Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press october 1985 Page 3 election Grants Federal secrecy order not local upset by cites crime Man temporarily reduces it by having a Man guilty of More than 30 criminal charges said he wanted to leave Winnipeg because there was too much crime in the a court heard Michael Ronald Loewen gave the explanation to a probation officer about Why he took a rental car and started driving away from Winni Peg this court was Loewen took the rental car As far As Virden before ramp officers attested him and he said he was heading further the probation officers pre sentence report i was going to go to Calgary to get out of Winnipeg because it was like a hell the report quoted Loewen As he added he didst like the City because there was too much pleaded guilty to charges of passing bad cheques Worth dollars As Well As counts of Possession of goods obtained by crime and failing to comply with his court was told he committed most of the More than 30 crimes in May and june of this Loewen passed several bad Che ques at grocery department stores and other obtain ing car stereos and other Auto Crown attorney Bob Morrison said he was unimpressed with a number of comments by Loewen contained in the pre sentence re Morrison said Loewen showed no remorse for his crimes or the Busin esses he stole i dont feel sorry for them As they rip a lot of people off Loewen said in the when asked Why he wrote so Many bad Loewen replied he was writing cheques for some thing to do and after writing the first one he found it was easy to write defence counsel Brenda Keyser explained her clients remarks by saying Loewen had told her he was going to Tell the truth and did so rather than mask How he really she said Loewen suffered from psychological problems related to a previous head injury and he needed both Morrison and Keyser recommend Loewen be Given a sen tence of less than two years so he would not have to go to a Federal provincial judge Frank Allen disagreed and imposed a term which will have to be served in Penitentiary he Loewens More Likely to get i feel the chances of receiving psychiatric assessment and treat ment Are greater at a Penitentiary than at heading Ley Allen Glehn free press Hon Kong Bank agrees to acquire City cab office takeover needs Federal approval demolition Derby Walls crumble and steel twists As wrecking machines North Portage development for a new Complex attack buildings on Kennedy Street expropriated by the to rejuvenate the bikers violent past ruled irrelevant los bravos rider already barred from having so witnesses sent Home the Hon Kong Bank of Canada has reached agreement in Princi ple to acquire the Canadian com Mercial Bank operations in Winni Peg and Bank president Gene Nesmith said Nesmith said the acquisition is subject to approval by the liquidator of the cab the Federal minis Ter of finance and government Bank ing we dont expect any difficulties with these he said in an interview from his company Van Couver head Nesmith said the Bank expects to have its located in Winnipeg fully operational by the Middle of the he the Branch will have six employees but Nesmith said More could be added As business sex expansion into Winnipeg had been planned by the Hon Kong Bank for a couple of he Nesmith said the diversified nature of the Manitoba which he noted helps avoid Boom and bust economic is ideally suited to the services available from the Hon Kong several months we visited Winnipeg and spoke with govern ment and City officials and decided it was the next place to open up a the Bank originally had planned to open a Branch in but the Avail ability of the cab premises influenced the decision to Advance the opening we had this Opportunity to acquire these premises in a prestigious building and decided to take Nesmith asian connections the Banks Strong asian connections will help Winnipeg and Manitoba businessmen hoping to explore business opportunities in that he were a very very Well known Bank in Hong Kong and the Hon Kong Bank of Canada has been operating in Canada since shortly after revision of the Bank act made it easier for foreign Banks to establish operations in he the Bank has branches in Vancou Toronto and by Paul Moloney magistrate George Parkin refused yesterday to hear four policemen called by the Crown to testify about the violent background of a member of los bravos motorcycle they were called As part of the crowns bid to confiscate weapons seized from the Home of the Man and his the Crown also wants an order prohibiting the couple from possess ing agreed with los bravos lawyer Greg Brodsky the testimony would be irrelevant be cause Larry James Hallett is Al ready prohibited from possessing the hearing was told the five year prohibition order was made March 1984 when Hallett was sentenced to 18 later reduced to 12 for Crown attorney Manfred Pflug said Halletts prohibition order Doest include his adding the order is meaningless if she can keep weapons in their Pierre he said about one month after the order was made against his wife applied for a firearms acquisition the who has no criminal was granted the certificate May in the june 25 raid on Halletts police found two two two prohibited Nanchuk Sticks and some Leon Wishnowski of Pierre ramp testified Hallett told him the guns and machetes belonged to his wife and the Nanchuk used As martial arts were his the hearing was told Hallett and two other los bravos members were convicted of extortion for threaten ing a drug dealer Over a debt they had been assigned to Norrie holds Little Hope of replacing hotel project mayor Bill who played a key role in rejecting one downtown hotel this says there is Little Hope of attracting another project to take its a major hotel with about 400 rooms was one goal of the North Portage redevelopment plan approved by City Council last Norrie said yesterday a new hotel is unlikely to material ize in the foreseeable the fact of the matter is that the room rates that can be charged in when you relate them to construction Are not High enough to make a major hotel eco he Norrie cast a tie breaking vote thursday