Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg Frie May 2000 violent summer on streets predicted triple slayings signal gang trouble expert by Leah Janzen Winnipeg Street gangs Are gearing up for a Long and violent experts in told by the Young people on the streets that last weekends deadly violence is just the begin said Glenn coordinator of the cites Street gang prevention i predict Well see an explosion of violence on the streets this Cochrane said Street gangs take advantage of the warmer weather to focus on recruiting new and talking someone into joining a gang can often be a violent they dont usually take no for an he intimidation is a form of and if that Doest things Esca Cochrane said the cites such As the Deuce and Indian Are working hard to boost their numbers and will do whatever it takes to recruit new members and keep them from joining rival he said gangs Are struggling with recruitment because More City kids have been exposed to Edu cation and Community outreach programs teach ing them How to avoid gang Troy of the Winnipeg native said summer is traditionally a More Active time for the cites Street gang and that activity usually includes More crime intimidation is a form of and if that Doest things escalate Street gang expert Glenn Cochrane and More but Keith Mccaskill of the Winnipeg police service cautioned against assuming last week ends Cluster of slayings is a sign of things to we cant predict he most Are having three in the City in the Span of a weekend is very unusual and were hoping it stays that Mccaskill said police consider Only one of last weekends three brutal slayings to be but Colin a criminology professor at the University of said the circumstances surrounding one of the killings have the Hallmarks of gang Richard was cur stomped by a group of four males in front of a Spence Street Rooming House Early saturday gof f said police should be concerned about the increasing severity of the violence in these in one Jay Anthony Mclaughlin was severely beaten outside the Pembina hotel on Fri Day in Adrian Scott died after being stabbed and two of his friends suffered Seri Ous injuries in a fight that apparently exploded Over a gang turf add to that Georges brutal and Goff said it looks like thugs May be using More Vio Lence than so police have arrested three people in the weekend Sheldon Anthony and Sheldon John have been charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault in Bruyerer Tyler Jonathan has been arrested and charged with second degree murder in Mclaughlin no arrests have been made in Georges r expert cleaning out his parents a place to find out More about gangs ail How to Street proof their while homicide detectives and Gan unit offi cers continue to investigate three weekend slay Ings head of the cites gang prevention programs cleaning out his Glenn the coordinator of the anti gang said Hes been served notice that funding has run out for the three year program and he will be out of a Job by the end of originally funded by the Winnipeg develop ment the program was aimed at keeping kids out of gangs and giving concerned parents a place to find out More about gangs and How to Street proof their Cochrane i Gram received about a year from the the Money was funnelled to him through the cite Dan chairman of the Protection and Community services said the pro Gram May not be he said his committee will review evaluations of the expected later this before deciding whether to push for its the police athletic another Community based crime prevention program that ran after school sports is also losing its funding this used vehicles of in conditioning braking steering smoothness Battery Radiator Cooling fan operation Belt tension driveshaft boots aim when was the last time you brought Home a report card this Good introducing Honda certified used vehicles a Premium lineup of dependable and reliable preowned Honda vehicles that have undergone an extensive in every 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that you used to see a lot of Small time prop erty there is a lot More said the statistics Canada study cites Sev eral factors for the varying rates across they include the initial report ing of crimes by police diver Sion of youths away from the court and the availability and conditions of alternative in Mackintosh said the High Auto theft and violent crime rates Manitoba was tops in both categories in the latest year for which crime statistics Are available Are to blame for the heavy he said a series of new education and crime prevention along with an ongoing review of Justice depart ment will Point the province in a better Steve of the Winnipeg police youth said the current numbers Are slightly As some of the provinces with lighter Case loads allow their police services to divert youths to alternative in Manitoba and other Western police process virtually All youths and leave dispositions up to the its a systematic but it really is comparing apples and said he said proposed changes to the Young offenders act May result in Sim Ilar policies across Canada and result in More comparable among the other major findings of the study i five types of crime make up the majority of youth cases theft of goods under is per failing to comply with court sentences 12 per breaking and entering 11 per failing to comply with court orders such As bail and curfews 11 per cent and minor assaults 10 per i two thirds of All cases resulted in guilty but half of the sentences Are for i when custody is the length of term is last 77 per cent of custody sentences were for three months of up from 71 per cent a year i four out of every 10 convictions involved repeat i Young women accounted for a growing proportion of the caseload last year 21 per cent compared to six years ago 18 per i cases tend to proceed quickly through the with nearly half of All youths going from first appearance to sentencing in less than two Only 18 per cent of All cases took longer than six i less than one per cent of youths charged with crimes were bumped up to adult ;