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A2 -The Canadian Champion, Frida'y, June 27, 2008 - -iî-Weekly Down Bî-Woeekly Down Of22 $=2,000 81-IlWeekly Down Bt Weekly Down IETE *14 $ 1 2,000$1 $,0 &OR US SiWekl Dow81-oo;y o I 1 SWeekly Down * IIWsokl Down WA UTIe Oi $ Sl Pi Sl $1 Se ia Police off icer pleads guilty A suspended Milton police officer pleaded guîlty lasi week to assaultmng bis wife at the start of a seven-hour standoff at bis Cambridge homne. The 39-ycar-old pairol constable, who bad heen in jail since bis arresi March 1, was relcased from custody and ordered to livc with bis fatber in Missîssauga. He's heen ordered not to contact bis wi[e or son. The 12-year Halton Regional Police veteran stili faces other charges relaied to the standoîl including forcihie con- finement, uttening ibreats and weapons offences involvmng bandguns, knives and pepper spray. The officer was 'also charged wobh two counlis of' possessîng resiricted bandguns and ammuitition i relation to another incident ai bis homne Fehmuary 22. Waterloo Regional Police were called to the offhcers horne Maich i abter bis wile called 911. Police belped the woman and a cbild oui of the bouse, leaving a disîraugbî man inside, a police spokesperson saîd sbortly afier the charges were laid. Nohody was burt. The mnan allegedly harricaded bim- self inside, and tactîcal officers sur- rounded the bouse, the spokesperson bad said. Thursday, court heard tbe officer wenî on stress leave fromt bis job last Augusi, but retumned in November. He was suspended wiîb pay in rela- tion to the February 22 incident a week later. Heill reîurn to court in tbe [ail. - Wîîh files from The Record Charges laid in head-on, two-car crash Dninking and driving charges were laid agaînsi a Milton man after a bead- on collision sent two drivers to bospital lasi Friday nighî. Police said tbat ai about 10:45 p.m., a vehicle was driving nortbbound on Regional Road 25 near Lower Base Line when it veered intoi the soutbbound lane, stniking an oncomîng vebîcle. Both drivers - the fonte occupants in their vebicles - were injured, police said, and a suspect was arrested. Fîrefighters from the Milton Pire Depariment responded, but their serv- ices weren't required. A 45-year old mati of Boston Churcb Road was charged by Halton Regional Police wîth îînpaîred dniving and dniv- ing wîîb over the legal limît of aicohol in bis hlood.