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Ontario sex assault suspect found hiding in Langley Twenty-seven-year-old man sent east to face trial MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
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A silver SUV driven by an elderly man slammed into the bistro at Nature’s Fare bistro during the lunch hour on Monday. Two staff were sent to hospital with serious injuries.
Car smashes into Nature’s Fair seriously injuring two workers Police believe driver, a man in his 80s, may have confused gas and brake pedals MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
Two employees of Nature’s Fare Market were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a silver SUV came through the front windows of the health food store’s bistro and right into the lunch counter on Monday afternoon. One woman sitting at a bistro table was treated on scene by paramedics and staff and patrons were shaken up by the crash. The two people who were hurt were taken to Royal Columbian Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, said Langley RCMP. It was around 1:30 p.m. when a senior, who said his name is Helmet, drove his VW Touareg up over the curb
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Helmet speaks to reporters outside Nature’s Fair on Monday after accidentally crashing his car through the store’s front window. and through the bistro windows, with the vehicle smashing right through the seating area and into the lunch counter.
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“I couldn’t believe it,” said a very shaken up Helmet after the crash. “I didn’t go very fast.” His friend Terry said he realized he was driving up over the curb but was in shock as it was happening. “It was an accident,” she said. Langley RCMP say a mechanical inspection has been ordered but police believe Hannie, who is in his 80s, mistook the gas for the brake pedal. Hannie said he has had a perfect driving record for 30 years. At least two ambulances and several fire trucks were on scene and the store, located in the 19800 block of Langley Bypass was closed. It’s unknown when the bistro will reopen. It suffered a significant amount of damage.
A 27-year-old man hiding out in Langley because he was wanted for multiple counts of sexual assault in Ontario has been arrested and sent back to face prosecution. On May 3, Jean Pierre Martin was arrested by the Langley RCMP without incident for outstanding warrants for his arrest out of Elliot Lake, Ont. Police believe he fled to B.C. to avoid arrest. The warrants were for offences which included three counts of sexual assault, assault, forcible confinement, criminal harassment, uttering threats to cause death, beak and enter unlawfully in a dwelling, theft, intimidation and obstructing justice. These charges all stem from incidents which occurred in 2010 and 2011, said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. His first contact with police in B.C. was in January and Langley RCMP identified him as a candidate for the BC Fugitive Return Program in March, said Marks. The Ontario Provincial Police transported Martin back to Ontario to face prosecution. Martin’s return to Ontario was funded and facilitated by the OPP in co-operation with the BC Fugitive Return Program and the Langley RCMP. The BC Fugitive Return Program is a program managed by the RCMP and a joint management team with Vancouver Police. This program is funded by the Civil Forfeiture Office within the B.C. government. Since September 2011, the Fugitive Return Program has facilitated the return of 39 individuals from various regions in B.C. wanted by other provinces across Canada.
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