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Two Richmond Hill youths admitted having small quanti- ties of marijuana when YRP searched Apartment 609 at 48 Laverock Avenue at 4 pm January 16. The illicit ma- terial was found in a bed- room side table and on a livingroom table. 1 A large number of those ‘appearlng, mostly young adults, were convicted and fined for drug possession. The amount of business faced in York Region drug court is so large that two full days per month instead of one have been set aside for drug cases at Newmarket Provincial Court starting in At the February session more than 200 people over- flowed the courtroom with 140 charges listed on the court docket. Many cases were adjourned to set trial dates. Several preliminary hearings were held. A num- ber of accused were sent to County Court trial on traf- ficking charges. Others Were convicted and jailed to await sentencing. Area Drug Court Time Doubled Overflow Crowd At February Session Richmond Hill taxi driver Terence Macdonald, 22, ad- :mitted being caught with a ‘marijuana cigarette in his ‘shirt pocket at 12.20 am February 8 at Yonge Street and Highway '7 in Thornhill when YRP were investigating .other matters. Federal Prosecutor Smith said YRP searched Halsted’s home with a warrant. On his arrival he was caught with 6 ‘grams of marijuana in four packages. He was fined $50 April Convicted and fined $50 and costs, or five days jail were James Fitzpatrick, 21, of 186 Church Street. Rich- mond Hill and Raymond Wirtanen. 21. Charges were withdrawn for four found-ins. Pamela Higgins. Janis Weil- inger, William Martyn and Stephen Duffy. Macdonald was convicted ‘by Provincial Judge Claire Morrison and fined $50 or five days jail. with two weeks ‘to pay. 1 Unionvllle student Richard Osborne, 17. admitted being caught with marijuana in his sock at 8:15 pm January 19 at Ovlda Boulevard in Mark- ham. He got a month to pay his $50 fine or spend five days in jail. Nickle was also given a month to par his $50 fine. A similar charge against his companion Steven Wolfreys was withdrawn by Federal Prosecutor Mrs. Heather Smith. 1 Lorne Nickle. 16, of 274 Cedar Avenue. Richmond Hill admitted ownership of two plastic bags of marijuana found in a car November 24 at 8 pm on Dufferin Street in Vaughan Town. Nickle quit grade 10 at Bayview Sec- ondary School, got a job and then became unemployed, the court was told. STOUFFVILLE RAID Student Maurice Halsted, 18, of 28 Fairview Avenue, Stouffville denied having marijuana for trafficking purposes but admitted the lesser and included charge drug possession. Engler was given a month to pay the $50 fine and a second charge was with- drawn. Paula Engler, 21 of 322 North Taylor Mills Drive, Richmond Hill admitted own- ership of three ounces of hashish YRP used a search warrant at that address to find at 8:10 pm January 25. Richmond Hill W&P Motors Ltd. Dealer Kurt Wichtler had reasons to be happy with the showing of two of his drivers in the Can- adian International Winter Rally from To- ronto to Ottawa and back a couple of weeks ago. That’s despite the fact one of the vehicles only got 100 miles from Toronto and its manifold fell off. The other one continued on, finished the jaunt, and ended up in 16th place out of a field of 100. Finishing in his 1973 Sports Bug Special Volkswagen was Larry Partington. Not so lucky in 1969 car was Mark Hoff- Sports Bug finishes I6 t/1 or five days Glen Frame of 14 Shasta Drive, Thomhill. admitted being caught with hashish pipes in the basement of his residence in Vaughan Town at 5:30 pm October 30. His mother died just before the offense, the court was told. Frame was fined $50 or five days jail. with two weeks to pay. A second charge was withdrawn. Bruining was given two weeks to pay his $50 fine, or spend five days in Don Jail. A similar charge against his companion Daniel Shipticki was withdrawn. Roofer Michael Sward, 18, of 748 Cedarwood Avenue, Newmarket was fined $100 or 10 days jail on two drug con- Caught when YRP checked a car at a Huron Heights Sec- ondary School Dance at 9:30 pm November 9, Richard Bruining, 18, of Newmarket admitted possession of a four-ounce marijuana pack- age and pipe found under the car seat. victions. ARRESTED TWICE Sward deined having mari- juana for trafficking. but ad- mitted the lesser offense of having possession of an ounce of the substance at 10:15 pm August 30 with a group of friends in the rear parking lot of Newmarket High School. Frank Strote of 164 Park Avenue, Newmarket, a man employed at Concord. ad- mitted being stopped at Aurora while having 0.20 grams of the white powder in a number of packets. The PCD, along with two rolls of marijuana were thrown from a green Pinto car that