MEDICINE HAT
POLICE SERVICE

MEDIA RELEASE

FILE # 04-04-014083
DATE: 2004-06-17
Location: 650-700 5 ST SW

ASSAULT - CAUSE BODILY HARM

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IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STABBING AND THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS RECOVERED MAY BE USEFUL TO THIS
INVESTIGATION FOR EVIDENTIARY PURPOSES.

IN REGARDS TO THE STABBING, THE 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE IS PRESENTLY CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

RELATING TO THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF THE 29 YEAR OLD MALE, THIS SAME FEMALE AND BRUCE VICTOR PERINI, AGE 33 YEARS, ARE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON,
KIDNAPPING, FORCIBLE CONFINEMENT, AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

BOTH SUBJECTS ARE STILL IN CUSTODY AND WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT ON 2004 JUNE 21.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE PENDING AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

SGT DAVE TOWNSEND
MEDICINE HAT POLICE SERVICE

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THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEDIA, THE DODGE SHADOW HAS BEEN LOCATED.

THE HELICOPTER THAT WAS OPERATING AROUND THE HILL AND FLATS AREA WAS BEING USED AS ANOTHER TOOL TO TRY AND LOCATE THE VEHICLE. WE APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE OF BATUS IN THIS ENDEAVOUR.

SGT DAVE TOWNSEND
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER

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THE 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE AND 33 YEAR OLD MALE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST MEDIA RELEASE ARE IN CUSTODY AND THE BAIL HEARING FOR THEM WILL BE IN PROVINCIAL COURT ON 2004 JUNE 17 AT 2:00 PM TO ANSWER TO SEVERAL CHARGES.

THE 70 YEAR OLD MALE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. HE IS NOT AT RISK BUT WILL BE HOSPITALIZED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE STABBING TOOK PLACE IN THE 400 BLOCK OF 11TH STREET S.E.

THE 29 YEAR OLD MALE HAS BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT TOOK PLACE IN THE FLATS AREA.

SGT DAVE TOWNSEND
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER

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THE MEDICINE HAT POLICE SERVICE ARE PRESENTLY INVESTIGATING THE STABBING OF A 70 YEAR OLD MALE BY A 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHICH OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOON OF
2004 JUNE 16.

CHARGES ARE ALSO PENDING AGAINST THIS FEMALE AND A 33 YEAR OLD MALE IN RELATION TO AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF A 29 YEAR OLD MALE, WHICH OCCURRED ON THIS SAME DATE. ALL PERSONS INVOLVED ARE FROM THE MEDICINE HAT AREA.

POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A RED OR MAROON 1988 DODGE SHADOW, BC LICENCE PLATE "185 BAM" WITH A SMASHED OUT BACK WINDOW. THIS VEHICLE MAY BE IN THE MEDICINE HAT OR REDCLIFF AREA AND IF LOCATED, PLEASE CONTACT THE MEDICINE HAT POLICE IMMEDIATELY.

THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE IN THEIR INFANCY, SO THERE ARE NO OTHER SPECIFIC DETAILS AVAILABLE. NO FORMAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

SGT DAVE TOWNSEND
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER