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Volume 135 Number 03 COPY 75¢ (70¢ + 5¢ GST) Man who led police on chase sues force By Chris Hall Port Perry Star A Cobourg man who was shot three times by police after a lengthy car chase has filed a $4 million suit against the offi- cer and the Durham Regional Police Service, among others. In a statement of claim obtained by The Star, 45-year-old Warren Mclvor has named Const. Paul Williams, the Durham Regional Police Service, Chief Kevin McAlpine, the Durham Regional Police Services Board, board members Bob Boychyn and Fred Kaustinen, and two others in the suit. Mr. Mclvor was sentenced to five months in jail last April in connection with a Dec. 20, 1999 incident. He was charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, and breaching bail conditions. Court heard last April that Durham Regional Police officers were dispatched Please turn to page 19. 'through to Jan. 9, and a rec option wil Saturday (Dec. 9). Here, Patrick Mell : ey board, sets up some of th will feature Port Perry of the past, present Officer recounts s struggle that led to man's shooting By Rik Davie Special to the Star Gripping testimony of a life-and-death struggle was heard in a Whitby court last week, as the defense of three police offi- cers charged in a 1998 fatal shooting near Sunderland began. Late last week, York Regional Const. Randy Martin took the stand to tell of his struggle with 44-year-old Tony Romagnuolo. Const. Martin is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Mr. Romagnuolo at the family's 17th Sideroad home. Const. Martin told the court that all seemed normal when he arrived at the home with three other officers: York Const. Mike Hoskin and Durham officers Al Robins and Nancy George. They traveled to the home to question the eldest Romagnuolo son Lorenzo (Enzo) about the alleged threatening of a police officer dur- ing a phone conversation. The threats allegedly were made when Const. Hoskin called the Romagnuolo home on Dec. 20 to let the Romagnuolos "know that their son Rocco had been arrest- qT ed for drug possession and impaired dri- ving, court has heard. The visit would escalate into a con- frontation that left Mr. Romagnuolo dead, Rocco wounded, and Const. Martin with a facial wound, court has been told. An investigation by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) resulted in the agency's first-ever murder charge being laid, against Constable Randy Martin. Also facing charges are Const. Al Robins, a veteran Durham Regional Police officer, charged with wounding and weapons -- PRR 4 \ APOLEOR) offenses in the shooting of middle son Rocco. The other York officer, Mike Hoskin, faces lesser charges in regards to discharge of his pistol during the arrest of Enzo. All the officers have pleaded not guilty. Const. Martin told his defense lawyer, David Humphrey, that he was standing beside Const. Hoskin talking to Tony Romagnuolo while Const. Hoskin ques- tioned Enzo - who had come out of the home at his father's request - when things began to turn bad. Please turn to page 18 1 OVERRIDGE 170 Casimir St., PORT PERRY (U9) "8 1-800-638-4751