to defeat the Brittany inns request to take Over land slated for an Extension of Central the hotel said it wanted to build a 440room project on the located immediately North of the North por Tage hotel Vic president Craig Kush Nier said the Council vote has killed the Norrie disputed saying the proposal was vague and he did not believe it was Jim the leading proponent of the Brittany inns said he believes the hotel would have gone i dont think he Kushnier would have built a 400room Howe 1 very seriously believe he would have built a new Ernst said the Brittany propos Al was probably the Best Chance the City had of getting another hotel the Brittany already has an 86room hotel next to its proposed expansion and thus has an existing he Hallett was sentenced to an additional 18 months on april 1984 after being convicted of aggravated assault for biting off half of a mans ear during a barroom Brawl in Jan whose record includes enter and wilful a causing a disturbance and escaping was the subject of an assault investigation in which no charge was the court a motorcyclist stopped at an intersection had complained a Man got out of a punched him and when questioned by Hallett said he was breaking me so i tapped him on the the search of Halletts Home was part of a larger operation in which 16 los bravos residences were the Crown is seeking confiscation of All weapons and prohibition orders against 30 club members and female court was told the search of biker Robert Alfred Jun dts Home turned up what Pflug called an Arsenal of seized were three a double barrelled Shotgun with ammunition Belt con Taining 17 a hand a handgun later found to be a a brass Knuckles and a number of City seeks higher fines for crimping on heat the Winnipeg health department is pushing for stiffer fines against landlords who dont provide enough heat for a department spokesman said some landlords feel its cheaper to pay the Fine than heat the build a department health Lundy said the City heating bylaw requires landlords to provide at least c from 7 to 11 and at least c at All other he Many City land lords Are ignoring the which applies 60percent increase there has been a 60percent in crease in tenant complaints about inadequate heat Over last Lundy attributed the increase to unseasonably cold greater Public awareness of the bylaw and More referrals from social services staff working with people in Lowin come he said landlords sometimes say they thought their Only obligation was to provide heat from october through if the weather gets colder and people have no heat it is he youve heard of Snow in june and if that then they must provide Lundy said the increased com plaints have resulted in More prose but he say How he noted the increase has caused a staff member to take on duties As a Liaison officer with Crown attorneys prosecuting the the maximum Fine for not provid ing adequate heat is for a corporate landlord and for an individual heed housing Branch chief said he give figures on complaints and prosecutions of heating offences because the department is still calculating sep Ember he said landlords who plead Igno Rance to requirements of the heating enacted in dont have much credibility unless they Are new to the most of these people have been in business for so they pretty Well know but they May Tell their tenants that they dont have to provide heat until Grabinski said the department wants increased fines because Low fines Arent much of a landlords making a month for each of the 24 suites in a Block Arent particularly deterred by a he fines Haven kept up with in he policeman a pal to but some Call him a bully by Don Retson one Winnipeg Ger in five believes City police frequently use More Force than necessary when carrying out according to a Public opinion As 18 per cent of respondents said they have seen City police do something illegal or i prop from sleeping and drinking on the Job to receiving free the Survey results we rent All negative for sixty five per cent of the 491 respondents rated Overall police performance As Good or and 72 per cent of respondents who said they had asked for police help or information were satisfied with the service the Survey was conducted by University of Manitoba sociology researcher Dennis Hurley As part of a masters thesis in Crimi some randomly chosen adults were asked to fill out an eight Page with 49 per cent Hurley said the 65 per cent Good or excellent rating City police received is consistent with studies of but he said the figure is less impressive when compared with surveys in other for he said a 1984 sur vey of Dauphin residents found that 97 per cent were satisfied with service provided by the he also found d 23 per cent of Winnipeg respondents agree police sometimes frisk and search without Good d 52 per cent said police Are care Ful not to arrest innocent d 57 per cent Felt Many criminals go to prison because police Are doing their Job d 51 per cent know a police officer Well enough to Call him by his name if they see him on the Hurley said Many respondents blamed police problems on a Toole Niento judicial Laws punishing the criminals Are too which makes it difficult to keep proper Law and was one Survey Winnipeg police most respondents rate them some Call them other respondents said police there Arent enough foot a officer on the were hampered by insufficient one person i dont remember the last time i saw an but others Laid the blame squarely on its my experience that some police assume an attitude of pomposity not commensurate with their status As servants of the a respondent i am very critical of the Way police do their own and lie to protect each another respondent they dont seem to have to be accountable to some respondents claim police put too much emphasis on issuing parking there must be More important functions for them to was one others criticized police for poor treatment of i have a concern based on my personal Observance that indians and Low class people Are considered less than human and treated like one another said there is a Law for the Rich and a Law for poor there is a Law for the White Man and a Law for native ;