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Charges laid in Simply Irie theft, police looking for another suspect

- by Sergio Torian

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Brittany Gervais

Employees Keinna Moldowan (from left), Nico Walker, Landon Brett and Fay Bruney outside Simply Irie restaurant on 6th Street S.W. on July 14, 2021. The popular restaurant has been plagued by vandalism and theft since reopening.
Employees Keinna Moldowan (from left), Nico Walker, Landon Brett and Fay Bruney outside Simply Irie restaurant on 6th Street S.W. on July 14, 2021. The popular restaurant has been plagued by vandalism and theft since reopening. Photo by Jim Wells/Postmedia

Calgary police have charged a 46-year-old man in connection to a break-in at a local Caribbean restaurant last month.

Around 2 a.m. on Aug. 6, a man was caught on surveillance breaking the glass on the main door of the Simply Irie restaurant on 6th Street S.W.

The man reached through the door to unlock it, went into the restaurant, jumped across the countertop and yanked the cash register out before fleeing on a bicycle.

“Thanks to a number of tips from the public, he was identified. We wish to thank the public and the media for assisting us in providing some answers for the business owner who has dealt with at least three occurrences of theft this year,” police said in a news release.

“We believe more than one suspect is responsible for the thefts.”

Aaron Robert Varalta is charged with break and enter in relation to the Aug. 6 incident. He will next appear in court on Monday, Sept. 27.

Police say they do not believe

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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards laid to rest

- by Sergio Torian

LOUISIANAIANS. >> I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN HIM TO BE A STRONG INDIVIDUAL, BOTH ARTICULATE AND HIS MINDO S SHARP. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE HIM IN THAT PARTICULAR POSITI.ON GINA: THE VETERAN POLITICIAN MET WITH EDWARDS LAST FRIDAY. EDWARDS HAD BEEN IN HOSCEPI CARE LEADING UP TOIS H DEATH. HE TOLD HIS FRIEND THAT HE LOVED HIM. HE WAS ELECTEDO T THE LOUISIANA HOEUS OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1972, THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR EDWARDS WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRST OF FOUR TERMS AS GOVERNOR. EDWARDS’ LEGAC ISY MARKED BY A FEDERAL CORRUPTION CONVICTION. BUT HE SAYS HIS CARE FOR THE STATE’S POOR IS WHAT STANDS OUT MOST TO HIM AND ALSO HIS MAGNETISM. >> YOU KNOW, IN POLITICS, I MET TWO ROCK STARS IN MY LIFE. HIM AND BILL CLINTON. THEY’D WALK IN A ROOM AND PEOEPL WANTED TO TOUCH THEM AND FEE

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards laid to rest

Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards will be laid to rest Sunday. Edwards lied in state for a public viewing Saturday at the state Capitol building. A processional to the old state Capitol will begin at noon Sunday followed by a private funeral service. Obituary: Louisiana’s 50th governor, Edwin Washington Edwards, was born on Aug. 7, 1927, and passed from this world on July 12, 2021. He was one month shy of his 94th birthday. Gov. Edwin Edwards was born in a two-room farmhouse in the small community of Johnson seven miles outside Marksville,

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