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A 34-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man will be sentenced today : : “| thought my window was nine alee Billy Tuesday of four criminal charges in- down, but | found out it was

Timothy Chue Tang was originally charged with abduction fol- | US celebrate throu vr t " put_my head lowing a July 19 incident in which ke took his three children from a Don Graha m's sn borne on Montroyal Boulevard in contravention of custody orders.

Iu addition, Tang was charged with one charge of assault, one “Lights of the inside Passage” count of uttering a threat to cause death or serious injury and one Dec. 12, 1986 Friday 7:30-9:3Com count ot possession of restricted weapons in connection with a May | : Y ,

cident in which he assaulted his wife, Rosalinda Tang. } oh ——_—_

Tang was also charged with possessing, between May 16 and Amber CBookshop Nid Eorssion June 6, a Smith & Wesson .22 revolver, a Colt .45 Commander ° . 4315 COTTON DOR. handgun, a Colt. 45 Government handgun and a Colt .38 in a place 2442 Marine Drive, NORTH VAN. 980-4581 other than permitted under terms of his permit. West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 1L1 926-1 | 33

A Canadian ‘citizen who emigrated from Hong Kong in the 1970s, Tang has spent the past 242 months ia jail.

Appearing before North Vancouver provincial court Judge J.B.

Paradis, Tang was found guilty on all charges.

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Senior saved from biaze

A WEST Vancouver man in his early 70s was saved from a fire after his brother came by his house to visit and heard the smoke alarm. . ‘

Chief Art Ridley, of West Vancouver District Fire Department, said the man had tried to crawl to safety in the smoke-filled house.

The fire, which consumed the man’s armchair, broke out around 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 in a two-storey house at 846 Keith Road.

Ridley said the suspected cause of fire is smoking material.

The man was taken to hospital, suffering from minor burns.

The house had some smoke and water damage, said Ridley.

a) reak-ins up || TAKE eo em 4 _YOUR in West Van PICK OF f/ CHRISTMAS RESIDENTS IN West Bay, Caulfeild and Eagle Harbour have ; GOODIES been asked by West Vancouver Police to watch for suspicious per- } sons or activity in theiz neighborhoods. : FROM THE Police issued the warning after a recent series of residential break-ins occurred in those zreas during daylight hours. Police also recommend that if residents plan to be away over the holidays to make arrangements with friends or neighbors to have their homes checked on a regular basis. The break-ins, police said, are occurring in homes that appear unoccupied.

Man jailed for B&E

TODD ALLAN Vasileff was sentenced to 90 days in jail Dec. 4 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of break, enter and theft. The 19-year-old North Vancouver man was originally charged with four counts of break and enter in coanection with four burglaries at homes in the Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. : After Vasileff pleaded guilty to two of the charges, the Crown entered a stay of proceedings in the remaining two charges against

illegal weapons charges iaid

FIVE CHARGES OF possession of prohibited weapons tanded a 22-year-old North Vancouver man in provincial court Dec. 2.

Jon Smythe faces the charges in connection with a Nov. 30 police seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a knife, wooden karate ‘‘Boken" sticks, spiked boots and three darts. .

Appearing in North Vancouver provincial court, Smythe was remanded in custody to face the charges at a later date.