14 economist sunsuntribune news saturday nov 5 2005 second woman robbed in her garage another markham woman has been robbed in the garage of her home the second such incident in a little more than a month a 47yearold woman parked her car in the garage of her duborg drive home around 730 pm tuesday and started unloading the trunk suddenly she was approached by two men one grabbed her briefcase and the pair took off run ning down duborg similarly on sept 30 a 55yearold markham woman was robbed returning to her golden tulip court home from work as she opened the garage door she was accosted by a man demanding her briefcase a brief struggle ensued and the woman was hit on the back of the head the description of the suspects differs and investiga tors are not sure if the two incidents are related anyone with information is asked to contact york regional police at 18668765423 ext 7541 crime stoppers at 1800222tips or leave an anonymous tip online at wwwcrimestoppersyrca kathy wallace of ballantrae holds her three remaining dogs after another dog molliewas killed by a neighbours dog last month mrs wallace was hospitalized and has been unable to return to work staff photosjoerd witteveen rrktrca dog death nightmare lives on for owner by simone joseph staff writer a ballantrae woman was hospitalized and has been unable to return to work after her yorkshire terrier was killed by another dog last month it was a nightmare it was the most traumatic experience ive ever had kathy wallace said two alaskan malamutes involved in the oct 17 incident were quarantined for 10 days to check for rabies and released mrs wallace was walking with her four leashed dogs on jasmine crescent in the ballantrae subdivision when she came across a woman walking two leashed malamutes the large dogs pulled the owner off of her feet dragging her on her stomach across the street toward mrs wallace and her dogs the malamutes were growling ears forward perched in a crouched position with their teeth showing while the owner yelled no no mrs wallace kicked one malamute but the other attacked molly she was crying and yelping as if to say mom help me but mrs wallace still had three dogs left to protect she ended up carrying her tiny canine home and when her husband opened the door mrs wallace was covered in blood her son came down the stairs yelling oh my god when he saw her its upset the whole family we didnt ask for this to happen mrs wallace said mollie lived with the family for six years york regional police are investigating no charges have been laid but police have up to six months to press charges said keith saunders whitchurch-stouf- fvillessenior bylaw officer this is fine with mrs wallace im not looking for revenge im look ing for justice mrs wallace said im sure justice will be served but she does believe owners need to take greater responsibility for their dogs they should have been muzzled since they have attacked before mrs wallace was admitted to markham stouffville hospital for three days for severe chest pains due to the traumatic experience i cannot concentrate i have night mares at night if i see a dog down the road i go into complete panic mode she said mrs wallace has been unable to return to her job as chief inspector for a manufacturing company since the attack im petrified i will not encounter a big dog again her remaining three dogs have all been traumatized also she one of her dogs looks for her molly all the time she runs up and down whining looking for her following a charge being laid a justice of the peace will make a decision on the penalty the maximum penalty for this type of an offence under the dog owners liability act is 10000 andor six months in prison with the possibility of the dog being destroyed mrs wallace is clear on what she would do with the animals if she owned them if it was my two dogs i would want them destroyed the owner of the dog has declined to vy j 1 41