Ontario Community Newspapers

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 13, 1986, p. 1

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economistsun tribune 30000 copies vol a metroland community newspaper saturday september 13 1986 48 pages 25 cents police raid hwy 7 home members of metro police forces emergency re sponse unit gather following a raid at a hwy 7 home tuesday police were looking for michael mclsaac who is wanted in connection with the abduction of his estranged wife about a month ago and for skip ping bail on possession of stolen property charges the house belongs to michael mclsaacs older brother gary the suspect was at the house but escaped on foot as police arrived greg coatcs police surround unionville area house again by greg coates staff reporter for someone who says hes never been in trouble with the law markhams gary mclsaac is seeing an awful lot of police men lately on tuesday heavily armed police from metros emergency task force surrounded mr mcl saacs hwy 7 home while look ing for his younger brother it is the second time in about a month that police have raided the mclsaac residence looking for 22yearold michael mcl saac he is wanted in connection with the abduction of his estranged wife about a month ago which she denies ever hap pened and for skipping bail on possession of stolen property charges in may he was sent enced in absentia to two years while gary mclsaac 25 has no problems with police looking for his brother its the way he and his family have been tre ated that has him upset gun to head they made me put my hands on my head and drop to my knees he said following tues days raid at his hwy 7 home near woodbine ave they put a gun to my head and told me to crawl on my hands and knees to the road mr mclsaac said the only reason given was that we cant take any chances its your brother and thats why were doing this to you police were acting on a tip that michael mclsaac was at the hwy 7 home mr mclsaac admitted that his brother was at the house but fled when he saw police arriv ing undercover police chased the man on foot but failed to apprehend him police surrounded the house and ordered everyone out they spent about an hour searching the premises apparently look ing for a weapon but finding no thing armed dangerous an alert to all metroarea police forces to be on the lookout for michael mclsaac advises that hes believed to be armed and extremely dangerous the suspects wife and two children tara 3 and michael 4 were in the house along with brother gary 25 and his wife joanne 23 their five children and joannes brother stephen i dont like having a gun pointed to my head said mr mclsaac i dont have a cri minal record and ive never been in trouble with the law in my life while police advised mr mcl saac that he was being charged with obstruction of justice and with harboring and abetting a criminal he told the weeken der no papers were served taken for questioning he was taken to york region al police forces 28 division for questioning and later released they wouldnt let me put a pair of shoes on or give me a ride back said mr mclsaac i had to take a taxi a guy with five kids has enough bills he added that he can t believe the way police are dealing with his brother nobody can believe it to come here with that much heavy artillery he said were talking about bonnie and clyde mr mclsaac said he has tried to persuade his brother to sur render but noted he is too afraid id be too he said in a recent newspaper article michael mclsaac said he wants to turn himself in but fears police will shoot him on sight york regional police inspec tor barry delaney said if he wants to surrender but is afraid of police he can contact crime stoppers anonymously and crime stoppers will make arrangements for him to sur render safely at press time no arrests had been made whats inside directory comment p4 entertainment p19 childrens page p27 church page p28 to 29 sports p31 to 32 real estate p34 to 39 classified p40 to 47 shirley burcheu 10 years for thomson ct21

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