Suspect in B&E exchanges gunfire with police: RCMP
A suspect in a Surrey break and enter began shooting at surprised Mounties who arrived at the scene to investigate Thursday night. Surrey RCMP patrol officers exchanged gunfire with the man behind a...
View ArticleDefence seeks to limit questions asked of Kenny Kao if he testifies
The victims in the Surrey Six murders were begging for their lives right before they were shot to death inside a penthouse apartment on Oct. 19, 2007, B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday. Both drug dealer...
View ArticleGovernment unable to get Nanaimo biker removed as defendant in clubhouse battle
The B.C. government has lost a bid to remove a full-patch Hells Angel as a defendant in a civil forfeiture case over the fate of the biker gang’s Nanaimo clubhouse. The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the...
View ArticleVPD says it has not done anti-gang presentations with Mike Adiwal
A B.C. Supreme Court judge credited notorious gangster Mike Adiwal at a recent sentencing for working “with Vancouver police in giving talks discouraging youth from participating in gang activity.” In...
View ArticleKiller sues prison staff for losing intimate photos of wife
A convicted killer and his wife are suing the federal government after the Correctional Service of Canada lost intimate photos he took of his spouse during a private family visit last year. Kevin...
View ArticleHaevischer’s loses bid to limit questioning if Kenny Kao testifies
The judge presiding over the Surrey Six murder trial has dismissed an application from accused killer Cody Haevischer to limit questions asked by the Crown of a potential defence witness. Haevischer’s...
View ArticleFinal UN conspirator gets 7 years, minus time served, for plot to kill Bacons
For more than a year, Amir Eghtesad cruised around Metro Vancouver with his United Nations gang-mates hoping to kill the Bacon brothers. He wore a gold and diamond gang ring with `warrior’ written in...
View ArticleVancouver Police investigate 7th murder of 2014
A 33-year-old man was gunned down in a targeted attack about 11:30 p.m. Saturday at a house on Gladstone near East 29th in Vancouver. Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague said major crime...
View ArticleVPD investigate second shooting in less than 24 hours
Vancouver Police are investigating a drive-by shooting at a gas station on East Hastings that sent the daughter of a star of Real Housewives of Vancouver to hospital. Mia Deakin, aka Mia Claman, is...
View ArticleNo witnesses for defence in Surrey Six case
Lawyers for accused Surrey Six killers Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston have decided not to call witnesses on behalf of their two clients. Both Simon Buck, for Haevischer, and Michael Tammen, for...
View ArticleAgassiz murder victim identified as Curtis Gower
A man who died from injuries sustained early June 7 in Agassiz has been identified as 27-year-old Curtis Gower, of Mission. A suspect in the death who was taken into custody by the Integrated Homicide...
View ArticleTwo men from rival gangs targeted in weekend shootings
Two men targeted in separate weekend shootings in Vancouver are from rival gangs that have been warring with each other across the region for years. The Vancouver Sun has learned the target of an East...
View ArticleBike store owner and his suspected attacker both in hospital tonight
It used to be that Vancouverites – and Canadians in general – could watch news stories out of the U.S. about disturbing public shootings with a sense of smugness that things like that just didn’t...
View ArticleJudge reject Glenn Sheck’s bid to stay charges in gun case
A Surrey judge says that gang associate Glenn Sheck’s Charter rights were violated by lengthy court delays in his firearms’ trial, but rejected a bid to drop criminal charges in the case as a result....
View ArticleInvestigation continues into heroin shipped through Vancouver Airport
Two men are facing charges after 35 kilograms of heroin were found hidden in goods shipped through Vancouver International Airport. A coordinated 18-month investigation involving RCMP Federal Serious...
View ArticleSurrey man gets four years for loaded handgun in Vernon hotel
An Okanagan judge has imposed a four-year sentence on a Lower Mainland man caught with a loaded gun at a hotel in Vernon. B.C. Provincial Court Robin Smith rejected a Charter challenge of the mandatory...
View ArticleMia Deakin’s dad alarmed that daughter injured in apparent gang shooting
Calgary developer Michael Deakin was enjoying his morning coffee Monday when he got a devastating 6 a.m. call from his Vancouver-based son. “I’m thinking what the hell is he doing up so early?” Deakin...
View ArticleUN founder tries again to appeal 30-year U.S. sentence
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has filed a new appeal of the 30-year sentence he was handed in Seattle more than three years ago. Roueche pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and...
View ArticleIHIT takes over probe into death of man in Surrey
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now in charge of the investigation into the death of a man in Surrey. The victim was found with critical injuries in the 13200-block of 108th Avenue about...
View ArticleCourtenay man facing firearms charges
A 32-year-old Courtenay man is facing a series of charges after 19 guns were found during several searches last December. Bryce Cameron McDonald, , who police say is linked to a Vancouver Island crime...
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