Gang associate facing firearms charges in Vernon
The half-brother of gangster Jesse Margison is facing firearms charges after an investigation in by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Daniel Martin Penton, 21, was arrested in Vernon just...
View ArticleVancouver man charged in “drug-related” slaying
Charges have been laid against a Vancouver man after a body was found inside a Triumph Street apartment earlier this week. Kenneth Conrad Izzard, 29, faces one count of manslaughter and has been...
View ArticleSurrey Six killers appeal their convictions
Surrey Six killers Matthew Johnston and Cody Haevischer have appealed their convictions on six counts of first-degree murder and one of conspiracy. Criminal Justice branch spokesman Neil MacKenzie...
View ArticleWiddifield ruling lays out workings of Nanaimo Hells Angels
Some of the inner workings of the Nanaimo Hells Angels have been laid out in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling convicting one of the gang’s original members of extortion and theft. Robert (Fred) Widdiefield...
View ArticleTilli-Choli ordered deported due to his guilty plea in Bacon plot
A leading member of the United Nations gang, convicted of plotting to murder the Bacon brothers, has been ordered deported from Canada. Immigration board member Marc Tessler issued the deportation...
View ArticleSavein gets time served in cartel money laundering case
A Vancouver man who pleaded guilty in San Diego to laundering money for a Mexican cartel was sentenced to time served Monday. Ariel Savein was handed a term of 30 months, which amounts to the time he...
View ArticleIHIT investigating suspicious death in Chilliwack – UPDATE
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called out to suspicious death in Chilliwack. Police found a man with fatal injuries inside a crashed car in the 9600-block of Hazel Street just...
View ArticleB.C. man charged in Saskatchewan drug case linked to the Hells Angels
A B.C. man is facing trafficking charges in connection with a Saskatchewan drug investigation linked to the Hells Angels. Vancouver resident Thai Duong Tran, 26, appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court...
View ArticleAbbotsford Police investigating shooting Friday afternoon
Abbotsford Police released details Saturday of a shooting Friday afternoon that injured a man. The 19-year-old victim arrived on his own at Abbotsford Regional Hospital at about 2:30 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleTeen drives himself to hospital after being shot several times
Surrey RCMP is investigating a shooting Sunday night that left a 17-year-old injured. The teen drove himself to hospital despite being hit several times after the shooting in the 13000-block of 73rd...
View ArticleAccused killer makes court appearance in Surrey Monday
A 30-year-old man charged in the fatal 2006 shooting of Mahdi Halane appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Monday morning. Fushpinder Singh Brar was arrested Jan. 23 and charged with manslaughter in the...
View ArticleCFSEU launches powerful anti-gang video campaign
Two Metro Vancouver moms who lost their children to gang violence six years ago say they hope a new anti-gang video campaign will help steer youth away from the deadly lifestyle. Carol Kinnear, who’s...
View ArticleShoplifting suspect allegedly found with loaded handguns
Vancouver Police responded to a report of a shoplifter at a London Drugs on Kingsway Monday. But when officers arrived, they found the suspect allegedly in possession of three semi-automatic handguns...
View ArticleGovernment wants property with massive grow-op forfeited
The B.C. government is going after an Aldergrove property where thousands of marijuana plants were found Tuesday. The B.C. director of civil forfeiture wasted no time in launching a lawsuit to seize...
View ArticleAppeal court cuts sentences for ketamine smugglers
The B.C. Court of Appeal has reduced the sentences of three men convicted of trying to traffic more than 1,000 kilograms of the date rape drug ketamine that was smuggled into Canada. The province’s...
View ArticleUN-linked conspirator denied parole after guilty plea in Bacon murder plot
A colourful former wrestler, biker and bit actor convicted of conspiring to kill the notorious Bacon brothers has been denied parole. Ion Kroitoru, aka Johnny K-9, appeared before the Parole Board of...
View ArticleMurder charge stayed against Abbotsford’s Jimi Sandhu
An Abbotsford man who was charged with killing Red Scorpion gang leader Matt Campbell in January 2014 is free. A second-degree murder charge laid a year ago against Jimi Sandhu was stayed by Crown...
View ArticleJudge orders delay in accused killer’s second murder trial
What to you do when you have a second murder trial starting before your first murder trial is done? That was the scenario for accused killer Russell Bidesi until Tuesday when a B.C. Supreme Court judge...
View ArticleGangster gets seven-year sentence in 2011 kidnapping
Long-time gangster Troy Dax McKinnon was sentenced to seven years Tuesday after pleading guilty to playing a “significant leadership role” in a 2011 Vancouver kidnapping thwarted by police. B.C....
View ArticleNew details about Duhre murder revealed in court ruling
Police were concerned that a purported hitman suspected in the gangland execution of Sandip Duhre was plotting another murder when they got a court order to intercept his calls and search his...
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