mercedes benz repair specialist markham 4718660 saturday february 7 1998 vol14 no 6 weekender 48 pages 500 gstincl a metrqhind eiiblicaiionserviiig whitcjiurcfcstoujfyi town and country realty ltd 6400888 to this eat wi xt ief retires c r o s s i m w o r d j hi hh regions top cop quits the force collects full pension as he faces criminal breach of trust charges kathleen griffin staff reporter more than 11 months of allegations speculation and investigation has finally jed tocriminal charges against forr mer york regional police chief bryan cousineau cousineau turned himself in to the ontario provincial police on thursday and was formally charged with five counts of breach of trust relating to personal use of police equipment and resources said opp det insp klancy gras- man but before he did that he quit a movcthat allows him to collect his full pension estimated at about 70000 as well as five months severance pay unused vacation statutory holidays and his sickday bank cousineau is accused of accepting a 125000 payment from magna international in dec 1995 for future security services upon his expected retirement in 2002 counts two three and four allege cousineau of improper and fraudulent use of cellular phones a calling card account and a personal computer allbetween jan 1994 and march 1997- v v the fifth breach of trust charge alleges the former chief used onduty officers to install a hot tub at his newmarket home cousineau surrendered to the opp in aurora less than an the bums rush robin steckley uses her bum to slide down the hill thursday closely followed by ryne parsons 8 who decides to follow suit and gets off his slider on the hill at rupert avenue and west lawn crescent in stouffville photo by sjoerd witteveen busted former york police chief bryan cousineau surren dered to the opp in aurora thursday afternoon where he was charged with breach of trust he is accompanied by his lawyer peter shoniker photo courtesy toronto sun hour after he tendered his official resignation to the york regional police services board y i decided that it is in the best interest of the community in general and the future of the york regional police service in particular to retire effective immediately he said in a statement the board called the retirement package standard bene fits which have traditionally been paid to retiring senior officers board member and regional chair bill fisch said accept ing cousineaus resignation allows the board to move for ward and hire a new chief whenever a member of the force tenders their resignation and it is accepted they are entitled to all the benefits that have accrued to that person he said it was the same pack age that is available to all senior officers when pressed fisch said firing the former chief was not an option for the board suspending an officer with pay is the only choice the board has untiltheres a finding of guilt please see page 3 ifi m j2h 98isrtz 48 hthapr financing f 60 mtr ami financing ww1b ri m ford cash price i24m0hthpunror 3i9 fmmfew tfcmrodipt1oaetoqultntrttill as 48 mth apr financing uf0 mth apr financings i cash price 29 49 19998 i 229 s5s3 aijbssitir 24 month pun for i