Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free april a employees ran theft police charge firm denies loss Worth by Paul Wiecek Winnipeg police have Laid charges in what they describe As one of the most sophisticated employee theft rings in the cites we could be looking at Worth of goods by the time we get this thing All wrapped Ron Dawson said in an interview a spokesman for the computer company involved hotly denied Dawson arguing the loss is Likely closer to or we still Haven completely figured it but that nowhere near what our figures Brad president of mind computer prod Dawson said police raided two Winnipeg residences and a local computer store Friday night As part of an investigation into missing inventory from frys business at 862 Portage he said two former employees at frys who left mind computer products earlier this year to Start their own computer were charged after police seized Worth of allegedly stolen computers at one residence and another Worth of allegedly stolen goods from org 100388 Donald a company owned and operated by both missing inventory Dawson said that in addition to the recovered police believe thousands of dollars Worth of other inventory was sold to unsuspecting customers at mind computer products and org systems and the profits Dawson said police believe some of the missing inventory was also removed from the Portage Avenue warehouse and then sold at org he said it appears the suspects also deliberately named their own company to confuse people into thinking they were dealing with an affiliate of mind computer prod Fry noted that org systems is the name of an internal working group at the Portage Avenue but since it was never formally no one could Stop the two men from using it for their own As a Dawson custom ers had no reason to believe their computer purchases from the two employees were anything but legit no record of Sale Fry said company officials be came aware something was wrong in but we rent certain until a Man walked into their store last week and asked them to service a computer they had no record of Dawson said everything unravelled from he said police were called into investigate after the incident and executed three search warrants Fri Day night As part of the invest he said police uncovered some sales receipts at one residence and Hope they will Aid in tracking Down the rest of the allegedly stolen it looks like theres quite a few people out there who bought stuff off these Guys wed like to talk to them so we can straighten this whole thing Dawson said anyone who comes Forward will not be charged and their computers will not be the company the complainant so there the ones that will take the he Fry stressed the company rec or keeping procedures unravelled the situation quickly and he would like to know where police arrived at the figure of Robert of Henderson Highway is charged with attempted fraud Over and Possession of stolen goods Over Russell Earl of Sun Valley drive is charged with two counts of Possession of stolen goods Over Ken free press police crack Down on careless cyclists youth demonstrates illegal sidewalk by Paul Wiecek police chief Herb Stephen has ordered officers to Start cracking Down on skateboarders who use Winnipeg streets and sidewalks As their Stephen said there has been an alarming increase in the num Ber of skateboarders on the streets this year and police say they have received numerous complaints from pedestrians who say the skateboarders Are creat ing a although i am sympathetic to the youths of our City who Are limited to a very few locations where they Are permitted to my primary concern is for the safety of citizens and in particular the elderly who have Legal Access to our streets and Stephen said in a statement released for this i have issued instructions to my personnel to vigorously enforce the Laws which prohibit skateboards on our he adding the department is working closely with the Parks department to develop alternative locations for traffic Dennis Davill said the problem is compounded by the fact there is Only one Park in the City with skateboard facile Davill said two municipal bylaws forbid skateboarding on City streets or fines Range from to but Davill said police Haven Laid any charges yet this were going to have to dust off the bylaws and get going on he adding its fortunate no one has gotten Hurt its amazing really because there until All weve gotten is but no reports of Davill said police will also be keeping a close Eye on cyclists this the operator of a bicycle has All the rights and responsibilities under the Highway traffic act As the operator of a motor vehicle and Well be passing out a few reminders of that this he adding several cyclists have already been issued summonses this year for running red lights and Stop he said motorists should also be aware that a new Section of the Highway traffic act re quires vehicles to pass cyclists within a Safe Stephen also 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