Crime dips again in Brant County

PARIS – Crime dipped again in Brant County in October, according to an OPP statistical report.

The report, presented to the county's police services board, reports that officers of the Brant detachment laid 539 criminal and Provincial Offences Act charges that month – down 6.3% from the same month in October 2010.

Year-to-date charges were also down 9.2%, as police laid 6,360 charges between January and October.

There were 67 Criminal Code charges in October – down 16.3% over the same month last year. But total criminal charges between January and October were still running 9.6% higher than the same period last year, at 742.

OPP also reported a dip in most areas of crime in its September report.

Here's a look at the criminal charges and cases investigated by category in October and the same month last year:

– Assaults – seven, down 61.1%;

– Break-ins – 13, down 13.3%;

– Mischief – 25, down 13.8%;

– Drug offences – five, down 75%;

– Impaired Driving – five, no change;

– Stolen vehicles – six, down 33.3%;

– Recovered stolen vehicles – nine, no change;

– Theft under $5,000 investigations – 18, down 14.3%;

– Disturb the peace calls – seven, up 133.3%.

Provincial offences charges and Highway Traffic Act tickets issued in October:

– Speeding – 281 tickets, down 11.4%;

– Moving violations – 59, up 59%

– Suspended driving – nine, up 33.3%;

– Seatbelt charges – 51, up 538%;

– Distracted driving – seven, no change;

– Liquor Licence Act violations – 11, down 26.7%.

mamarion@theexpositor.com

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Spreckels Mansion Crime Scene Again; Sources Say 6-Year-Old Brain Dead

CORONADO - Coronado Police have revisited Spreckels Mansion. Officers executed a search warrant late Friday evening. Sources close to the case, tell us the 6-year old son of pharmaceutical tycoon Jonah Shacknai is brain dead.

All day long Jonah and Dina Shacknai have been at Rady Children's Hospital by their 6-year old son's bedside. Sources close to the case tell us the child named "Max" is on life support. The Shacknai's we have been told will be donating their son's organs. We are also getting word their is a strong possibility a criminal investigation may be starting up on the boy's fall.

Outside the Spreckels Mansion Friday afternoon a bouquet of flowers sat on the lawn placed on a small pedestal. Those who left the flowers did not say who they were for. Sheriff investigators released no new details on the "suspicious" death of 32-year old Rebecca Nalepa also known as Rebecca Zahau.

As police look into the death of pharmaceutical millionaire Jonah Shacknai's girlfriend, Rebecca, Shacknai's focus is on his 6-year old son - - "Max" who is here at Rady Children's Hospital. Sources close to the case say the child is brain dead, and it's expected his organs will be donated.

A neighbor living nearby the mansion witnessed paramedics hurrying to save the 6-year old after his fall on Monday. The neighbor did not want to be identified, but said, "We saw them all in the entry working on this person. I just said my little prayer, and I turned around."

On Wednesday morning Rebecca Nalepa's body was found naked hanging from a balcony in the mansion. Police say her hands and ankles were bound. Investigators have said Shacknai's girlfriend's death and his child's serious fall are *not* connected. The neighbor we talked to says she frequently saw the boy at the Hotel del Coronado Sports Facility.

The neighbor said, "The child was familiar with the house. He's athletic. He swims--playing in the pool alot."

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