsy and was going to Tum-
oi bler Ridge: ».
po Pepper was fasther “charged. with three counts of impersonating
~ another male inorder to'avoid detection for double doctoring; - :
“sy After: Pepper pleaded guilty to the seven charges, the Crown
“ _ntered a stay of proceedings in the; avther charges Jaid agains! him.

Parts. possession

nets jail term |

19-YEAR-OLD. Vancouver man was sentenced ‘Monday i in North
ancouver ‘provincial ‘court.to one day in jail and fined $409.after

leading guilty ‘to one count: of possession of stolen property. worth:

“ ‘Henry: Kris, Kieszkowski. was ‘originally charged in. “connéction
“July: 21: police seizure of: motorcycle parts ‘Belonging to j

‘FOUR ‘VANCOUVER: ‘men who appeared in West “Vancouver
rovincial court: Monday: on: charges of . forcible ‘seizure. and
alawinl confinement have been scheduled to appear in Vancouver

4 county court.Dec.:2 to set a trial date.’
2"--The charges stem:from ai Aug.: AZ incident in which an 18-

year-old. woman was pulied Into a car on Beach Ave. and driven to

_, West. Vancouver where. she eventually managed to escape.

Facing the charges are ‘Tien Hai Hynh, 19, Nam Kong Le, 27, .

“Dinh Tan Tran, 19, and Thong. Ky Chau; 202°: )
‘Tran and Le have also been charged with sexual assault.

& - Sunday, November 15, 1987 - North Shore News

This week
at councils

NORTH VANCOUVER CITY 3 ee

COUNCIL: Monday, Nov. 16, at Be fer

7:30 p.m.: Public hearing to WE pAAAMAAnaaaanannananna
rezone 1540/1586 Mahon Ave. —— ‘
Council meeting: delegations re:

helicopter fanding at LGH/ % FALL CAR
notification of highway stopping ‘ »  * 3 CLEAN UP i
up and closing’ LGH helicopter (°° ay N eevesererrreserrvenet

landing site/ courthouse area land : ' .
use planning study/ grant request} i HERE'S WHAT WE DO:

Cultural Policy Committees f | -Hand Wash ;

Tempe Heights marketing phase ff burned in - -Shampoo Engine

six/ sewer/water rates/ committee . :
of the whole (in-camera) re: pro- § ; ~Clean and Dress

posed warehouse lease muscum/ Hawaii? i the Interior

archives committee. ; ¥ ~Shampoo Carpets and
NORTH VANCOUVER | FUNTAN Seats

DISTRICT COUNCIL: Monday, § WITH US! - i
Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m.: Policy and i clean Windows

planning committee: delegation re: : S ; -Clean Wheeis and Tires
Society for Soundscape Awareness & O By Wax the Exterior
and Protection regarding : ONLY $7 500

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noise/_ rezoning application for § : on all 10 "
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