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Whitby Free Preas, Wodnesday, November 1, 19M, Page 5 Kornios at local NDP meeting 'YAK-r rerter horinos wiii be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Durham Centre New IJemocrats on Thursday, Nov. 16 i Oshiawa. Kormsis the former minister of Chase leads to'arrest A 20-year-old Ajax man was arrested early Satùrday morni2ng followinig a high-speed chase which included a brief stop -in Whitby. The pursuit began i Oshawa around 11:45 p.m. when an officer began following a van on Stacey Avenue, i the Ritson Road-Olive Avenue area. .['lie driver took off, heading west to PÏA Road and thon south to the 401. Officers followed him to Harmony Road, where lie turned off and thon got back on the 401, hoading in the other, direction (west). He turnod off at Thickson Road, thon made a u-turn and got back jaul term1 An Ajax man was recently sentenced in provincial court to a two-yearjail term and 12 montha ofprobation ini connection with the holdup of a Whitby drugstore Sept. 15. Michael Robert Moore, 33, was arrested at bis home shortly after the incident and charged with robbery. Durham'Regional Police say a man, armed with a screwdriver, went into the Lovell drugstore, 3 17 Brock St. S., at about il a.m. Ho told a clerk ho had a gun, although none was seen. He left the store m'th $40 cash and $400 wortli of drugs. A Brampton doctor has again been acquitted of charges of sexually assaulting a female patient. Dr. Jeffrey Pereira was last year acquitted ini Whitby court of that charge resulting from a physical examination at a Whitby linic ini 1992. He thon aiBo faced charges of sexually assaulting and sexually exploiting a 17-year-old female patient at bis'walk-in medical dlinic in Brampton on April 3, 1992. In general division court in Brampton recently, Mr. Justice James Carnwath said Pereira s3hould consider himself "completely vindicated" of the latter charges. The judge said there were too many inconsistencies i the patientfs testimony about lier visit to Pereira's office where his wife was the receptiomist. Ini the previous case in Whitby, the judge also found "a number of discrepancies" in the testimony given by the female patient who was examined by Pereira on April' 5, 1992 at the Whitby Urgent Care Clinic. on the westbound 401, exiting at Westney Road ini Ajax and flnally abandoning the vebicle in Pickering Vllage. Ho was caught by officers after a short footchase and was charged with dangerous driving, failure to stop and failure to romain at an aedont - a cruiser was bit during the chase, causi.ng $1,000 to $1,500 damage. financial institutions and çoensumer and corporate relations. The Durham Centre NDP association will begin the meeting with what they describe as a Tsubouchi tuna casserole dinner - "for those ini receipt of public asistance, dining pleasure can b. had for only 69 cents." The regular price will be-$5 per person, $10 for a family. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is at the Northview Meadow Co-op (common room), 1250 Pentland St., north Oshawa. For more information, cail Bing Wong at 666-3217 or Ken. Cowan at 666-2216. r, Don't forget to use your GM Card Earnîngs toward the purchase or lease of your next GM vehicle. *Duai airkja95 :)RtjlI OUZIak * )URC ~.~njC ti2011 wheelAS È~~at22atc tttud e22i'tre en gife £IILT5speedtrn~SI. CD Easy entp., t MOBILE '<L nk release You should know tIis: Licence, taxes and insurance not included. Dealer may sel! or lease for less. Limited time offer. Other lease terms available. Somé mileage conditions apply. OAC. See Dealer for detals. Subject to GM Card program rules. * D and GM are licenced users of Marks. rc