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bxsi jwv i w uj economist sunnkbune aroulsfdyork region thiirsilayjan 252001 it r t 4 v v 1 j r t f d by kathleen griffin staff reporter- woman ispeis mjury a 25yearold markham worriaitescaped injury after she was threatened with a knife and robbed tuesday evening she was walking home along a pedestrian walkway in the steelesmaitiand avenues area in markham when she was approached from behind the suspect put the knife to her throat and demanded she hand over cash which she did he then fled with about 45 southbound on the pathway towards steeles avenue the woman was not hurt- the suspect isdescribed as male fivefeetteninches tall wearing a black jacket and black pants anyone with informa tion is asked to call 8811221 or crime stoppers 222tips marijuana found at high school teens charged more than 3000 worth of marijuana was seized and five teens chargedin the parking lot of markhams middlefield collegiate institute monday night undercover officers fromthe forces drugs and vice unit had the lot under surveillance said const steve morrell i as they watched two cars pulled in beside each other and police became suspicious when they approached the vehi cles they discovered jseveral minipouches of marijuana allegedly intended for sale scales and an undisclosed amount of cash was also seized two men 18 and 19 and one woman 18 from markham are charged with possession of a controlled substance two 19yearolds from scarborough are also charged with posses sion the 19yearold from markham and one of the scarborough residents face an additional charge of posses sion for the purpose of trafficking youth charged in 52 false alarms using 911 a 17yearold richmond hill youth that police have dubbed the boy who cried wolf is charged after 52 false calls were made to 911 since last summer v the caller reported such serious emergencies as children drowning stabbihgs building fires and personal injury car accidents requiring a full response from police fire and ambu lance they were all alarming calls said detsgtpaut pedersen initially the entire emergency service would respond and in at least one incident even the helicopter but within a short period of time we established a pattern it was like the boy who cried wolf i pedersen recalled one incident last fall when a caller reported an overturned car in lake wilcox and children drowning he said even though at times police suspected some calls all made from a cellular phone may be false farmers want cash from government they still had to respond working with a cell telephone secu rity company he declined to name pedersen said police launched a sevenmonth long investigation which led to mondays arrest of the richmond hill boy were pretty confident he watched us respond from some where near the area pedersen said it seems to have started out as a prank and just mushroomed the youth is charged with 52 counts of leaving a false mes sage he appears in court feb 26 tk markham mxersjinor a hocket club i f traditijon heritage 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