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• Vancouver, want outdoor hot tubs? A new pool in Kitsilano? How about floating pool in False Creek?

  21-06-2017 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  A new 10-year vision for the city’s swimming life is asking some interesting questions.
  Would residents be interested in “non-traditional aquatics,” like natural swimming pools, floating pools or outdoor hot tubs? Those are the interesting new ideas — but also in the mix are plans for rebuilding several community pools as well as putting a new facility in Kitsilano.
  There are also ideas for swimming in False Creek and Trout Lake, and other water-related activity like
  
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• B.C. companies come together to clean up derelict boats in Cowichan Bay

  21-06-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A handful of local businesses are sharing the cost of removing six derelict boats that posed a risk to the environment and public safety in Cowichan Bay.
  
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• Facing likely defeat, Clark vows $1B for free daycare to most B.C. parents

  21-06-2017 23:35
  
  'I've always been committed to child care,' Premier says. '…So many questions,' advocate replies, citing six years of pleas for reform.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Judge rules evidence allowed in Bacon murder trial

  21-06-2017 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  There was a ruling handed down this week by the judge presiding over the Bacon murder trial allowing evidence obtained in connection with another investigation to be used against Jason McBride in the Bacon case.
  At issue were encrypted emails obtained from the BlackBerry of United Nations gangster Amir Eghtesad after his August 2011 arrest. Eghtesad later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill the Bacon brothers.  
  McBride had argued that police didn’t have an appropriate warrant to sea
  
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• Vancouver the most expensive Canadian city for expat workers, but internationally competitive: Survey

  21-06-2017 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new survey pegs Vancouver as Canada's most expensive city for expat workers, but the city doesn't even crack the top 100 internationally.
  
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• Musqueam Indian Band and YVR Airport reach sustainability agreement

  21-06-2017 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Musqueam Indian Band and Vancouver International Airport has signed a Sustainability and Friendship agreement.
  
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• Vernon RCMP investigating homicide, suspect arrested

  21-06-2017 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  An assault turned fatal in Vernon Tuesday night.
  
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• Neighbour helped foil burglary attempt in East Vancouver

  21-06-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 31-year-old man has been arrested in a foiled burglary attempt in East Vancouver, thanks to an alert neighbour.
  Vancouver police say the neighbour was woken up by a loud banging noise outside his home near Kingsway and Earles Street just after 5 a.m. Tuesday.
  Believing his neighbours were away, he called police. 
  Officers responded and arrested Reydel Temones, 31, of Vancouver. He is charged with break-and-enter, possession of break-in instruments, and possession of weapon for a dang
  
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• Evidence from gangster's phone can be used against accused Bacon killer

  21-06-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Evidence seized from a gangster’s BlackBerry can be used against one of the suspects charged with killing Jonathan Bacon in August 2011.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton ruled this week that police did not breach the constitutional rights of accused killer Jason McBride when they located incriminating emails on the device of another United Nations gangster.
  McBride’s lawyer A.D. Gold had argued that when police searched the BlackBerry of UN member Amir Eghtesad, they were hunt
  
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• New prosecutor leads case against former sheriff charged with online child luring

  21-06-2017 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prosecution service says Brock Martland will conduct an independent review and assessment of the charges faced by Kevin Johnston
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating murder near Squamish

  21-06-2017 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  Homicide cops have been called in to investigate  after a man’s body was found in a burned vehicle near Squamish earlier this month.
  Squamish RCMP Cpl. Sascha Banks said officers responded to a complaint of a burned vehicle on the Cheekye Forest Road just North of Squamish on June 14th.
  When police arrived they located a male victim inside the vehicle and contacted the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, Banks said.
  “Due to the difficulty of fire investigations and the suspi
  
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• Tim Shields sex assault trial: Woman testifies about troublemaker label warning

  21-06-2017 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A former RCMP employee testified she was told she’d be considered a troublemaker if she reported inappropriate comments she said were made to her by a former inspector in British Columbia who is on trial for alleged sexual assault.
  The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, testified in provincial court today that she confided in a retired member of the force.
  She says she didn’t name the person who had commented on her breasts and said he wanted h
  
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• Home cooking festival to showcase diverse flavours at UBC Farm

  21-06-2017 22:34
  
  Home cooks will prepare dishes from 13 different countries
  
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• Body found in burned vehicle north of Squamish

  21-06-2017 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Squamish RCMP found the body of an unidentified man inside a burned vehicle.
  
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• Vancouver man charged with illegally selling shares

  21-06-2017 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Vancouver man is charged with illegally soliciting $270,000 from investors in contravention of a 2013 order from the B.C. Securities Commission.
  The commission says Won Sang Shen Cho (also known as Craig Cho, Kevin Kim and Jae Hoon Kim) is alleged to have “published advertisements throughout Canada and the U.S. offering to sell shares in online gambling and sports betting businesses” in 2015 and 2016.
  “In doing so, it is alleged Cho breached a commission order, made misr
  
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• TransLink reveals new images of Surrey LRT

  21-06-2017 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  TransLink and the City of Surrey released new renderings of the planned Surrey Light Rail Transit line on Wednesday.
  
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• Premier Christy Clark pledges $1 billion for new child care spaces

  21-06-2017 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark said her government will offer to spend $1 billion to create 60,000 additional child care spaces when her government returns to the legislature Thursday for its throne speech.
  Clark said the proposed new funding to help parents find affordable child care and early childhood education is one of the lessons her party learned from voters when it lost seats in the May 9 election.
  “When you need child care, you need it now,” she told a told a B.
  
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• Judge gives Vancouver tent city a few more days

  21-06-2017 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  A judge has adjourned a second application for an injunction to clear out a tent city in Vancouver.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves said Wednesday that the homeless defendants, who set up camp at the city-owned lot on Main Street in April, should be given a chance to find a lawyer and adjourned the case until Monday.
  An advocate for the homeless had told the judge that a few more days was needed get a lawyer to respond to the injunction application filed by the Lu’ma Native Housing
  
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• Surrey RCMP say missing man, 69, has been found

  21-06-2017 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Update (9:47 a.m.): Abdulmajeed Jafarzada has been found, according to an update from police.
  Original story:
  Surrey RCMP are searching for a missing 69-year-old who is new to Canada and unfamiliar with the area.
  Abdulmajeed Jafarzada was last seen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the 9000-block 146A Street in Surrey. His family has not seen or heard from him since.
  Jafarzada is a 69-year-old Afghan man, standing about 5-foot-7, weighing 160 pounds. He has short grey hair and has a grey beard.
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• X-Files star David Duchovny booked for music gig at Vancouver's Imperial

  21-06-2017 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  X-Files actor David Duchovny, who moonlights as a singer-songwriter, will perform a concert at Vancouver’s Imperial theatre on Oct. 14.
  The concert, presented by Timbre Concerts, provides us with a good hint of when Duchovny and co-star Gillian Anderson will be returning to town to shoot the latest batch of X-Files reboot episodes.
  Fox and X-Files creator Chris Carter announced in April that the sci-fi series would be returning to TV with 10 new episodes for the 2017-2018 season. 
  
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• Former B.C. coach facing 23 new sex-related charges against boys

  21-06-2017 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  A former youth badminton coach is facing 23 new charges in relation to a series of sexual assaults that took place from 1970 to 1987 on southern Vancouver Island and Nanaimo.
  Harry Charles Sadd, 70, was arrested Tuesday on charges involving 12 additional complainants, who were between the ages of nine and 15 when the alleged offences occurred.
  Sadd has been charged with eight counts of sexual assault, six counts of indecent assault upon a male person, three counts of gross indecency, four counts
  
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• Clark pledges no new election, $1B for childcare in platform relaunch

  21-06-2017 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Christy Clark is promising big new money for child care and poverty reduction as her party faces the prospect of defeat in a confidence motion.
  
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• Body found in burned-out vehicle near Squamish draws attention of homicide police

  21-06-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking into the death of a man whose body was found a week ago inside a burned-out vehicle on the Cheekye Forest Service Road, north of Squamish.
  The man “remains unidentified,” Squamish RCMP Cpl. Sascha Banks said in an email. The vehicle has been identified as a 2000 red GMC Yukon XL.
  The burned out vehicle is a 2000 GMC Yukon XL similar to this.
  “Due to the difficulty of fire investigations and the suspicious nature of the incid
  
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• Free Burrard Inlet cruises added to Doors Open Vancouver

  21-06-2017 21:44
  
  Here’s a list of the 16 locations residents are invited to check out on June 24 during the city’s annual open house.
  
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• Vancouver most expensive city in Canada – but ranked 107th in the world: Report

  21-06-2017 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver has surpassed Toronto as Canada’s most expensive city, according to Mercer’s latest cost of living survey.
  Up thirty-five places from last year, Vancouver (107) has overtaken Toronto (119) to become the most expensive Canadian city in Mercer’s 2017 Cost of Living Survey ranking, followed by Montreal (129) and Calgary (143).
  Ottawa (152) is the least expensive major city in Canada.
  “The Canadian dollar has appreciated in value triggering the major jumps in t
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: No buzz, but plenty of fuzz on stale Bellator card

  21-06-2017 21:39 via theprovince.com
  
  There should never be a time when the biggest event in a company’s history sneaks up on you, but that’s exactly what it feels like heading into Bellator MMA’s pay-per-view fight card from Madison Square Garden this weekend.
  To be fair, the organization couldn’t have predicted the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor would be made official and dominate the headlines two weeks before its event, nor could they have anticipated Tim Hague’s tragic passin
  
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• Former Victoria teacher accused of sex assault faces 23 new charges

  21-06-2017 21:25
  
  Charles Henry Sadd, a former teacher and badminton coach in his 70s, was arrested on Tuesday; his alleged crimes date back to the late 1960s.
  
