www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\nIf someone offers you a bargain on some new car tires or mag wheels, they might be stolen goods, Laval Police warned last week, after thieves absconded with stock from two Laval tire stores in less than a week. <\/p>\n
The first break-in occurred Feb. 20, at Pneus National, at 1474 Cunard, in the industrial park south of Highway 440. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects broke through the garage door and stole 16 Firestone summer tires and wheels worth about $5,000,\u201d Const. Nathalie Lorrain told The Suburban<\/i>. \u201cThey also caused about $2,000 worth of damage to the garage door.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThen, at 5:45 a.m., Feb. 26, they triggered the alarm system at Pneus Carrefour Laval at 1706 Berlier,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey broke through a window, opened the door and left with 36 tires worth $6,000.\u201d <\/p>\n
Driver drags pedestrian <\/b>
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\nLaval Police arrested Granby resident Alain Nadeau after the car he was driving allegedly struck a pedestrian\u2014twice. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he drove out of the Caisse populaire on Labelle, he wanted to go to the Shell gas station at the corner of des Oiseaux,\u201d said Sgt. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jean in an interview, \u201cso he went in the opposite direction to the traffic when he struck the pedestrian, who was walking along the sidewalk.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cHe originally struck him once, then slightly braked and then reaccelerated,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe struck the victim again who was on the hood of the car and then dragged him along the pavement for well over 100 feet, underneath the vehicle.\u201d <\/p>\n
The unidentified man, 51, was taken by ambulance to Sacr\u00e9 C\u0153ur hospital, where his life hangs in the balance. <\/p>\n
Police closed Labelle Boulevard from 12:04 p.m. until 4:15, when they reopened a single lane to cope with rush hour traffic. Normal traffic did not resume until around 6:30 p.m. <\/p>\n
The following day, Nadeau appeared in court to face criminal negligence and dangerous driving charges. <\/p>\n
Grow-op posed fire, health risk <\/b>
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\nLaval Police moved quickly to raid a Laval des Rapides apartment, Feb. 20, after occupants of the Robert \u00c9lie street residence complained about an eight-floor marijuana grow-op. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe neighbours could smell the marijuana,\u201d said Sgt. Jean. \u201cDrug investigators intervened swiftly because marijuana cultivators typically bypass the building\u2019s electrical panel to power as many as a dozen 1,000-watt grow lamps. Often, this provokes electrical fires.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cGrow-ops also pose a very serious health risk,\u201d he warned, \u201cbecause their humid environment favours mould growth, as well as all the unhealthy insecticides and fertilizers that the operators use.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIf tomatoes and cucumbers were grown under the same conditions as marijuana, you wouldn\u2019t want to eat them,\u201d Sgt. Jean observed. <\/p>\n
He added that a general increase in crime levels also tends to accompany grow-ops. <\/p>\n
\u201cA rise in violent robbery and theft tends to go hand-in-hand,\u201d Sgt. Jean told The Suburban<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n
Taxi getaway foiled<\/b><\/p>\nInvestigators arrested Rafi Keurk, 35, Feb. 20, who appeared in court the following day to face a charge armed robbery, in the wake of an alleged holdup at the TD Canada Trust bank branch at 727 Labelle, in Ste. Rose. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect went to the counter an and presented a note, but it was so poorly written that the clerk couldn\u2019t read it,\u201d reported Sgt. Jean, \u201cso he brandished a gun, said \u2018Give me the money!\u2019 and left with about $800 in a taxi.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cHe went to a location where he switched taxis,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe was very quickly located at the Motel Id\u00e9al in Ste. Rose, where he was arrested and a fake handgun was seized.\u201d
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