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Page the HERALD It Community Friday August 2 1991 POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 91 1 Fire Information 1 33 Police Emergency 8785511 Hospital 8770111 Distress Centre 8771 21 1 Sign damaged Halton Regional Police report unknown culprits caused damage to the Georgetown Cinemas sign in the Halton Hills Shopping Centre July Police believe the culprits damaged the sign by throwing rocks at it from a nearby construction site Fishing thieves Police say worth of fishing equipment was stolen from a man s boat that was parked in the driveway of his home July Unknown culprits stole two downnggers and one fishing pole Police are still in House breakin Police report unknown persons broke into a Glen Crescent home in Georgetown between July and stealing only a Nintendo game and 11 game cartridges The unknown culprits entered the home by sliding open a front basement window say police who are continuing their in vestigation Female assaulted A Georgetown man has been charged with assault after he allegedly struck his female room mate on the back of the head several times Police say the yearold man and the roommate became involved in an argument when the victim alleges the ac cused pushed her to the floor and gave her several blows to the head The man will appear m Milton Court Aug 19 Assault charge A Weston man has been charg ed with assault by police after another Weston man suffered a broken nose and abrasions to the face July 30 Police sav the vie tim and a coworker left their place of business for a shop After leaving the shop the two talked for a while in the female coworkers car on Steeles Avenue and moved to the rear seat where they began kiss ing Moments later the women s ex boyfriend opened the rear door and allegedly began pun ching the victim in the face The accused will appear in Milton court Aug Arson suspected Police suspect arson was the cause of a minor blaze at an abandoned storage shed on Queen St in Acton Wednesday night July 31 Police say the fire started in the loft of the shed and was quickly out by Halton Hills firefighters There was little damage Police say the shed is a well known hangout for youths and believe kids playing with matches may have started the blaze Careless driving Police have charged a Georgetown man with careless driving after his car a Chevrolet coupe collided with a 1984 Mercury coupe driven by a Toronto woman on St July 30 Police say the woman had stopped her car on Guelph St intending to turn left when the Georgetown man ran into the back of her car His car was moderately damaged while her car was demolished She suffered minor injuries Truck demolished police say an Enn man s 1889 Ford truck was demolished when he rolled it into a ditch to avoid colliding with another car on 10th Line north of Sideroad July 31 Police say the man was driving south on the 10th Line when he saw another car heading towards him in the middle of the road He turned to the left to avoid a colli entered the ditch and rolled over The other car fled the scene The Erin man sustained minor injuries Police are still in Careless driving An Etobicoke man was taken to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital July 23 with major injuries after the 1991 Toyota coupe he was driving struck a tree on Adamson St and Ole Pine Crest Road in Halton Hills Police say the man was southbound on Adamson when he lost control of the car struck the east shoulder rolled over struck a tree and landed in an upright position A passenger in the car sustained minimal injuries The driver s car was demolished and he was charged with careless driving MkfiM Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 26 Guelph St Georgetown Onl 8779896 Robberies in Halton Hills lowest in Halton Region By LISA BOON8TOPPELPOT The Herald In sharp contrast to the number Floodplain charge Terra Cotta resident Maurice Deforest was found guilty of building a garage the Credit River floodplain at a recent Milton court hearing confirmed Sue Jorgenson CVCA tions Officer during an interview with the Herald Friday Mr Deforest was fined and ordered to remove the garage within days said Ms Jorgen son Mr Deforest applied to the CVCA last September to build a garage in the floodplain At that tune Mr Deforest was told to ob tain a structural assessment study explained Ms Jorgenson Mr Deforest went ahead and built the garage without commis the assessment she said Ms said Mr Deforest explained during the hearing he didn obtain a assessment because he couldn afford it The charge of improperly budding in the floodplain carries with a maximum SI fine Mr Deforest was only fined because the court took into ac count the expense of commission the structural assessment said Ms She said Mr Deforest still has a chance to keep the garage He is currently meeting with the CVCA about doing a structural assess ment on the garage said Ms Jorgenson If he completes the study and the garages construe tion conforms with the findings then it will be permitted to re main said Ms Jorgenson Although he will submit the re quired information Mr Deforest said Monday he can understand why it is necessary It snot fair he said Mr Deforest explained the new garage is replacing an old one When the old one was built similar studies weren required he said According to Mr Deforest the CVCA requires the study to en sure a serious flood wouldn wash away the new garage They the CVCA is talking about a flood that I ve never seen and I ve lived her all my life said Mr Deforest Clothing Mens Ladies Children ALTERATIONS REPAIRS 8771598 CANNING SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE MASON JARS 1L worn taxmua Mm HOT HOT HOT HOT 5 Rheem Central AC 2 Ton Unit Installation Taxes Included HALTON HILLS MECHANICAL LTD Plumbing Hearting Air Conditioning Dot of break enter and thefts and pet thefts robberies in Hills seldom occur Regional Police statistics prove In to date only one other robbery has occurred besides the dramatic robbery at Mac s Milk on Road in Georgetown that occurred just after midnight July said tive Sergeant Keith Woudstra The other robbery took place when a young mar armed with a knife commandered a vehicle and coerced from the driver Robbery occurrences are down saidDet Sgt Last year there were six rob beries In Halton Hills two with a simulated gun and four with some other type of weapon most knives In all of this year up to June there have been 25 rob beries the majority occurring in Burlington and In 1990 there were 71 robberies in all of up from the year before Del Sgt Woudstra believes few robberies occur in Halton Hills because you don find that type of person here yet These people are associated with the large urban areas he said It s a lot easier for them to disappear into the woodwork In Toronto than it is in Halton Hills The speed in which in vesti gators tracked down a suspect for the Mac Milk rob bery proves its hard to hide in Georgetown The day after the armed thief forced a night clerk to hand over a carton of milk and a car ton of cigarettes police tracked down a suspect to 127 Prince Charles Drive where after a two- hour standoff between members of the Regional Police Tactical Rescue Unit team the suspect emerged peacefully from the house Charged with armed robbery is Victor Steven Cunningham FRESH PICKED SWEET CORN NOW AVAILABLE AT ALLISONS CORN STAND South of Georgetown on the 8th Line Mam Street South and 9th Line Mountainview Road South OPEN 1100 AM to 600 PM For Orders Over 5 Dozen Please Call 8776085 Learn to Drive and Survive with Young Drivers of Canada SPECIAL DAY PROGRAM CONSECUTIVE DAYS AUG 1920214 to 38 pm CALL 8770751 000 GRADUATES RECOMMEND YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA