ffobraisf jimii iuay man led police on chase down hwy 404 from page suit against york regional police alleging excessive force was used in the takedown which was captured by a tv news crewa lieu told the globe and mail his upper body was badly bruised and his forehead suffered a deep gash which required six stitches lieu admits to stealing a pickup truck in newmarket and leading police on a highspeed chase down hwy 404 finally crashing into the centre median near steeles avenue but he says at 125 pounds police had nothing to fear from him even though he was carrying a pocket knife when he was flushed from the truck news footage of the arrest shows lieu being struck on the head twice with police handguns it appears he was struck on the back of the head the first time to stop him from fleeing and was struck a second time to stop him from getting up although the suspect is hidden from the cameras view one officer appears to stomp on the mans legs three or four times while he is lying behind a stolen truck york regional police officers have been incensed by nega tive media coverage of the arrest the police officer wife of an officer who was cut during the arrest said allegations of excessive force are hurtful you do a good job by protecting the public and this is what you get she said last month the provinces special investigations unit was never called in to probe the arrest because york regional police didnt deem the injuries serious enough the siu only probes police chases if someone is killed or suffers what is considered a serious injury siu spokesperson gailscala said the unit assumes police are reporting the injuries accurately unless they receive contradictory evidence lieu is charged with robbery assault with a weapon weapons dangeroustheft over 5000 possession of stolen property over 5000 escape lawful custody dangerous dri ving engage police in pursuit fail to stop and obstruct police moveentertmmnewp saturday march 25 the fabulous ms0 w nobodies jewly renovated banquet facilities available now call for details 6545 hwy 7 0 eofwoottenway zyjlwjls fit i thursmarch23 fri march 24 isat march w ii visit our website h n 1 call for det 294011 i corner of hwy 7 and mi i jam night with the slammin buddhas men charged in york region crime spree by kathleen griffin staff writer two toronto men face 110 charges in connection with at least 15 robberies involving 29 victims across york region the pair 19 and 21 were arrested at their homes early wednesday morning after a sixmonth probe of escalating streetlevel robberies in thornhill richmond hill newmarket and aurora suspects began by robbing victims of cash and necklaces while brandish ing a knife or steel bar as they grew more daring the two men began confining victims while emptying bank accounts at atm machines they would pick on students and youth vvho frequent park areas near malls said detsgt gary miner adding the kids were most often strangers they would force the teens to give up their pin numbers or force them to make a fake deposit then immediately withdraw the maximum amount of cash if the victims were hesitant they would hold a friend while the youth went to a bank machine for the money were sure there are more kids out there who are victims than we know about said mirier some kids take the threats seriously and dont report it this is the tip ofthe iceberg he said the investigation continues and as search warrants are executed police hope to find evidence to link the pair to more crimes in york and north toronto each man faces 29 counts of rob bery 10 counts of forcible confine ment nine counts of disguise with intent to commit a crime five counts of theft under 5000 and two counts of possession of stolen property anyone who may have been a vic tim of such an attack or has informa tion is asked to call their local district station or crime stoppers at 222tips visions studen desk country manor maplewgalaxy black finish large work surface 2938 h x 5312 w x our price 2938 d 385276 price s t 15500 instant rebate 2000 after rebate 135 multimedia workstation i country manor maple wgalaxy finish 2912 hx our price 15500 3312 w x instant rebate 2000 2812 d 395570 sand maple or natural cherry finishes 40 hx 5212 wx 38527 392026 price i after v rebate rebate our price 30200 instant rebate 3000 jje 272 our markham copy centre now offers 24hour service for all your business needs markham 3175 hwy 7 e of woodbine store hours monfri 8am9pm sat 9am6pm sun 11am5pm other locations scarborough 1936 mccowan n of sheppard 850 milner avenue 1980 eglinton e e of warden busftes s warehouse pnces free nextday delivery t visit our website at ph 18006686888 fx 18005672260 wwwbusinessdepotom office suppue ad fa effect mar 2328 while quantities last