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VOCM News Morning Update September 5th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medore. A special unit of the RCMP recently
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  Speaker 1: formed to address crime in eastern Newfoundland has helped apprehend
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  Speaker 1: repeat offenders, including a couple of situations over the past
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  Speaker 1: few days. VOCM's Richard Duggan has the story.
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  Speaker 2: The Crime Reduction Unit East helped Trinity Conception with the
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  Speaker 2: arrest of a suspect wanted on several outstanding breaches of
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  Speaker 2: a peace bond and criminal harassment charges in relation to
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  Speaker 2: an ongoing investigation into intimate partner violence. Then on Friday,
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  Speaker 2: the team traveled to the Placentia-Whitburn District to help in
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  Speaker 2: the arrest of a suspect wanted in relation to multiple
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  Speaker 2: counts of failing to comply with their court-ordered conditions regarding
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  Speaker 2: property-related offenses. Officers with the special unit are also investigating
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  Speaker 2: allegations of sexual assault in Trinity Conception. No charges have
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  Speaker 2: been laid. Included in the unit's mandate are matters involving
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  Speaker 2: repeat and prolific offenders and organized groups involved in drugs, weapons,
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  Speaker 2: and property crimes. Richard Duggan, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland Power warning about the dangers of tampering with electrical
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  Speaker 1: equipment after break-ins and theft at substations in Gamboa. Hair
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  Speaker 1: Bay and Greenspond. The damage at the substations, which was
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  Speaker 1: discovered yesterday morning, led to power outages affecting more than
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  Speaker 1: 250 customers. The utility says such activity can lead to
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  Speaker 1: injury or death to the perpetrator and creates risk to employees,
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  Speaker 1: contractors and the general public. More often than not, the
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  Speaker 1: thieves are after copper wire for the black market. A
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  Speaker 1: 35-year-old man has been charged after a woman was assaulted
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  Speaker 1: in Portugal Cove, St.
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  Speaker 2: Phillips.
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  Speaker 1: Police got the report early Thursday morning and found a
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  Speaker 1: woman with injuries inside a home in the town. RNC
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  Speaker 1: learned that the suspect had followed the woman home and
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  Speaker 1: threatened her with a weapon. He left, but police say
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  Speaker 1: he returned a short time later and forced his way
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  Speaker 1: into the residence. The man had fled before police arrived.
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  Speaker 1: The accused was located later that day and arrested for
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  Speaker 1: break and enter, assault causing bodily harm, criminal harassment, and
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  Speaker 1: violence against an intimate partner. He was held in custody
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  Speaker 1: pending a court appearance. No change in the price of
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  Speaker 1: gas overnight, but all other fuels went up by about
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  Speaker 1: five cents. That includes diesel on the island and in
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  Speaker 1: Labrador West, and heating oil on the island and in
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  Speaker 1: Labrador West. The next price setting by the Public Utilities
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  Speaker 1: Board will come Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday morning because
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  Speaker 1: of the Labor Day holiday. That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.