- Owner on the hunt for stolen

property, offering large reward

-’ By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN
A TERRACE fishing guide says

he’s tired of thieves targeting his . |

and other merchants’ businesses and
he’s on a mission to find out who’s
responsible for the most recent theft
to hit his business.

Gill McKean who runs West- 7

coast Fishing Adventures and’ the
Desiderata Lodge says a. $10,000

40 HP ‘Mercury Outboard jet engine.
was stolen from his boat parked at .
in the Desiderata Lodge parking lot |

overnight Monday, June 27.
The boat — on a trailer and still

attached to a vehicle — was parked in

the lot around 10:30 p.m.

Because it is not,a regular: park-
ing spot for-the. boat, McKean sus-’

pects the thief or thieves may have

followed the boat to the parking spot | |

or someone who was:in the immedi-

ate area at that time may be respon- :

sible.
“This is the second time this has

-happened,” McKean said of the mo-
~ tor theft. “I’m just tired of this.” |
He’s taken matters. into. his own

hands and spent the better part

of a day last week posting’ bright :
pink signs throughout Terrace and.
Thornhill offering a $3,000 reward -

for the name of the person respon-
sible for the theft.

“The. guy who took this probably
only got a $1,000 for it,” he said. ‘I
figure $3,000 is a lot more money.”

He wants to see the thief’s iden-
tity revealed and hopes charges will
be laid against the culprit.

McKean is just one of a growing

number of area merchants getting
increasingly more upset with an in-

‘crease in commercial crime in the *

Terrace area.

Several downtown | businesses -

have been plagued by vandalism and

thefts in recent ‘months and’ some, —
_including All. Seasons ‘Source for’

Sports owner Bob Park are hoping

"to form an merchants’ organization

‘to curb the rising crime trend. :
“We're getting tired of this — all

of us are,” McKean said. “Look at
Bob (Park), Neid Enterprises, Ken’s

Marine.”

“Though: Neid’s hasn’t suffered

any major thefts since last year, its

fabrication shop has been contracted

to build bars for windows for numer-
ous businesses: in town including

theirown i in‘hopes of curbing, break-...

ins, says: Mark Neid.

formation about who is responsible

.
.

GILL McKEAN holds. up the reward flyer he’s put up around Terrace i in an effort to ‘identify the thief who

took, his jet engine from the Desiderata Lodge. .

SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

‘for the theft of his motor to contact
himself or the Terrace RCMP with’

the information.

He says he will personally pay
$3,000 for the name of the thief and
will guarantee anonymity.

Terrace RCMP Staff Sgt. Eric
Stubbs ‘says any information the
public has that may be helpful to an
investigation is. always welcome. |

Tipsters can call Crimestoppers

"or the Terrace detachment directly.
He. says it’s unfortunate when

victims have to resort to putting up

_ rewards such as McKean’s.
“You hate to see that people have |

to put up there own money for that,”

Staff Set. Stubbs’ said. “We hope
they don’t have to. do that and we

can do it for them.”

And two more thefts involving

motors have occurred i in the past ty two
weeks.

A 20 HP Yamaha outboard mo- .
_ tor was stolen from a compound of a
‘ localbusiness: in the:5200; ‘block, Of" “nidter

-McKean’s asking anyone with in- » Keith Avenue July 8.x:

ar a

“A-small silver- Zodiac boat on
a trailer-and a charcoal grey Mari-

eo pas

ner 9.9 horsepower outboard motor
were also stolen from the locked
compound of Russell Painting &

Sandblasting at 3723 Highway (16

East in Terrace onthe early morning
of July 13. ~
Police say two unknown males

- were noticed in the area at the time.

A newer model Dodge pickup

with a rack was observed towing a,

similar Zodiac around. the time of

. the theft. The” dark-coloured truck”

was heading westbound in the 4800

- block of Keith Avenue. ”

Anyone with information of the
theft, location of the stolen items or

: those responsible should contact the

Terrace RCMP. at (250) 638-7400
or Crimestoppers at 635-TIPS (635-_
8177).
| . (Te
Recovering stolen merchandise
can often be a crapshoot for police
officers.
“That’s because thieves are often
organized, than many think.
en you think of organized

cri e you think drugs, prostitution
“or cross border smuggling,”

says

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“But organized crime can be ‘I
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and that hinders our success rate.”

Stolen merchandise can quickly
make its way out of town and once
that happens it can be extremely dif- _
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Police first look to the ‘evidence

.at the scene of a commercial break-.
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_ Stubbs said.

‘What is found at the scene often.
dictates the next step police take in

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But there are other avenues ‘the
RCMP employ to try to find sus-
pects.

“Do we have witnesses? Neigh-

ours? Do we have a general sus
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News In Brief

Coroner's report released

in truck driver’s death
A LOGGING truck driver who died when his vehicle
went off the Nisga’a Hwy succumbed ,to an injury
from a blunt object to the back of. his head during. the
accident, according to the public report released by the
BC. Coroner’s office recently. ,

* Trevor Aaron McBryan, 30,. was killed when the
‘cab of the’ empty self-loading logging truck and trailer
he was driving was crushed when it crashed and rolled
over in the ditch on'the Nisga’a’Hwy about 19 km north
of Terrace at about 10 a.m. Dec 10,2004..

The toxicology report did not find any alcohol or
drugs i in his body at the time of the crash.

Thieves strike.
THE TERRACE RCMP received nitimerous ctheft
‘reports last. week, ranging from high- end. scientific ;
equipment to windows. ” r,

- A thermal imaging device and meter were stolen
from a locked vehicle in a compound of the 5200 block
of Keith Avenue July 11. The imaging device is the »
similar size and shape of a video camera, and was in a
carrying case. —

‘A credit card was lost in a downtown parking lot |
July 12 and was used numerous times before it was can-
celled. The RCMP say: the spending spree only stopped

_after'a clerk asked the male suspect for a.second piece
of identification.
_ Police are also investigating a window theft from the

outside of the Rona Terrace Builders ‘Centre‘at 3207:
Munroe Street around 1:30-a.m. July.14: A:white Ford’
pick-up was noted leaving the scene after the theft... oa

A COLLISION between a 1993’ Jeep- Cherokee. and
a moose occurred on. Hwy 16 near Exstew River the
morning of July,7. The 45-year-old driver from:-Vernon ©
and his wife were both treated for minor injuries at
Mills Memorial Hospital and released. ‘The moose was

found dead at the scene. oe

_ June not that rainy —
THIS YEAR’S June weather was full of winds and
seemingly rainy days. Twenty days in June : saw wind ©

km/h on.the 13th. -
_ There was: also 33. 2 mm of rainfall, which. » spread 7
itself out over 12 days of the month. More than a third -
_ of the rain came down in one day; 12.2 mm came ‘down 7

1978. The next morning after the big: rainfall was the a
“coldest morning of the month at 7.2C.:
Six more days with traces of rain madé June seem |
rainier than it actually was. And even though it seemed ~
wet, June 2005 was S still far below the record 135. 4mm .
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