Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba Top news Winnipeg free 18, 2007 Winnipeg repress. Com a 3 red River Book store 92 Arthur St. 943 9788 cd Sale 5 for $ 20.00 6 9 7 7 1 0 0 Call classified $ 79 33 As Low As real estate picture listings we need your help to serve hot meals or provide other essential services to hungry homeless hurting people in Winnipeg Gas inner City this Christmas season. For just $ 2.58, you can provide a hot meal or the Safe shelter and spiritual help that can be the Start of a new life. Please help us feed and care for hungry homeless hurting people by mailing your gift today.  $ 12.90 helps 5 people  $ 98.04 helps 38 people  $ 23.22 helps 9 people  $ 196.08 helps 76 people  to help As Many people As possible please charge my    please clip and Send with your gift today costs Are average and include the expense of preparing and providing meals. A receipt for income tax purposes will be sent to you. Siloam Mission is a registered Canadian Charity # 11915 0043 rr0001. Celebrating 20 years of service in Winnipeg Gas inner City card no. Signature donate online at wow. Siloam. Ca or Call 204 956 4344 or toll free at 1 866 648 Hope 4673. Name address City pc phone e mail Apt. @ expiry Date Complete Christmas dinner 2.58 please make your Cheque payable to Siloam Mission Street dept. 00000 wow. Siloam. Ca 300 Princess Street dept. 69588 Winnipeg my r3b 1m3 Siloam. Ca by Bruce Owen c Ity police Hope Security cameras at the Federal microbiology lab one of the most secure places in Canada will help identify a Man who allegedly raped an 11 year old girl. Were hoping they ave got something police spokesman sgt. Kelly Dennison said monday. The lab has several state of the Art cameras aimed up and Down the length of Arlington Street Between Logan and William avenues. Police believe the images will give them the information they need to verify details of the attack and catch the suspect possibly the licence plate of his vehicle. The girl told police she was walking alone North on Arlington Street at about 1 a. M. Saturday. At Alexander Avenue just outside the Fence of the lab compound she said she was approached by a Man in a car who offered her a ride. The Man then drove to a secluded area in the 900 Block of Elgin Avenue and threatened to kill the girl police said. Elgin is immediately South of Alexander so its possible the Man did a u turn at Alexander and drove past the labs cameras before he turned West on Elgin. It was on Elgin that he assaulted the child police said. The Block is Home to a number of businesses most if not All of which would have been closed at that hour. Police said the Man drove Back to the area of Arlington and Elgin in front of the labs main Gates and dropped the girl off. He then drove off. When he picked her up the girl was walking Back to wheelies roller rink at 1010 Logan ave., which is open All night. Its believed she had spent the evening there. At some Point before Midnight she left the Complex to go to a friends House. Police did not specify that address. The girl does not live in the neighbourhood. She then left the friends House to walk Back to wheelies by herself. Its believed that when the girl was dropped off by the Man at Arlington and Elgin she continued walking to wheelies. Once there she told someone she had been sexually assaulted and police were called. A spokesman at wheelies said monday he could not comment on the incident. Dennison said the child abuse unit is now investigating. The unit investigates sexual assaults of children under 14. This has got to be a very trying time for an 11 year old Dennison said in response to a Media question about her injuries. Obviously we will do everything and look under every Rock to find who this individual is. Dennison said the girl will be Given counselling through the police. Support can also be made available from clinic Community health Centre. Child and family services will also Likely be involved to examine whether the child is living in a Safe environment a spokeswoman said. Linda Burnside with the child Protection Branch said in these kinds of cases a review is done even though the attacker is not someone the child lives with or knows. Dennison added cases of random abduction and sexual assault Are rare in Winnipeg. He also said the focus for police is identifying the Man not answering Why the girl was out alone so late at night. Once we catch the Guy then Well Deal with these other issues he said. The Case of the 11 year old is not the first time police have used National microbiology lab cameras. In 2002, the cameras recorded four City police officers dealings with a distraught 45 year old Man who later died of an apparent cocaine overdose. Arthur Gill a former linebacker with the National football league St. Louis cardinals had just been handcuffed after he broke a Large window at a business near Arlington and Alexander. Paramedics were called because the Man was bleeding from a leg injury. When they arrived and put him on a Stretcher he went into distress. Gill was pronounced dead at Hospital. City police said the video confirmed the officers did not tackle the distraught Man who later died of an apparent cocaine overdose. Bruce. Owen free press. My. Ca tapes Lead to predators id labs surveillance video May reveal clues about Young girls attacker Logan Avenue Alexander Avenue Pacific Avenue Elgin Avenue Ross Avenue William Avenue Arlington Street h Dorothy Street virology lab n Trinity 1. Girl was walking North on Arlington Street toward wheelies 2where she had already spent part of the evening. She was offered a ride just As she was passing the microbiology lab. 3. She was taken to a secluded area on Elgin Avenue where she was sexually assaulted. Attackers description. Asian in appearance. About 21 years old. Black spiked hair with Brown highlights. Tall with a medium build. Wearing a Black jacket with White stripes on the sleeves and Grey sweats. He was driving a newer Model four door vehicle. Call the Winnipeg police services sex crimes unit at 986 6245 of you have information. 1 2 3 Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg free press the girl was on her Way to wheelies when she was attacked. Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg free press the girl was driven a Short distance to the 900 Block of Elgin Street where she was sexually assaulted. The Federal lab is on the left of the Street ;