Tuesday October 2, 2012 (Vol. 37 No. 79)
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Miles of music: A hometown runner was the first to cross the line at Surrey’s inaugural World International Music Marathon Sunday. › see page 27
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Four years sought for hit-and-run driver who killed a White Rock woman
‘I’ve ruined the lives of a lot of people’ Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
Shaunna Radford can’t get the sound of the sirens, the glare of the police lights or the image of her friend’s body lying lifeless on a White Rock road out of her mind. The scene that unfolded around her on May 18, 2011 changed her world forever, Radford told Judge Michael Hicks at an emotional sentencing hearing for Kyle Danyliuk, the man who pleaded guilty to being behind the wheel of the car that struck and killed Marilyn Laursen that night. Danyliuk, now 20, nearly killed her, too, Radford said, reading aloud her victim-impact statement in Surrey Provincial Court Thursday. Radford and Laursen, 56, were crossing Johnston Road at Thrift Avenue Marilyn Laursen together around 9:30 p.m. victim when Danyliuk, driving his then-pregnant girlfriend’s dark-red Nissan Maxima, sped through the intersection, hitting Laursen in the crosswalk. “I only needed to reach my hand out behind to touch the car that brought death,” Radford said. The court heard how Danyliuk, a South Surrey resident, knew he’d hit Laursen but never stopped. He fled the scene, dumped the Nissan and was arrested two months later following an intensive police investigation, Hicks heard. After initially denying his involvement, Danyliuk confessed to the crime the night of his arrest. Last February, he pleaded guilty to four charges in connection with the tragedy. › see page 4
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Kyle Danyliuk leaves court Thursday after hearing from a woman who was crossing the road with Marilyn Laursen when he killed her.
Public tip leads police to obtain search warrant
Alleged dog thief jailed over bail conditions Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
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New charges against Janet Olson.
A White Rock woman scheduled to go to trial next year on multiple dog-theft related charges has been arrested again in connection with the investigation. Acting on a tip from the public, officers with Surrey RCMP’s Property Crime Target Team arrested Janet Olson at her White Rock home Thursday afternoon, Sgt. Drew Grainger confirmed.
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“As a result of the tip, our members were able to obtain a search warrant which confirmed that we had enough evidence to substantiate a charge that she was still operating a business, allegedly… which was one of the conditions to not do as a result of her release,” Grainger said Friday. “We did find… information that gave our officers reasonable grounds to believe that the offence of breaching her recognizance had taken place.”
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By Monday, Olson had been charged with two new counts of breaching her court ordered conditions of release. Olson’s lawyer, Craig Sicotte, said his client would appear before a Surrey Provincial Court judge on Wednesday morning for a bail hearing. Sicotte told Peace Arch News he’s been informed about the new charges against his client but was not immediately provided with details. › see page 2
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