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Page 2- the HERALD Community News Wednesday July 17 POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Fire Information Police Emergency Hospital Distress Centre Dial 911 8771133 8785511 8770111 8771211 damage Halton Regional Police report unknown suspects cut and remov ed belts that operate a dust collector in the Eagle Dominion factory building on McDonald Boulevard in Acton overnight ly Police say part of the plant had to be shut down as a result of the damage and theft Damage is estimated at Police spot check Police say over car loads of youths were stopped on the Erin Halton Town Line and IE Sideroad Saturday night during a spot check Police officers set up the spot check in response to a fax they received from Peel Regional Police indicating a bush party had been planned in the area Police say some of the youths they stopped were looking for the party but once police ex plained the situation they all left the area with no further in Charges laid Police charged four men and one woman with liquor license of fences over the weekend Police say one Georgetown man was charged with intoxication in a public place after residents call the police station Friday night to report a man was causing pro blems in the area The same night police stopped the driver of a van that narrowly missed a hydro pole on Mountain view Road and charged the driver a Milton man with im paired driving Also on Friday police stopped van that was dnvmg 90 kmhour in a kmhour zone and charged the driver a male Cheltenham resident with paired driving and breach of recognizance Another officer charged a Scar borough man with impaired ing after he was seen speeding on Sideroad and Line and pull edover Lastly a Georgetown woman who was weaving her car down 15 Sideroad near Highway was charged with impaired Sunday night Police car chase Police were involved in a short car chase Sunday night near Beaver Street and Road in Georgetown after they caught sight of a vehicle that had been reported stolen to Metro police officers Police say the chase ended when the driver and suspect fled on foot Police later witnessed the suspects walking down Road and ar rested four Toronto youths The driver of the car was charged with possession of stolen property and breach of probation The car wasa 1976Dodge Aspen VCR stolen A Mill Street home in Georgetown Was broken into overnight Saturday police report Unknown culprits entered the residence by removing a window and stole J VCR valued at Police are continuing their in vestigatlon Motor stolen A rare outdoor motor valued at 20O was stolen from an Acton business between July 10 and 12 say police The owner parked the boat and motor at the rear of his business The owner said it rare because it s a six horse power motor Girl injured Police are Investigating an alleged assault that took place at a Georgetown home Saturday night where a Georgetown girl was shot in the with a pellet gun Police say the girl alleges that she was at the apartment with her boyfriend and an acquaintance of his and when she left she felt a pain in her right buttock She went to the hospital where a doc tor confirmed that her injury was caused by a pellet gun Police are still investigating Alleged assault Police say a mother was allegedly assaulted by her son in law at her daughters home in Georgetown Saturday night Police report the mother attemp ted to intervene between the suspect and her daughter when he grabbed her by the neck of her dress and pushed her away several times Police say the daughter alleges she was also assaulted at the time Police are continuing their investigation Charges laid A man who engaged in a ver argument with another man physically assaulted him and then used his car to smash the victim car has been charged with assault dangerous driving and mischief under Police report the Hamilton man exited his truck after a minor accident with another person swore and pushed the victim in the left shoulder three times He then got back into his vehicle reversed it and smashed into the victim s car causing approximately damage Vehicles vandalized Three cars parked on Guelph St in Georgetown were vandaliz ed over the weekend Police say unknown suspects smashed the driver side windows to gain cess to each vehicle and proceed ed to smash the consoles and steal a CB a fog light a graphic equalizer the set of keys from each car Police are still in vestigating Community Forum When should local candidates declare their election intentions Edna White Georgetown Now People need to be aware of who running so they can get an idea of what the candidates can do for them Ellis Georgetown They should declare as soon as they decide to run for office We should know why and what they are up to Lech Ner Georgetown I dont think they should announce their intentions any sooner or later than they already are doing because we don t just have municipal elections we have federal as well We are always bombarded with changes in government so municipal elec tions shouldnt drag on too long Shell of Erin home too unsafe for firefighters to investigate By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald No one will ever know what caused the fire that left a centuryold home owned by Georgetown resident Mike Adams a blackened shell July 9 Hillsburgh Fire Chief Fred Cox who was investigating the blaze at the home situated three lots past the Erin Town Line on Concession has listed the cause as unknown and closed the investigation We just don know what caus ed the fire he said The house was so badly burned it could have been anything that started the fire Due to the seventy of the fire investigators couldnt even deter mine with any certainty where the fire started said Mr Cox We think it may have started in the porch at the back of the house but we re not sure said Chief Cox Though the exterior of the house is still standing Chief Cox has deemed the place dangerous and refuses to allow any firefighters entry into the building The house which was built in 1872 was owned by Remax sales representative Mike Adams who d recently purchased it from Enn Township resident Thomas Givens Re was renovating the home with the intent to move into it by August 9 It was just about all finished he said We had fixed about 70 per cent of the house up Now that the initial shock of losing the home has passed Mr Adams has even been able to find some humor In the situation The kitchen cupboards came in that day I paid for them and because the house was still being renovated I stored them in the shed on the property he said So now have a kitchen but no place to put it Mr Adams bad also con structed a large shed on the pro perty The new building along with an older shed and bain were kept watered by firefighters and were not damaged by the fire Now Mr Adams is trying to decide what hes going to do and where hell be living come August The Hillsburgh fire department estimated it will cost to rebuild the house while the Halton Fire 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