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VOCM News Midday Update September 11th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Brian Medore,
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  Speaker 1: a 25-year-old man who was wanted by RCMP in Harbor Breton,
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  Speaker 1: facing numerous charges after surrendering to police in Gander Bay.
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  Speaker 1: VOCM's Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 2: An arrest warrant was issued by RCMP Wednesday evening after
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  Speaker 2: the Harbor Breton detachment tried to pull him over for
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  Speaker 2: dangerous driving. The vehicle involved was unregistered and uninsured, and
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  Speaker 2: the driver was known to have a suspended license. When
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  Speaker 2: officers tried to talk with him, he hopped back in
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle and sped away. Tristan Hart was arrested without
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  Speaker 2: incident in Fredericton later that same evening. He's been charged
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  Speaker 2: with flight from police, dangerous driving, assaulting a police officer
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  Speaker 2: with a weapon, and resisting or obstructing an officer. He
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  Speaker 2: was held to appear in court. Richard Duggan, VOCM, Local
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  Speaker 2: News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Firefighters from across the metro region took to the stairs
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  Speaker 1: outside the Mary Brown Center to recognize the efforts of
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  Speaker 1: fellow emergency crews in New York who responded to the
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  Speaker 1: attacks on the World Trade Center 25 years ago. Among
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  Speaker 1: the iconic memories from that terrible day, the images of
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  Speaker 1: firefighters and other first responders running toward the burning buildings,
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  Speaker 1: others running away. Today's third annual stair climb brought out
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  Speaker 1: dozens of firefighters and members of the RNC climbing the
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  Speaker 1: equivalent stairs Of the 110 floors of the World Trade Center,
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  Speaker 1: Justin Chow, who's with St. John's Regional, says it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to fathom what first responders went through on that day
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  Speaker 1: in 2001.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I realized, like I said, how many stairs
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  Speaker 3: and what they went through that day. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's very sobering really when you're physically doing it and realizing,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the impact of it.
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  Speaker 1: The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary nabbed a motorcycle driver over the
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  Speaker 1: Labor Day weekend who was flying down the Team Guzhoo
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  Speaker 1: Highway at 80 kilometers an hour over the posted speed limit.
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  Speaker 1: The driver was stopped after police clocked the vehicle at
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  Speaker 1: 160 kilometers an hour in the 80k zone, which police
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  Speaker 1: say was the most egregious instance of speeding they saw
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  Speaker 1: during their long weekend enforcement blitz. In total over the weekend,
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  Speaker 1: the RNC charged four people with impaired, issued 246 tickets,
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  Speaker 1: and suspended the licenses of five drivers. Somebody tried to
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  Speaker 1: break into the United Church in Clarks Beach Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 1: While they couldn't get inside, they did cause a lot
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  Speaker 1: of damage. The large front doors and some of the
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  Speaker 1: locking mechanisms were heavily damaged. Built in 1874, It's one
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  Speaker 1: of the oldest of the United Churches in the province.
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  Speaker 1: Parishioners are asking anyone who witnessed anything or who has
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  Speaker 1: footage to contact Bay Roberts RCMP. And a further note
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  Speaker 1: to the 9-11 ceremonies today, starting at 2 o'clock this
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  Speaker 1: afternoon in Gander. VOCM News is there. We'll be having
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  Speaker 1: coverage throughout the day and at VOCM.com. That's your newscast.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medore.