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Weekend, June 30 – July 3, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Boy, 15, facing murder charge First-degree charge is automatic when homicide case involves death of an officer
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A 15-year-old Ontario boy has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a York Regional police officer. Police allege the boy was driving the minivan that dragged Const. Garrett Styles to his death after he pulled the vehicle over early Tuesday morning on a rural highway north of Toronto. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has serious injuries and was charged Tuesday night at a Toronto hospital. He is scheduled to appear July 7 in a Newmarket court. Police say three other youths in the van were not seriously injured and are co-operating with the investigation. Investigators are seeking witnesses to help them piece together what went wrong during the traffic stop just before dawn. Officers canvassed motorists Wednesday on the rural road where Styles’ life was cut
Policing family Const. Garrett Styles, who was to celebrate his 33rd birthday Sunday, came from a policing family. His father, Gary, retired in January after a three-decade career with York Regional Police. His wife, Melissa, is a civilian employee with the force.
tragically short. They are hoping to find anyone who saw the officer stop the van or have interaction with the people in the vehicle. Styles, a 32-year-old father of two small children, was standing at the driver’s door when police say the vehicle suddenly accelerated, dragging the officer some 300 metres and trapping him underneath it. He died in hospital about an hour later. THE CANADIAN PRESS