Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 4, 1989, p. 2

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Page THE HERALD Wednesday January Attendants fired on Peel Regional Police reported that Mr Storring surrendered after about three hours of negotia tions His wife did leave while this was going on said Staff Sgt J Christian of 22 Division There was another family member in volved a sixyearold girl but she was never in any danger Ambulance officials reported the girl had apparently slept through the entire incident Police say the original call for an ambulance came from the Stoning residence There was speculation that he was not feeling well or may have been mentally unstable said Sgt Christian Police had no knowledge of a domestic dispute said Sgt Chris tian Staff Sgt R who said the scene was contained upon his ar rival after 2 am said it was unlikely any further charges would be laid Were still conducting an investigation he said I had a funny feeling on my way out to the call said Mr Vieyra I dont like those domestic situa tions We played it safe but we were close enough to get hit The Peel guys police said this type of thing only happens to you once in a lifetime Police routinely accompany am bulances on calls considered to be potentially dangerous said Halton Ambulance president Doug McLeod Mr Storring was scheduled for a bail hearing in Brampton yester day Continued from Page rear door Police estimate the shots were fired from a distance of about 200 yards we had just turned the vehicle around in case we had to leave quickly and I had just gotten out to talk to the police explained Mr Vieyra Just as I was talking I j heard three whistle sounds and I J knew they were shots I hit the- ground and climbed into the front of the police cruiser I called in on my portable radio that we were be- ingsbotat The driver of the ambulance Jim MacGirr of Acton pulled the ambulance out of the driveway and to a safer position along Mississauga Road Minutes after the shots had been fired Mr Storrings wife emerged from the trailer We werent sure who it was we were still scrambl ing cover explained Mr Vieyra The officer whose car Mr Vieyra was in had his shotgun out and we put the floodlight on her Another officer grabbed her and took her into a car After about 10 minutes Mr crawled across the floor of the police cruiser and out the- passenger door onto the driveway I crawled into the ditch on my face and crawled about a quarter mile back to the ambulance he recounted After that the tactical boys Peel Tactical Squad arrived and we stood by until about INDEX Editorial 6 Opinion Page 8 Business Page 10 In The Schools 11 Comic Page 11 Horoscope 11 Bridge 1215 Lifestyles 16 Entertainment 1722 Sports 2328 Classifieds Minor injuries Charges of failing to stop have been laid following a singlecar accident in which two Georgetown residents received minor injuries at 730 pm Dec 31 Police say an lByearold Ac ton man was driving a 1985 Maz da eastbound on Sideroad 22 when it failed to stop for a stop sign The car struck a patch of ice in an intersection at the Eighth Line and veered into the ditch on the east side of the road Michelle Deforest and Carolyn Crawford were taken to Georgetown hospital by a motorist where they were treated and released Damage to the Mazda was moderate SUNROOFS Prices From Lilt 22 i St 8734570 CAM M MATE Impaired charge A charge of impaired driving was laid after police stopped a vehicle moving erratically on Winston Churchill Boulevard at Sideroad 10 at 230 am Dec 31 The 25yearold Streetsville resi dent will appear in court Feb 13 Tapes taken More than worth of cassette tapes and a tape holder was stolen from a car parked In the driveway at 28 Fagan Dr in Georgetown sometime between 11 pm Dec and 830 am Dec 30 Police say the car was unlock ed Gas siphoned A gas monger has siphoned two full tanks of gas out of a 1976 Ford pickup truck parked on Main Street North in Acton in re cent weeks The most recent theft occurred around 3 pm Dec Value of the stolen gas is Tires missing Two spare tires and wheels were stolen from vehicles at Park Lincoln Mercury on Highway 7 at 22 sometime between pm Dec 31 and 2 pm Jan Police say someone smashed the passenger windows of two pickup trucks and stole the spare tires and wheels Value of the stolen goods is Damage to the vehicles is Youth charged A 17yearold Glen Williams youth has been charged with fail ing to appear for fingerprints damage to property and breach of probation Police arrested the youth at 11 Division headquarters Dec 29 He will appear in court Jan Police say the youth at tended a party at Dr Nov and allegedly threw a block of wood through the window of the house as he was leaving Charge laid Police charged a 52yearold Woodbridge woman with shoplif ting at the Olde Hide House in Ac ton at 1250 pm Dec 30 The charge arose after a leather wallet was reported missing Singlecar accident A Georgetown man was treated and released from Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital following a single car accident on Armstrong Avenue at Guelph Street at 9 pm Jan 1 Police say a lyearold Drive resi dent was driving southbound in his 1980 Tercel when the car skid ded into a ditch after rounding a corner The driver was taken to hospital by his father with minor injuries The car received severe damage Careless charge Charges of careless driving were laid following a threear collision on Trafalgar Road at Sideroad 15 shortly before pm Dec 29 A northbound vehicle pulled out into the middle of the road to pass a stopped vehicle on the side of Trafalgar Road A southbound 1985 Pontiac driven by 35-year- old Scarborough man noticed the vehicle in the middle of the road and halted to allow the vehicle to continue A Pontiac driven by a 41yearold man also stopped behind the Pontiac However a 1980 driven by a 17yearold woman failed to stop in time and smashed into the back of the 1979 Pontiac The force of the collision pushed the 1979 Pontiac into the 1985 Pontiac Damage to the Pontiac and the 1970 Pontiac was moderate and damage to the 1985 Pontiac was light Charges laid A 42yearold Georgetown woman has been charged with impaired driving and refusing a breathalyzer following a Dec accident on Trafalgar Road which left a 20yearold Georgetown youth in critical con dition at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto Police say the woman was driv ing a Ford Escort north bound on Trafalgar Road when it went out of control and struck a hydro pole and a tree near Highway 7 The woman received major injuries and spent two days in Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The passenger In the car Neil Diaz is now listed in serious con dition The woman was charged Dec 30 and will appear in court Feb 13 FINAL 4 DAYS to Save during MILLIERE TVs BUY NOW SAVE DURING OPERATION CLEANUP 14 COLOUR TV 23995 14 Control COLOUR TV Modal COLOUR TV MVfttM RCA Control COLOUR TV savrMM RCA COLOUR TV 34900 mm 28 Control COLOUR TV 28 RCA Rwnot Control CONSOLE TV ttVtf MM PACKAGE PRICE RCA COLOUR STEREO MONITOR a TOSHIBA STEREO COLOUR MONITOR RECEIVER MWMU8499S CHECK OUT 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