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Halton Regional Police Identification Officers remove a baby carâ€" riage from the area in which two boys were spotted leaving with a oneâ€"yearâ€"old baby. Investigation revealed the buggy had been abanâ€" doned for a long time. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) Halton Regional Police set up a mobile command post on the corner of Sixth Line and River Oaks Boulevard while they conducted a doorâ€" toâ€"door search of the surrounding neighborhood. (Photo by Peter McCusker) A Metroland Community Newspaper â€" Vol. 31 No. 132 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1993 ‘Canada‘s Best Conmuntop Aewspsper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 ) By Barb Joy and Rod Jerred Oakville Beaver Staff It is better to be safe than sorry. That was the thinking behind an exhaustive doorâ€"toâ€"door search in the River Oaks area by the Halton Regional Police after a woman reported a possible kidâ€" napping of a baby yesterday morning. But after a sevenâ€"hour search was called off at 4 p.m., the police had found neither any suspects or received a report of a missing baby. "I think we can put our minds to rest," said Halton Regional Police public relations officer Sgt. Joe Martin. "We think if some woman would have lost her oneâ€" yearâ€"old child we would have been contacted." Nevertheless, Martin said an investigation would resume today in order to resolve the matter and determine what touched off the massive exercise involving 50 police officers from across the regcion. Martin said police searched "hundreds and hundreds" of housâ€" Babysnatch scare SsouP, TEA BISCUIT, REGULAR (10 oz.) COFFEE AND A DONUT es in an area bordering north of Upper Middle Road to south of River Oaks Boulevard and east of the Sixth Line to west of Trafalgar Road. "I think we left no stone unturned in that area today," said Martin. The incident began at 8:20 a.m., when an unidentified woman â€" whom Martin described as "credible" â€"noticed two youths coming out of a ravine pathway ending at River Oaks Boulevard. One was carrying a crying blanâ€" ketâ€"swathed baby the woman thought to be "under a year old." When the youths saw the woman, she said they began to run east on River Oaks. She called police. She said one of the youths was white, the other black. Both wore hats and shiny black windbreakers with the insignia of the Chicago Bulls on the back. The taller (fiveâ€"feet eightâ€"inchâ€" es) black youth wore large bagg red jeans and large red running shoes and might also have had a gold loop earring in one ear. The white youth, possibly fiveâ€"feet sixâ€"inches tall, wore large black 36 Pages Open year round for our clients in Oakville, Milton and Halton Region. jeans and black running shoes. Both were described as about 14 or 15 years old. Adding fuel to the speculation about a baby kidnapping was the discovery of a baby buggy in the nearby bushes. Because police were assuming a major crime had been committed, they sealed off the area to prevent the crime scene from being contaminated. Two police dogs were allowed in to try to pick up a scent from the buggy. By noon, identification officers arrived to examine the buggy and realized it had been there for some time. According to Martin the buggy had areas of rust and leaves on it. Meanwhile the mobile comâ€" mand unit was set up at the corner of River Oaks Boulevard and Sixth Line to coordinate the search. Officers from every speâ€" cialized unit in the force were called in to help. Martin said 15 members of the Halton Regional Police TRU (Tactical Rescue Unit) team were called in to search the ravine and Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 75 Cents (GST included) Dave and Dave Technical experts for any special event Page 12 REGULAR (10 oz.) COFFEE â€" AND A DONUT (See ‘Police‘ page 4) SANDWICH,