fled northward from police. THORNHILL WORKER A Thomhill worker James Swales, 20, of 16 Lorne Av- enue, Richmond Hill, admit- ted ownership of the mari- juana. He was fined $50 or five days, with 30 days to Three youths arrested with nearly a pound of marijuana in their shared bedroom Sep- tember 12 at Newmarket were each fined $100 or 10 days jail and given a month to pay. As a result of in- formation received, YRP with a search warrant went at 5 pm to Apartment 803 at 3083 Kingsview Drive in New- market, found the marijuana and the three admitted own~ ership, the court was told. DENY TRAFFICKING Leaseholder of the 'part- ment was William Ariss, 19, now of Kitchener. The others charged were Randal Richardson. 18, of 51 Law- rence Boulevard, Georgetown and Denton Hutchison, 20, of RR 1. Newmarket. He also admitted a charge of having a one-ounce pack- age of marijuana in his pocket when YRP with a war- rant searched his residence on Sutton Road in Queens- ville at 5:15 pm November 6. Two other charges against him were withdrawn by Fed- eral Prosecutor Smith. All three denied a traffick- ing charge but admitted the lesser and included offense of possession. A second charge against Ariss was with- drawn. Caught with an extremely dangerous and potent new drug recently added to the Food and Drug Act, Phen- cycodene (PCD), an 18-year- old youth was jailed three days and fined $150 or 15 days jail. NEWS pay. Further charges against the pair were withdrawn fol- lowing their guilty pleas: Charges against four other youths caught with them were also withdrawn. These four were Denton Hutchison. Michael Graziano, Peter Met- calf and Milan Andie, the latter having failed to ap- pear in court. Scott Morey, 17, of 408 Ontario Street, Newmarket, was placed on a one-year conditional discharge. He denied having marijuana for trafficking but admitted the lesser and included offense of having marijuana August 30 at Newmarket. INDEFINITELY HOSPITALIZED Defense Attorney Alfred Stong of Richmond Hill said Morey’s co-accused Steven Russell was a person suffer- ing from the effects of drugs, having been transfer- red to a provincial institution at Penetang after being in a Metro mental hospital for a time. The charge against Russell was withdrawn, he being indefinitely hospital- ized. Marshall has been work- ing since the age of 16, ex- cept for two years in hos- pital after an accident that crippled him the court was told. He was convicted and fined $50 or five days jail. 3 WERE INNOCENT Charges against three others. one of them his cousin. were withdrawn after he pleaded guilty. The oth- ers were Lawrence Williams. George Rose and Rodney McMullen. One was Robert McAllis- ter, 22. of 17 Main Street North. whose apartment was searched. The other was Glendon Avard, 21, of the same address. McAlllster works in Aurora and Avard works in Richmond Hill, the court was told. TRAFFICKING CHARGE Both were charged with having marijuana for the purpose of trafficking but would only admit the lesser and included offense of simple possession. This plea was accepted by Federal Prosecutor Smith. Mrs. Smith said YRP, as a result of information re- ceived, went to the apart- ment. In a bedroom night table they found a bag of marijuana. They also found some in a flashlight. Another bag of the illicit substance was found in Avard’s dresser. Confined to a wheelchair as the result of an accident, Paul Marshall, 23, of 123 Forest Glen, Newmarket. ad- mitted having marijuana January 19 when police with a search warrant raided his home at 5:30 pm January 19. The drug was found in a bedroom and in a kitchen drawer. Less than six ounces of marijuana in several bags were found in a lunch box when Morey and Russell were charged, the court was told. Two Newmarket youths caught at 5 pm December 11 after a YRP search warrant raid at a Newmarket apart- ment, were each _fined $50 or five days jail with time to pay. Evicted by his father at the age of 15 years but now back at home at RR 2, Osh- awa, John Messent aged 18 and formerly of Aurora ad- mitted having marijuana when arrested at an Aurora tavern September 12. WON BRONZE MEDAL The youth won a bronze medal for saving the life of his sister several years ago, the court was told. He was fined $50 or five days jail. A charge of having mari- juana for trafficking was withdrawn by the federal prosecutor. man. “I’ve been sponsoring drivers in that race for three years,” observed Wichtler. “This is the best so far although it was too bad both drivers couldn’t finish. There were over 200 competitors starting the race from Toronto City Hall. The team’s tires were supplied by the Richmond Hill Dunlop Family Tire Centre. 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