2-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, Oclober 1, 2002 Interwor Semi Gloss EnameL. Withstands repeated washings, stain resistant. Use on tnim & doors. Reg 30).99 baie Man faces charges of firearm violations Home left her fathers home, wbere she was visit- ing, to confront her ex-husband on the day of the murder. Upon searching Mr. PeIz's home for cs into the homicide. investigators allegedly stumbled upon unregistered and unsecured firearms throughout the house, in a car and in a barni. lt's alleged one of the guns was loaded. 'Firearms have to be stored unloaded and with the safety on," said I-lton police spokesperson Sgt. Val Hay. Mr. Pelz, who twice ran unsuccessfully for publie office, faces charges of nine counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, nine counts of careless storage of a firearmn, one count of possession of a loaded prohibited handgun, two counts of possession of a firearm with readily acces- sible ammunition and three counts of unau- thorized possession of a prohibited device. He will appear in Ontario Court (provin- cial division) in Milton October 31. ,,Youth, police van struck A 45-year-old Halton Hilîs man is Hospital wbere he was treated for a broken charged with impaired driving causing armn and bruising. He was released laser bodily barm after a motorist bit a police that night. van and a civilian Saturday. The officer was also taken to bospital Const. AI Bryer was speaking to a 17- and treated for bruising before being year-old youtb on Heslop Street as about released. midnigbt when a vehicle travelling east- The driver of the car wasnt injured. bound struck the van and the teenager. The Darnage to the police van is estimated at car continued to travel for several feet $1 0,000. before stopping in a ditcb. The accused will appear in Ontario Court The youth was taken lu Milton District (provincial division) in Milton October 3 1. Milton Home Hardware Building Centre 385 Steeles Ave, Milton 905m878m9222 By FANNIE SUNSHINE The Champion The father of a Prince Edward Island woman accused of gunning down her ex-husband in Dundas in August has been charged with 24 counts of firearmn violations. Donald Pelz, 70, of Bell Sehool Line was charged September 23 after Halton Regional Police, Hamilton Police and the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU) seized nine guns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his home August 22. Hamilton police issued a search warrant at Mr. Pelz's residence August 21 as part of the investigation into the murder of Russell Bailey, who was shot dead in front of his Watson Lane home. Mr. Pelz's daughter, Ruth-Anne Willis, 39, bas been charged witb first-degree murder in the slaying of ber ex-busband. According to Hamilton police, Ms Willis