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wl wttur- t fribune exclusive youth tells how beer led to fire q youth chargeel in deer park fire f tells ofifewboredorn and beer resulted in i 1million damage tracykibble staff reporter an empty building and three bars stocked full of beer proved to be fa goldmine for a stouffville teen s the tribune interviewed a teen charged with the 1 million fire at the deer park inn last week the young person interviewed who cannot be identified was also charged with stealing beer from the iestablislunent the night before the fire that first right about 6 pm sunday april 21 two youths alleged ly took a knife ahd pushed a window lock open an easy entry i at first i felt nervous but when i realized no one was there i felt it was a challenge the young person said v 4 and once inside the deserted building the youth found beer lots of it more than you could ever haul out of there in one night but we stayed three hoursahd left everything the way we found it that was sunday night the lure of drinking a few beers enticed a return tbthe deer park the next night the youth explained on mon- day april 22 the youths came back and this time the youth said they even brought a few friends the door was already unlocked from the inside from the previous nights excursion so the group entered soundlessly it was 6 pirn the youth admitted to smoking a few cigarettes and having a few beers downstairs in cheers 1 one of the dining areas because there were no windows then we just got destructive and started to destroy everything we started throwing furniture and smashing win- dows although the electricity was not disconnected the group used candles because they thought it was better to keep the lights off but theyouth had had enough six beers arid went home at 1230 pm the others were still there the fire had riot yet started accord ing to the youth when the youth awoke the next morning a school day and heard the deer park inn had burned down the youth admit ted i wasnt sure what happened v the youths first thoughts were are the others still in there whats going to happen now could the fire have started from the candles or one of the heaters we might have kicked over a hiingover teenager went to school until the york regional police came and escorted the suspect to markham headquartersno j i handcuffs the youth added and said police joked about the size of their suspect i feel lousy i couldnt even look at the place when i drove by ill never go on mat property again said the youth when asked what an appropriate punishment for such a crimej would be the youth said hours of corhmunity work its my firsts offence the young person who wants to be a track driver when fin- ished school said boredom and wanting to escape the house for a few i hours instigated the trouble those two nights f theres no arcade anymore the mayor took mat away theres no where to go in stouffville nothing to do id like to go to a normal mall or the movies or something without going to markham the youth was to appear in court monday for the third time to answer the charges they dont know what to do with me the youth said the youths father who agreed to the interview said he wanted thenew owner of the deer park to know that it int always uie parents who are at fault he was referring to a comment in the trir g i bune by phillip stefaniak who asked wherethe parents of the youths fj were at the time of the incidents i am a good parent i really am pouflville boy hit ley truck an eightyearold was struck by a sdurrip truck while riding his bicycle on the weekend and was taken to smarkham stouffville hospital for vminor injuries i york regional police said theboy was riding along the sidewalk near this home at gabrielle mews and fhernlock drive about 408 pm saturday april 27 when hedrbve jintp the sideof a truck making a inghthagdturn v the truck was heading along hemlock at a slow speedy police aid as the truck made his turn how ever the bike struck the back of the left front tire and the boy lay under the middle ofthe vehicle an independant witness who helped the boy from under the slowmoving truck said the boy was travelling fast and may have lost control- the boys bicycle is destroyed and the boy suffered a swollen leftj ankle from the collision police said there were no charges laid in the mishap overheard i feellousy1 couldnt even look at the place when i diwe by flfi ill never go on sli that property again i 99 stoiiffviue youth charged in deer park fire r i iii m garden centre landscaping supplies mwbm graft garden plant of the week fjdowering almond- a beautifulpinjc sale flowered ornamental a99 shrub reg 1499 r7 3 plant starter 5155 for all transplanting of trees shrubs flowers reg 459 sale o- did you know we carry a full une of e pet foods and supplies rent all shop roto tillers rollers aerators wheelbarrows detachers and much more ri x store hours monday to friday 9 am to 9 pm saturday artdrs sunday 9 am to 6 pm irhone highway 7 mlm- last east of hwy 48 v i w 111 a i 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