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Clothing thieves now well suited Thieves stole about $45,000 worth of men‘s suits in a smashâ€" andâ€"grab breakâ€"in at a downtown clothing store early Monday mornâ€" Halton Regional Police say the breakâ€"in occured at 2:30 a.m Monday when someone smashed : front display window of the down town Oakville Burrows Clothier: at 200 Lakeshore Road East. Merchants warned about gang working the downtown area ing Police say the thieves stole about 50 suits worth $900 each. Halton police are telling downtown Oakville shopkeepers to be on the lookout for a quartet of young boys who appear to be connected to a continuing series of thefts from downtown stores. "In the past few weeks there‘ve been reports of youths hanging around the downtown stores," said Oakville Criminal Investigation Bureau Det. Sgt. Graham Barnes. The officer said the youths, usually three or four, will enter a store, distract the employees by asking to use the washroom and then steal wallets and cash. Police say two of the youths are described as being white males aged 14 to 16. One has worn a black cloth baseball cap with jeans and runâ€" ning shoes. The second has worn a turquoise blue ski jacket and jeans and has light brown hair. The two other youths were described only as between 8 and 12 years old with brown hair. By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff Metro Toronto police are searching for a key witness who failed to appear, Thursday, at the first day of trial of an Oakville man facing prostitutionâ€"related charges connectâ€" ed to an escort service. When the female witness failed to appear, the trial of Michael Tekic, 37, of A Metroland Community Newspaper Agnes Grassick leaves property to a new generation By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff In an era of sprawling residenâ€" tial developments and monster homes, a lone, white cottage stands on the Lake Ontario shoreâ€" line as a reminder of simpler times. The cottage is located just east of the Coronation Park boat ramp. Immediately east of the cottage itself, a large redâ€"brick home looms over the small wooden structure. Neil and Agnes Grassick purâ€" chased the cottage in 1957. Since that time, it has weathered severe storms and survived the developâ€" ment of the adjacent park, while other cottages located along the lake have longâ€"since given way to customâ€"built homes. "This is the last of the cottages here. They‘ve all built houses. They were all cottages here," said 83â€"yearâ€"old Agnes Grassick, whose husband passed away in 1983, just months after the couple had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, who were living in Toronto at the time, spotted the cottage during a Sunday afterâ€" noon drive in the country in 1957. Sale of last ‘cottage‘ ends era on Lakeshore Road olice can‘t find key witness in morals case Agnes Grassick and real estate agent Christopher Invidiata: cottage home is last of several that used to line Lakeshore Road east of Coronation Park. Like other similar properties, this home is destined to be demolished for a new home. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) The cottage was smaller then and while leafing through old phoâ€" to come all the way (to Canada) â€" she said. nearly hidden behind a thick tographs and newspaper clippings to meet him," Grassick said. When they purchased the c stand of evergreen trees. Neil was at her kitchen table during a With Oakville still growing, _ tage, it stood next door to a fai immediately attracted to the propâ€" â€"recent interview. the property was more or less isoâ€" _ owned by the Wilson family. 7 erty. The Grassicks, who both emiâ€" â€" lated, yet within easy driving disâ€" â€" farm eventually gave way to "My husband loved the water. grated from Scotland, met in tance of the city, Grassick development of Coronation P: He saw the opnportunity here. I Toronto and were later married. recalled. Grassick said. "My husband loved the water. He saw the opportunity here. I don‘t know how he saw it. It was covered in trees," Grassick said. Melanie Drew isn‘t taken any chances with good luch on St. Patrick‘s Day. She‘s holding her very own leprechaun after giving a performance at Irish Classics on the weekend, along with some other members of the Goggin School of Traditional Irish Dance. By the way, the lepâ€" rechaun was captured and canned in Ireland...so the legend goes. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) On Friday, Tekic was arrested again and charged with attempting to obstruct justice, exercising control and living on the avails of prostitution and failing to comply with bail conditions. At press time, he was being held in police custody pending a bail hearâ€" ing this week. Pinegrove Road 28th. Vol Police said they lost contact with the wit ur Awardâ€"Winning Community Newspaper T ANIRRXN :): No. 32 adjourned until April while leafing through old phoâ€" tographs and newspaper clippings at her kitchen table during a recent interview. "He only lived eight miles from me (in Scotland) and I had nes§s January. The woman‘s disappearance wasn‘t conâ€" sistent "based on her attitude before," said Metro Toronto 52 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau Det. Constable Garry Hickey, . The woman, who at one time had lived in Oakville in an intimate relationship with the accused, had more recently moved and HAVE ARRIVED 19 â€"ve arâ€"old woman, in early "It‘s in the country, yet it‘s so close to Toronto and Hamilton," BEAVER PP Canadian Computer Trademark of Apple Comp Sales, Service, Software Support E& Training )Q Outlet maintained only a business relationship with him. "We‘re checking all her old haunts and her family addresses," said Hickey. Tekic was arrested last June and charged with several prostitutionâ€"related offences in connection with the operation of an escort service. He was also charged with theft, possession of a stolen credit card and posâ€" (See ‘Police‘ page 5) Youths charged after handgun deal goes sour By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff 15â€"yearâ€"old student was threatened and tortured by three teenage Almales at White Oaks Secondary School last Wednesday afternoon in retaliation for a failed gun deal. Halton Regional Police said the three youths threatened to cut off the 15â€" yearâ€"old boy‘s fingers with a meat cleaver and crushed a lit cigarette on his cheek. The incident began around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday March 10th, when two 16â€" yearâ€"old and one 17â€"yearâ€"old males confronted the Oakville student behind White Oaks Secondary School on Montclair Drive. Teen told to come up with gun or $500 or his fingers would be chopped off Police said the 15â€"yearâ€"old had previously offered to sell a handgun to the vouths. However, when confronted, the youth told the suspects he didn‘t have, and couldn‘t get, a handgun. According to police, the victim was grabbed by two of the suspects while the third pulled a meat cleaver from under his coat and began to wave it about the victim‘s head, demanding delivery of the handgun or $500 by the following Friday. They also threatened to chop off part of the victim‘s fingers. One suspect then pushed a lit cigarette into the victim‘s cheek. e Police said the youth was again threatened with the meat cleaver and told he would be killed if he didn‘t deliver the cash or the gun by Friday. The other two suspects were arrested later Friday afternoon, according to Oakville Criminal Investigation Bureau Det. Sgt. Graham Bames. They face various charges including extortion; possession of a weapon danâ€" gerous to the public: assault with a weapon (a meat cleaver); assault with a weapon (lit cigarette); forcible confinement; utter a death threat; carrying a conâ€" cealed weapon (meat cleaver); and, breach of probation. On Fri. March 12th, police said one of the three suspects returned to the school where he was identified by staff. Police were called and the suspect arrested. The three youths, who cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act, are a 16â€"yearâ€"old Oakville male; a 17â€"yearâ€"old Etobicoke male and a 16â€"yearâ€"old Etobicoke male, said Barnes. They were held in police custody pending a bail hearing When they purchased the cotâ€" tage, it stood next door to a farm, owned by the Wilson family. The farm eventually gave way to the development of Coronation Park, Grassick said. 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