Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1983-06-22
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note: ■"»" » ii i i » phi » jmmmmmmmmamemeeam wmmmmmm i i urn mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mweaam ammamm MURDERER CAUGHT By RUDY LANGMANN and RICK McELWAIN • AIDERGROVE - Ah murderer who had been living in this town for several months and had become known to neighbors as an all-around "good guy" managed to dodge authorities once more when police closed in following a domestic dispute complaint. , ' That happened last January. The walk-away from Agassiz Mountain medium security prison was suspected to have crossed the international boundary south of here in his girlfriend's car. Vehicle was later [picked up by U.S. police at the Seattle-Tacoma airport. Not everyone believed in this theory, however, and thought the escapee might still be in Canada, that the stolen car had been a ruse. But he was known to be aimed. Last Wednesday afternoon time ran out for Richard Attn Edward Martin. At 1730 hours Langley RCMP picked him up at the very same residence which he had left in such a hurry a few months previous. He was armed when police closed in on a house at 26866 - 32 Avenue. But there was no exchange of gunfire. Martin was charged with being unlawfully at large from the Agassiz prison where he had been serving life imprisonment for capital murder and other offences. He was also charged with having committed, while being at large, a number of other criminal i last offences, to wit: unlawful confinement, assault causing bodily harm, theft over $200, possession of stolen properly, and possession of a prohibited weapon. When he was arrested, he had a loaded handgun in his possession. Martin .was arrested as he walked away from the quiet subdivision home. It is not the first time Martin has escaped from prison during his 25-year term. According to officials he has been in and out of prison like a ping-pong ball; Many think it won't be the lt time either. During this last "sabbatical". Martin apparently committed several burglaries in the Fraser Valley, searching out spotting goods stores where …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421117
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text