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Page Z THE HERALD Wednesday Jane 19 POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 911 Fire Information 8771 1 33 Police NonEmergency Hospital 8770111 Distress Centre Various charges Halton Regional Police have charged a Georgetown man with resisting arrest assault causing bodily harm breach of recognizance breach of proba tion and assault level one after he assaulted his commonlaw wife a neighbor and a police officer Saturday night Police say the 30- yearold man was arguing with his commonlaw wife around pm when he punched her in the face approximately three times pushed her down on the couch kicked her an unknown number of times choked her and pulled her hair Police say the victim had two cut lips bruising and redness to her forehead a bleeding nose and swelling Minutes after the fight police say the accused started banging on a neighbors door accusing him of damaging the circuit panel because the power had gone out Police say he also verbally threatened the neighbor When police arrived minutes later the accused used abusive language and resisted arrest breaking a table in the process The accused appeared in Milton court Monday for a bail hearing Sexual assault allegations Police are investigating allega tions of sexual assault made by a 15yearold girl against a 17-ydar- male who lives in the same Georgetown group home as she Police say the girl alleged the male came into her bed at night and sexually assaulted her by touching her private parts The victim also alleges the same male sexually assaulted her in March Cigarette heist For the second time in four days unknown culprits have made off with thousands of dollars of cigarettes from The Smoke Shoppe in Acton The place was first broken into last Wednesday by three culprits who stole cartons of cigarettes worth from the store Then Saturday at approximately 230 am three culprits broke into the store and removed cases of cigarettes worth Police say a person standing near the shop heard the alarm go off and saw two men leave the store before joining a third man waiting outside the store Police are continuing their investiga tion Field of grass Police are planning to destroy approximately 1000 plants of marijuana that were found by a hiker at the Crawford Lake Con servation Area at Guelph Line and Steeles Avenue in Milton Saturday Police say the hiker was treking through the conser vation area in May when he notic ed several areas of cleared land just off the Vista Trail He return ed Saturday to find hundreds of marijuana plants growing in the area Police investigated and discovered shovels and fertilizer nearby No charges have been laid and police are continuing their investigation Assault charge Police report theyve laid an assault charge against a Georgetown man after he threatened a person with a tire iron Police say a person had at tended the mans residence to return some blinds over a small claims court case he lost When the accused opened the door he had a tire iron in his hand and in dicated he wasnt going to let the man into his house The accused willappear in Milton Court June 24 Suspect arrested Police have arrested a Georgetown man in connection with the break and enter at Williams and Associates office in Acton in January of this year As a result of the investigation into the break and enter police ar rested the 36yearold suspect and charged him with possession of stolen goods and forged documents Car damaged Another employee at Eagle Dominion in Acton who crossed the picket line of striking workers had her car damaged last Wednesday Police say the vic tims 1981 Toyota was parked on Road in Acton when unknown pesons cut the valve stems on her two rear tires Damage is estimated at Soccer nets stolen Two soccer nets valued at were stolen from the goal posts of the Cedarvale soccer field over night last Tuesday police report The nets belong to the Georgetown Youth Soccer League Police are still in vestigating Fire Calls Oil spill cleanup Halton Hills firefighters started the weekend cleaning up an oil spill Saturday evening in a Glen Williams house Firefighters say an oil tank located in the furnace of the home began leaking spilling approx imately litres of oil on the floor Firefighters cleaned some of the spill up using and plugged the hole as best they could until oil company cleaners arrived Power lines down Later that evening at firefighters were called to Boulevard where high winds brought some power lines Firefighters had little to do as there was no fire but waited until hydro workers came to restore power Medical assist call Their last call of the night came at 1132 to a Nelson Court home in Acton where firefighters responded to a medical assist call A woman at the home was having a seizure They stayed until ambulance atten dants arrived Smoke damage On Sunday firefighters responded to one call at an Acton home on Firefighters say a resident of the house left a burning candle on a coffee table which caught on fire Damage is estimated at because there was extensive smoke damage to the home Firefighters were there for approximately one hour after 109 am Community Forum The best things of summer Gary Lewis Georgetown Tennis friends and beer Mark Bostock Toronto mar ried a Georgetown girl Sun swimming barbeques and going on holidays Just the fact that summer isnt winter is the best thing Christina Brass The beach convertible cars night clubs and suntanning Halton s loss is Hamiltons gain By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald After years of service as Regional Polices Deputy- Chief Robert is leav ing to become the Chief of Police for the HamiltonWentworth Police Service Hell assume the role September 1991 Im very excited about being chosen as HamiltonWentworths Chief said Dep Chief Middaugh to Halton Polices Media Relations Officer Sergeant Carey Smith before he left to attend an On tario Chiefs of Police Conference in Sudbury Friday Police Services Board chairman William McCuliough announced Thursday that 48yearold Dep Chief was the unanimous choice of the board but officers of the Halton Regional Police Service say theyre going to miss him He was a good man to work with said Halton polices other DeputyChief John Barratt Ill miss him Hes been a good friend Detective Sergeant Michael Eacrett whos know Dep Chief since he joined the Halton Police service said he is a fair compassionate man who treated everyone he worked with with respect 1 have a lot of respect for him he continued Hamilton is fortunate to have him but itll be a bad day for Halton when he leaves Police officers agree that Dep Chief has a lot to offer Hamilton with his years of ex perience as a police officer and Chief Chief Middaugh first became a police officer in 1967 with the Peel Regional Police Service Before that he was a firefighter with the City of Brampton After gaining policing and ad ministrative experience with Peel police he joined the Halton Regional Police Service in June 1980 as a Chief a position which involves working in unison with the Chief of Police in all aspects of executive level ad ministration While with Halton he has been involved with the implementation of computerized management the implementation of a com pressed work week the develop ment of communitybased polic ing implementation of a 911 emergency number system development of a physical fitness program the setting up of a video monitoring process for statements and confessions and the development of the Police Chorus and Pipe Band to enhance community relations among many other projects Planning for future Continued from Page study is meant to rectify this discrepancy she said Al Pilutti representing Halton Hills Construction Association questioned the need for the study because the Towns zoning bylaws delineate where the ap propriate type housing should be located in Town However Ms Knott disagreed with Mr explaining the bylaws are relatively weak since they dont correspond with the Towns Official Plan Mr went on to question why the Town doesnt concen trate on introducing high density housing for Georgetown in the southern and western part where there is still a lot of open space He posed this question in response to the study having to consider where higher density housing could be located in fully developed areas of Georgetown Mr Keith would only say the idea will be considered During one part of the meeting Ball of Residents Alive in Development Decisions RAIDD said some people are frightened of studies such as the Urban Area Study Review There is the idea among many the study will result In people descending on a neighborhood to do something the neighborhood doesnt want done he said However Mr Balls concern appeared to be appeased when Mr Keith said the role of the committee is to provide public opinion to ensure there will be no surprises Aside from the formation of this committee public meetings will be held periodically throughout the next several mon ths to receive input from the general public on the direction the study should take The study is expected to be completed near the end of this year Once finished it will be for warded to Town Council for final consideration Blood donor clinic The quarterly Acton Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will be held Thursday June at the Acton Legion Hall The hours of the clinic will be from to S30 pm This clinic has been graciously sponsored by the Acton IGA Come out and donate a pint of blood and receive a coupon for a free video rental at PRE View Video For more information call Henry at He has also continued to educate himself by attending the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI academy in the United States where he graduated with honors in management criminology law communica tions and forensic sciences in 1978 Hes also attended FBI seminars on interpersonal violence psychological profiling of criminals and police stress Other courses hes taken in clude criminal investigation violence in the family police ad ministration drug investigation hostage command and financial management at Ontario Police College and Canadian Police Col lege Besides his work and educa tion Chief is a member of several police and community groups including the International Association of Chiefs of Police the FBI National Academy Association and the On tario Association of Chiefs of Police He also contributes time to the Halton Race Relations Committee the Brampton Curl ing Club the Brampton South Rotary Club of which he is a past president minor hockey and baseball systems and is a member of St Pauls United Church He gives per cent effort in all he does said Chief Bar ratt When Dep Chief Middaugh takes over his new position Sept 1 hell replace present Chief Colin Millar who will be retiring at the end of the year after years of dedicated police service in cluding four years as chief Dep Chief Middaugh is mar ried to Judith Anne They have two children Karen 26 years who is an officer with Ontario Provincial Police and Wayne 23 who is a golf professional ANNOUNCEMENT CANADIAN TIRE AMOC1ATE STORf ACTON is pleased to announce the appoint ment of Blair to the position of Service Manager Blair a longtime resident of Acton brings to this position years of service experience and looks for ward to the opportunity of renewing old acquaintances and serving new clients