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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 1998 COPY 65¢ (6l¢+ 4¢ GST) 28 Pages iii JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR VERY, VERY SCARY: It's the time of year once more when enterprising groups and individuals are trying to scare the daylights out of you, and the OAC business adminis- tration students at Port Perry High School are no different. They're holding their Haunted House display at the Kinsmen Hall in Port Oct. 29 and 30. Here, Mary Justynski (left) and Cheryl Thompson get into the 'spirit' to promote the event. We've got all the details on page 2 of today's Star. Clerk identifies man who robbed him at knifepoint By John B. McClelland committing a crime, wearing a Port Perry Star disguise and threatening death. A clerk who worked the He has pleaded not guilty to overnight shift at a coffee shop all the charges and is being in Manchester has identified held in custody. James Wells as the man who His trial got under way July robbed him twice at knifepoint 27 and heard testimony from in the summer of 1997. several police officers. The trial Giving evidence in Ontario was suspended to allow a deci- Court General Division Monday sion by Judge Harry LaForme morning, clerk John Levis on whether certain evidence is pointed to Wells in the prison- admissible. er's docket when asked if the Wells was arrested at the person who robbed the Coffee Manchester home of his parents Time shop was in the court- a short time after the Sept. 23 room. robbery at the Country Style Wells, 20, a former resident shop. The house is about a quar- + of Manchester, is facing nine ter mile from the two coffee charges in connection with the shops, on opposite sides of Hwy. two robberies at Coffee Time 12 in the small hamlet about on July 14 and Aug. 25, 1997; two miles west of Port Perry. and in connection with a similar In response to questions from robbery at the Manchester Crown Attorney Cindy Country Style coffee shop on Johnston, Levis testified that Sept. 23 the same year. he was working alone at Coffee The charges include robbery, Time when it was robbed by a possession of a weapon while Continued on page 12 Attendant wrestles pistol from bandit By Chris Hall Port Perry Star A gas station attendant thwarted a thief's robbery plans when he wrestled a gun out of his hands early yesterday morning. Durham Regional Police report that around 3:10 a.m. on Monday morning, a 51-year-old male was working at Suny's gas station alone when a knock on the window made him look up from his book. The attendant looked out and saw a lone man wearing a black balaclava outside the booth, say police. The suspect demanded that the attendant hand over all the money from the till quickly, and produced a pillow case for the man to put the cash into. While the suspect was distracted when opening the pillow case, the attendant grabbed the gun and tugged it away from the thief's grasp, police say. The suspect took off running east on Queen St. He is described as 5'7" with a slight build and was wearing a black Continued on page 12 DET Queen & / i! Iai 4S, XLT / , WE TREATOU RIGHT! ] Wag 3. "4 " Logs 1881 Scugog St., Port Perry Starting a 985-9869 Li t Seid a 4 This coupon is not redeemable with any other | coupon or specif offer. Sales ax extra: One COUPON per custonis per visit. Expires Oct. 31/98