A24 - Wednesday, May 30, 1984 - North Shore News POLICE BLOTTER ~*~ Determined home owner grabs thief A 22-YEAR-OLD man is in police custody and will face six counts of breaking and entering and RSRESEEN SUNT ms ABNORM AT ALAA et EPL EEPEE ADE TOE , a all thanks to an alert — and determined — North Vancouver resident. The resident involved thief managed to elude him. returned to his home in the The resident of the house 2600 block of Hardy Cres- didn’t give up, however. cent just before midnight He returned to his home SSE Saturday and found an in- and waited for the thief to NEWS, hoto Stuart Davis truder in his house. return to claim his car, The thief first attempted parked in front of the house. SPRING’S DEFINITELY in the air with the arrival of sunshine, blue skies and warm temperatures. Scenes such as the to escape through a sliding When the thief did, the man one above are common again on the North Shore. glass door at the rear of the pounced, holding him until house, a door secured by a__ police arrived. heavy dead-bolt lock, and The 22-year-old, of no then sprinted out the front fixed address, will be door with the resident in charged with six counts of pursuit. breaking and entering. During the short chase Police say he had entered that followed, the thief five other houses in the 7 dropped a bag he was car- immediate area, stealing rying that contained items jewelry and small stolen from the house. The appliances, before breaking resident recovered the bag into the sixth and meeting and its contents, but the — his match. Video Hut hit by break-in NORTH VANCOUVER’S Video Hut lost an estimated $4,500 worth of video cassette recorders and blank tapes when thieves hit early Tuesday morning. earher break-in by smashing the glass front door. Inside they helped themselves to five video cassette recorders and a box containing about 50 blank Thieves entered the _ videocassettes. Marine Drive business the Police investigation of the same way they did in an break-in continues Routine ends in A ROUTINE tratfie check by patrolling members of the North Vancouver ROMP ended with the arrest of two check arrest into custody after they were stopped for a routine check and found to be driving a car that had been taken from - youths on charges of car a Langley motel carher in theft Sunday might the day Uhe youths, one from The pai will be charged Langley and the other trom with driving aiovehicle Hamilton, Ont were taken without the owners consent Purse snatcher hits in W. Van PLEDGE CAREFULL SERVICE. A WEST Vancouver woman Phe wosnan was net as, Se eee . Eo ae reat be vasenadly Pbaspree te Cte be gee cane fost her purse and an oun parcel in the tne rent ( hve veers ba vyetiac stot dared cot wet ati Aetuvapre Nrvd re jou threat fischosed aim it { ! umes aeons oan probate ss ron alin fot sa pe nbor Cute aes Cob itheony tee yet Saturday fo a speedy vous Prookece ape beoohiriy fee it. ted Hd atl N man pucse snatcher dexter at OPN HC EEE AN AT POT TT vite ed eS cee) prreotanp en trae caddy Thve Wore was walking omby as Derg ce has POS aiid Award CEPT OCD OTN de cote a Ural ane othe rear scrutts with dark brawe codlas \X’ eowcothe cd dear bot. ec anay an ot Path Koval when the tian Nongth baa bbe was wearing Poverty tire yer gave se ov diey came ap bebund ber gratbed Garhk pray slacks and oa Nivb owe te preedbay bee wwe re es ' . tree geare se aaceet cans olf Drow. sports pan het " ¢ thevron. = Your flown Puuap ~~ Our pledge. = ° Poo deans ° . ‘ break i rh vatvcde t thre Veotat Erecnat ovexebore aro wea d forbes Mason Westmount Che wis J6O9O Westmount Rad Wesi By ¢ sal ee | trot ode tect NV coenh conupe ative val Vabeouver. Poe