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• Victoria man facing 23 new charges in alleged 1970s sex assaults

  21-06-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 70-year-old Victoria man is facing a slew of new charges, decades after the alleged sexual assault of 13 boys.
  
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• Doors Open Vancouver goes behind the scenes of iconic city buildings

  21-06-2017 21:05
  
  The City of Vancouver and its buildings, including City Hall, open their doors to the public this Saturday, June 24.
  
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• Richmond no-kill animal shelter to open new vet hospital, expand service areas

  21-06-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond no-kill animal shelter will soon open an animal hospital and begin serving the entire Metro Vancouver region.
  The Richmond Animal Protection Society will also change its name to the Regional Animal Protection Society to better reflect the communities they frequently serve.
  “The change represents the reality that we serve animals from far beyond the city of Richmond, many of whom come to us because of our no-kill commitment,” said RAPS CEO Eyal Lichtmann in a statement Wedn
  
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• Police release images of Abbotsford OK Tire arson suspect

  21-06-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Abbotsford police believe a huge fire that destroyed a tire store over the weekend was deliberately set. Now they have released images from a security camera and need your help identifying the suspect.
  
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• Okanagan man’s home destroyed by fire while he awaits major surgery in Toronto

  21-06-2017 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Owner Kory Bradshaw wasn't home at the time. He and his wife, Renee, 37, are in Toronto where he's awaiting a double lung transplant at St. Michaels hospital.
  
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• The Jon McComb Show: Could the city’s plan to curb entertainment district chaos make the problem worse?

  21-06-2017 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group representing downtown entertainment businesses says new rules meant to curb late night chaos downtown could make the problem worse.
  
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• Vancouver International Airport, Musqueam band sign 30-year 'friendship' agreement

  21-06-2017 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver International Airport and the Musqueam Indian Band have inked a 30-year “friendship” agreement that includes job creation, educational opportunities and revenue-sharing. 
  Wendy John, a Musqueam councillor and a member of the negotiating team, called the signing of the agreement Wednesday “a significant historic event, not only for the Musqueam but for all of British Columbians and Canada.”
  The agreement will create an education-to-employment path for the Mu
  
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• 950 Main tent city gets five day reprieve from eviction

  21-06-2017 20:28
  
  Judge adjourns injunction hearing to June 26. It's the second attempt to evict the homeless camp, which has been located at the site since April 28.
  
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• Robbery suspect nabbed by police in Kamloops after chilly swim

  21-06-2017 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — A robbery suspect in Kamloops may have decided a swim was better than arrest as he tried to evade police early Wednesday morning.
  RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says officers were responding to reports of a break-in at a trailer park when a man was spotted jumping into the nearby Thompson River.
  She says the man was able to swim across the river but he remained in the water on the south shore, clinging to the remnants of an old dock.
  Officers were eventually able to convince the 23-year
  
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• Heat, lightning raise risk of wildfires across most of B.C.'s central Interior

  21-06-2017 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — The first heat wave of the summer is expected to hit British Columbia’s Cariboo region by the weekend and the B.C. Wildfire Service says it is bracing for potential fires as a result.
  The service says lightning storms along with the heat could spawn increased wildfire activity across the central Interior.
  It says there were three lightning-caused fires in the region over the last four days after seeing just seven between April 1 and June 20.
  Thirty-four other wildfire
  
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• Heat wave, lightning raise wildfire risk across B.C. Interior

  21-06-2017 20:08
  
  The summer's first heat wave is expected to hit the Cariboo region by the weekend.
  
