Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free my 1997 local firms targeted in pay Cheque scam by Doug Naime a Dice a couple has been charged with fraud after hundreds of bogus pay cheques Worth a total of were cashed in investigators with the Winnipeg polices commercial crime unit say that Over the past four com Pany payroll cheques appearing to belong to Chrysler Canada and an insurance company were cashed by a Man and woman using assumed the cheques have the same account number As the actual payroll but Are we see this scam come through town every so said John Ormondroyd of the commercial crime they always pick a Blue Chip Pany so the Banks wont question whether there is Money around to cover the Cheque and they always use a legitimate Bank Ormondroyd said the cheques appear to be and were Likely printed off a press or using a or and a laser Printer with an actual payroll Cheque used As a the counterfeiters even used a Cut Ter to Serrate the edges of the cheques so they look like they were pulled out of a the cheques appear to have originated in Ontario or and have been passed at financial institutions in those provinces As in a Bank account was opened using a fictitious and then the payroll cheques were taken in and cashed at various other is using a Bank eard As because the which were All made out for just under Are drawn on an actual the counterfeiting was not detected until the businesses reconciled their books and discovered they were paying out too much there have been several incidents recently where suspects have obtained Bank accounts in Winnipeg using false youth jailed for violent crime rampage by Allison Bray staff reporter a youth who went on a violent crime rampage following a drinking party was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday after being recently raised to adult provincial court judge Ronald Mey ers said yesterday that he was reluctant to jail the youth despite a joint recommendation to do so from the Crown and defence but Given the nature of the offences and the accused lengthy Mey ers said he had Little Choice but to Send Douglas Johnsen to in virtually a prisoner myself in going along with the joint Meyers Johnsen pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of one count of theft Over one count of theft accomplices attacked two men in series of offences after a drinking party under and one count of pos Sessing goods obtained by Crown attorney Michael Foote said another Young offender and a Man embarked on a crime rampage in the Early hours of March 1 after a drinking party the previous he said who was then and his accomplices first stole a Gumc Van from a parking lot on Maryland Street at they then drove to a 7eleven store at 815 Ellice armed with a Ham Mer and two your piece of they confronted the Lone chased him around the store and eventually assaulted him with the Board before making off with cigarettes and Foote an hour the three stole a purse from a woman As she was approach ing her Twenty minutes they attacked a Man who was walking along Pritchard Avenue and robbed him of a gym bag and his Foote said they bashed the Man Over the head with a resulting in numerous facial injuries that required 13 then they drove the stolen Van into a Snowbank and were ultimately arrested after police traced their foot prints to John Sens despite John Sens substantial record including numerous convictions for breaking into a Possession of stolen goods and said Johnsen Hast Learned any he has to be deterred from ref fending Foote the offences were dealing with Are extremely to Hertsens Tim said although the crimes Johnsen commit Ted were his clients life spun out of control As a result of a difficult including the suicide of his he started drinking and smoking marijuana and adopting an attitude of not caring for himself and pre Ston but Meyers said he has Little sym Pathy for the i recognize youve had a very difficult but Over the years youve chosen to be the master of your 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Way to Churchill by id Robertsen an freight train in route to Churchill was pulling loaded Hopper for Only the second time when it derailed yesterday causing the closure of the Northern the aluminium Hopper cars seen As a key growth at the port of Churchill carry about 80 tonnes of Grain apiece compared to s3 tonnes for conventional in spokeswoman Christine Skjerven confirmed yesterday that six of the trains 110 cars left the track Between Gillam and Churchill at about but she refused to speculate on the cause of the which shut Down the line from Thompson to Churchill until 6 tomorrow at the Hopper cars Crews Are now working to repair the Well do a thorough invest said adding extensive tests were conducted on the line last ensure the heavier Hopper cars Roll on Hopper cars were d to run on those lines have no difficulty on the tracks even with the added said Terry Duguid president of Gateway North a marketing Agency involved in finding business for the a Denver based Shoreline railway is in the process of buying the port and the rail line that serves Duguid said the rail line is in need of upgrading and Omni trax has committed to under taking the necessary 25 per cent Domestic and International shipments through the port of Churchill increased by More than 25 per cent last to with the larger aluminium Hopper the port Hopes to eventually reach its capacity of about one million tonnes a Duguid noted omit rats formal takeover of the port expected announced Skjerven noted that in conducts regular maintenance checks on its units and it would have been no different with the train that the whole process of Taining or equipment is very Well she via rails passenger trains have cancelled local service Between Churchill and Thomp son until the track has been a press release issued by via said passenger service will continue Between Thompson and but on an alter Nate grave pit crash kills Dir biker a Winnipeg Man died after hitting a truck in a gravel pit while driving his dirt police Oak Bank ramp said Paniel was with two other Bik ers when he drove his 1993 Yamaha Bike into a working gravel pit about three Kilometres Northeast of the Junction of highways 201 and is and collided with a truck loading on the site who was wearing a Hel later died at Winnipeg Concor Dia Hospital from extensive internal police ramp Richard Arnold said the three Dir bikers did not have per Mission to be on the and that Bik ers should avoid driving near heavy ;