Thursday December 5, 2013 (Vol. 38 No. 98)
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Trail blazer: South Surrey runner Luc Bruchet pulled away from the field early and then held on to win a national men’s title le at Canadian Cross-Country Championships nships Saturday in Vancouver. i see ee page A33
Crosswalk hit-and-run
Pills, knives in cells
A year without charges
Ex-jail guard gets 4 years
Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
The one-year anniversary of a shocking pedestrian hit-and-run has come and gone with still no charges laid against the driver believed to be responsible. RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet confirmed Wednesday that while investigators recommended charges last month in connection with the Dec. 3, 2012 incident that seriously injured joggers Shelley Lammers and Nola Carlson, Crown counsel has yet to determine exactly what charges will go forward. Failure to remain at the scene of an accident is likely; dangerous driving causing bodily harm is another possibility. “Charges are likely, they just have not been finalized at this point,” Paquet said. “Whether they’ll be under the Motor Vehicle Act or under the Criminal Code is still to be confirmed.” Three days after the South Surrey collision, police announced the arrest of a 53-year-old Surrey man and the seizure of a BMW X1. Both were located at a residence not far from the collision scene. Lammers and Carlson, who were wearing reflective clothing and headlamps, were hit just before 8 p.m. on the night in question, as they jogged across 152 Street at 32 Avenue. A traffic camera recorded the impact and – about 25 seconds later – a figure on foot approach the women and lean over them before rapidly departing. Lammers, a Delta resident, suffered a collapsed lung, two broken vertebrae, a lacerated liver, a concussion and fractured ribs. Carlson’s injuries included a broken nose and cheekbone. i see page A4
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Cpl. Bert Paquet points to traffic-camera footage at a news conference last year.
Sheila Reynolds Black Press
Bike hike
Boaz Joseph photo
Andy Pitre of Victoria stays a few steps ahead of Vancouver’s Alexander Dove as they carry their bikes up a set of stairs during a masters-division race at a muddy, rain-soaked 2013 Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships Saturday at South Surrey Athletic Park.
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A former prison guard has been sentenced to four years in jail for accepting bribes and smuggling contraband to inmates at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre. Sedrick Dang, 26, pleaded guilty in July to breach of trust by a public officer and accepting a bribe as a public officer. He was sentenced Monday in Surrey Provincial Court. At his sentencing hearing, the court heard that Dang worked at the Surrey jail for 18 months. A joint sentencing submission presented by Crown prosecutor Alisia Adams and defence lawyer Raj Basra said there were several United Sedrick Dang Nations (UN) accepted bribes gang members in the Surrey jail during the time Dang was accused of his crimes. It was a search of one of the gang member’s cells in September 2012 that triggered the investigation of Dang. The first search revealed 200-plus pills inside, as well as a syringe and vials of steroids. Searches of other cells found capsules, pills, pornography, knives, screwdrivers, cellphones, marijuana and wrapped packages of a white substance. Dang was charged after undercover officers posed as UN gang affiliates and the guard agreed to bring a cellphone, charger and battery into the prison for $2,000. He was arrested Nov. 14, 2012.
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