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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 23 May 2000, p. 3

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Murder trial continues >Vife telis accused he 's in hot water By LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion In a July 30, 1997 conversation, Mark Bucchiachio accused his brother-in-law David Fiorino of killing his partner in a contraband liquor deal that happened the year before, court heard T~er~~Yr;ien, as welI as Mr. Fiorino's wife Kimberly, were St the Fourth Line home of Mr. Fiorino's parents Carmine and Lîllian Fiorino. The OPP had placed wioe-taps on the phones and bugged the home. "What did you do to gel their money?" the jury heard Mr. Bucchiachio ask. David responded he would neyer teli his brother-in-law what bappened on July 2, 1996 - the day oU the contraband alcohol deal. "What did you do?," Mr. Bucchiachio asked. "Did you set the guy Up? Take the money and disappear. LefI the guy in the mîd- die of Gruny. Boom, boom, boom." David, 27, is on trial in Superior Court in Mîlton for firat- j degree murder in the death of Stephen Andreopoulos, 26, of Barrte On the same day of the intercepted conversation, the OPP pre- sented a search warrant 10 Mark Fionno (David's brother) aI his parents' home. The warrant stated that the family's vehicle was conftscated because the OPP thought it waa used by David when be committed first-degree murder, court heard. During another intercepted conversation, the jury heard the accused teli hîs wife that there were 100 many atones going around and inatructed her 10 go to the kitchen so he could teli ber thetrutb. On the way, David is beard telling his father that he should only answer yea or no to questions he's asked. "I dont want ber 10 know nothing, okay?" In the kitchen, David told bis wife, "They (bis business part- ners) got the money and they got Ihe booze, okay. I got my share. Steve (Andreopoulos) he played witb bis own life." Kimberly responded by telling ber busband he was going 10 get caugbt. "You are going down whether you beîieve it or not." The jury also heard Carmine teil bis daughter-in-law that be knew the money was dirty, but didn't know the details about the tbeft j The trial continued at press time Friday. Indecent exposure Police are waming the publie to be careful after receiving two separate reporta of men exposing themselves. A man exposed himself outaide a window at Milton Taxi on Ontario Sîreet May 14 at about 2:45 arn., Halton Regional Police said. The suspect is described as five- foot-nine, 160 pounda, wearrng a dark grey sweatshirt witb a zipper in the front and tan-coloured baggy pants. On May 13, two female youths were walking tbrougb the Milton Fair Grounda at about 5:35 p.m. when they were approached by a man on a mountain bike. The mas exposed bis genitala. He's described as white, witb a medium build, blue aborta and a wbite ahirt. The Canadien Champion, Tuesday, May 23,2000 -3 IilUIIJN e. e S * *A * AA s a, , .5 IUam-pm*iflMSyZO Iuam.upm '9un.5pm.SteNByl8 l2pm.Spm dBdt KbdlD~1~ Yu~4 mmt Hu~mm ~Rour 50"off ~ ~Vi~JIfi~. Iii F~SflS~J-~IWjEI 5380 South Service Rd. (atBurloak> Burllngton 63I~65I5 11UU~MBfl U~,Mq~ Deoera~r SIT Faboits &R *un~FCLEi

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