Idiots in the News, local edition
May. 27th, 2009 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltmurnauWell, I suppose this could be a weekly feature here, but let's file these under "WTF is Wrong With Some People."
Man accused of firing pellet gun at Burnaby crowd faces 22 charges
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 6:31 PM PT CBC News
A young man accused of firing a pellet gun on Monday at a crowd near a bus stop in Burnaby, B.C., is facing 22 charges.
Thomas Anthony Proniuk, 18, made a court appearance Tuesday in Vancouver, Burnaby RCMP said. Police recommended 23 charges against Proniuk, but one count of assault with a weapon was stayed by the Crown, Cpl. Alexandra Mulvihill said. Proniuk was remanded in custody until his next court date, slated for next Monday.
At about 3 p.m. PT on Monday, someone hiding in the bushes near Burnaby Mountain Secondary School used a pellet gun to shoot at people waiting at the bus stop. As many as six people were hit by pellets and suffered minor injuries, police said, while the shooter pepper-sprayed some others as he fled the scene. Police have not confirmed the number of people who were hit by pellets or harmed by pepper spray.
Proniuk, a former student at the high school, was arrested three hours after the incident. The charges against Proniuk include one count of wearing a mask with intent to commit an indictable offence, 12 counts of assault with a weapon and six counts of discharging an air gun with intent to wound others.
Mulvihill said the wounded people were all recovering Tuesday after being treated at the scene. Among the injured was a bus driver who was pepper-sprayed when he confronted the shooter.
And:
Coroner: Texting while driving played role in death
By Joanne Hatherly, Times ColonistMay 27, 2009
A 26-year-old Victoria man may be the first traffic fatality attributed to the use of a BlackBerry device in the province, say Saanich police.
Michael Edward Wolsynuk's BlackBerry showed that he was texting a message at the time his truck jumped a concrete median and crashed into another truck, concluded a B.C. Coroner's report and Saanich police investigation.
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He wasn't wearing a seatbelt, either.
Man accused of firing pellet gun at Burnaby crowd faces 22 charges
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 6:31 PM PT CBC News
A young man accused of firing a pellet gun on Monday at a crowd near a bus stop in Burnaby, B.C., is facing 22 charges.
Thomas Anthony Proniuk, 18, made a court appearance Tuesday in Vancouver, Burnaby RCMP said. Police recommended 23 charges against Proniuk, but one count of assault with a weapon was stayed by the Crown, Cpl. Alexandra Mulvihill said. Proniuk was remanded in custody until his next court date, slated for next Monday.
At about 3 p.m. PT on Monday, someone hiding in the bushes near Burnaby Mountain Secondary School used a pellet gun to shoot at people waiting at the bus stop. As many as six people were hit by pellets and suffered minor injuries, police said, while the shooter pepper-sprayed some others as he fled the scene. Police have not confirmed the number of people who were hit by pellets or harmed by pepper spray.
Proniuk, a former student at the high school, was arrested three hours after the incident. The charges against Proniuk include one count of wearing a mask with intent to commit an indictable offence, 12 counts of assault with a weapon and six counts of discharging an air gun with intent to wound others.
Mulvihill said the wounded people were all recovering Tuesday after being treated at the scene. Among the injured was a bus driver who was pepper-sprayed when he confronted the shooter.
And:
Coroner: Texting while driving played role in death
By Joanne Hatherly, Times ColonistMay 27, 2009
A 26-year-old Victoria man may be the first traffic fatality attributed to the use of a BlackBerry device in the province, say Saanich police.
Michael Edward Wolsynuk's BlackBerry showed that he was texting a message at the time his truck jumped a concrete median and crashed into another truck, concluded a B.C. Coroner's report and Saanich police investigation.
[snip]
He wasn't wearing a seatbelt, either.