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• Horsepowar puts the zap in rap, ready to paint the jazz fest stage

  21-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Horsepowar
  July 2 at 7 p.m. | David Lam Park Stage
  Tickets | Free (more info at coastaljazz.ca)
  In February, BBC Asian Network DJ Bobby Friction named Horsepowar as an artist who is a “a step away from becoming” an international superstar. A 25-year-old rapper/singer, Horsepowar mixes hip-hop beats, provocative statements and Bollywood samples. We talked to Powar, a.k.a. Richmond resident Jasleen Powar, about her latest tracks, upcoming show at the Vancouver International Jazz Festiv
  
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• Abbotsford police release security photos of tire store arson suspect

  21-06-2017 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Do you recognize this arson suspect? Maybe if you squint.
  Abbotsford Police Department has released surveillance photos showing a suspect fleeing the scene of a fire that destroyed an OK Tire early Saturday morning.
  The man was spotted running from the business in the 33200-block of South Fraser Way at about 4:30 a.m.
  The APD’s major crime unit is investigating and treating the fire as arson.
  It’s believed the fire was started inside the business.
  Suspect in fire at OK Tire in A
  
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• Man accused of ‘indecent act’ while in parked car outside Lake Country water park

  21-06-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP haven't elaborated on what the alleged act was, but the man was inside his parked car across from Swalwell Park.
  
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• BC Lions 2017 Season

  21-06-2017 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Lions are back for another exciting season of CFL Football! With a brand new schedule it's easier than ever to check out a game!
  
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• Robbery suspect jumps into frigid Thompson River to evade RCMP

  21-06-2017 19:32
  
  Officers were eventually able to convince the 23-year-old to wade to shallow water and surrender so he could be treated for hypothermia.
  
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• RCMP are searching for a person who threw young dog from car window

  21-06-2017 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  CASTLEGAR — A young dog is recovering in Castlegar after being thrown from the window of a vehicle, and police are investigating an alleged case of animal cruelty.
  RCMP Sgt. Laurel Matthew says the dog was tossed out on Saturday in a rural area along the Columbia River, south of the West Kootenay city.
  Matthew says a witness reported seeing someone drive a car to a nearby gravel pit, throw a dog from the window and drive off.
  Officers found a young dog, possibly a black lab or lab cross, c
  
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• Wine Guy: Considering wine scores

  21-06-2017 19:00 via theprovince.com
  
  How many points did it score? It’s a query I overhear (or am asked) quite frequently, and admittedly it’s a question I don’t feel is altogether helpful in fostering wine enjoyment.
  Sure, I get the allure. We’re culturally-conditioned towards objective measurements and ranking. There are so many wines to choose from on the shelves.
  But is a 91-point bottle really better than the 90-pointer the row over? And if so, how much? A dollar’s worth, perhaps two? Are they eve
  
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• B.C. RCMP are searching for a person who threw young dog from car window

  21-06-2017 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  CASTLEGAR, B.C. — A young dog is recovering in Castlegar, B.C., after being thrown from the window of a vehicle, and police are investigating an alleged case of animal cruelty.
  RCMP Sgt. Laurel Matthew says the dog was tossed out on Saturday in a rural area along the Columbia River, south of the West Kootenay city.
  Matthew says a witness reported seeing someone drive a car to a nearby gravel pit, throw a dog from the window and drive off.
  Officers found a young dog, possibly a black lab or
  
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• Surrey RCMP say missing high-risk man, 69, has been found

  21-06-2017 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Update (9:47 a.m.): Abdulmajeed Jafarzada has been found, according to an update from police.
  Original story:
  Surrey RCMP are searching for a missing 69-year-old who is new to Canada and unfamiliar with the area.
  Abdulmajeed Jafarzada was last seen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the 9000-block 146A Street in Surrey. His family has not seen or heard from him since.
  Jafarzada is a 69-year-old Afghan man, standing about 5-foot-7, weighing 160 pounds. He has short grey hair and has a grey beard. Polic
  
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• Concert announcement: Broadway production Let It Be revisits Beatles history with Vancouver stop

  21-06-2017 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  It won’t be long until Let It Be, the popular West End and Broadway production celebrating the music of the Beatles, will be back in the YVR with a new chapter of history.
  The show, which premiered in 2012 in London’s West End and in 2013 on Broadway, will head back out on tour beginning in October, with a stop at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Nov. 8.
  The original show relived iconic moments from the band’s history, from their debut in Liverpool’s Cavern Cl
  
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• Police arrest second Abbotsford teen in Lower Mainland gang conflict

  21-06-2017 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Abbotsford police seized a number of drugs and have arrested an 18-year-old man in relation to the ongoing gang conflict throughout the Lower Mainland.
  A search warrant was executed June 7 at the home of Akshay Sachdeva, 18. During the search, police found several controlled substances, including Fentanyl.
  Police said Sachdeva had been identified as being linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict that first started as a drug turf war in the Townline Hill neighbourhood of Abbotsford. The investi
  
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• Sentencing delayed for Surrey man following violent road rage incident

  21-06-2017 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Michael Andrew Carreiro was charged with assault with a weapon following a violent road rage incident in May 2016.
  
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