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REAL SCOOP: IHIT trying to identify burned North Van murder victim
Because I’ve been spending a lot of time in court, I haven’t updated you on other important crime stories in the last few days. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking for help to...
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Accused UN killer brought up friendship with Clay Roueche, Crown says
Accused United Nations gang killer Cory Vallee raised his friendship with gang leader Clay Roueche in a secretly recorded conversation with an undercover cop, a Crown prosecutor said Wednesday. Crown...
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REAL SCOOP: Vallee brought up friendship with Clay Roueche, Crown says
Today it was the Crown’s turn to respond to a defence motion to exclude recordings of Cory Vallee’s conversations with two undercover cops back in August 2014. Prosecutor David Jardine defended the...
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'Waves of emotion and pain': Crown seeks four years-plus for UN gangster in...
Emily Sheane’s father and boyfriend were worried when the 25-year-old was late getting home from work last March 9. So they hopped in the car and retraced the route she would have taken from her job at...
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REAL SCOOP: Crown wants 4 years for UN gangster in fatal hit and run
It was an incredibly emotional day for family and friends of Emily Sheane at Vancouver Provincial Court Thursday. She’s the young woman who was on her way home from work last March when UN gangster...
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Two people in hospital following violent incident at East Van home
Two men are in hospital and two others are in police custody following a violent incident at an east Vancouver home on Friday morning. The VPD emergency response team, negotiators, canine officers, and...
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REAL SCOOP: Bacon associate facing firearms charges after Abby arrest
A well-known Fraser Valley gangster is facing new charges after being arrested by gang cops this week for allegedly carrying a loaded gun. Barinder (Shrek) Dhaliwal, a close associate of the Bacon...
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B.C. Hells Angels associate, rock frontman and fraudster dies months after...
A controversial rocker and Hells Angels associate convicted of stock fraud has died, three months after being shot in Burnaby, Postmedia News has learned. Adis (Ady) Golic passed away Nov. 22 from...
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REAL SCOOP: Shooting of HA associate, fraudster now a murder
Adis (Ady) Golic has been in the news several times over the last decade. His Burnaby “boiler room operation” was raided by security regulators and the police in 2008, as reported on at the time by my...
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REAL SCOOP: East Van police incident and other updates
I was sent over to the police incident in East Vancouver this morning. The initial ScanBC report suggested someone might have been killed, though Vancouver Police later confirmed that two men were...
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REAL SCOOP: Vancouver Police seize 56 kilograms of suspected cocaine
Vancouver Police have seized 56 kilograms of suspected cocaine after stopping two men who were acting suspiciously Monday night. Sgt. Brian Montague said the two men – one in his 20s and one in his 30s...
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Mexican cartels to expand reach in Canada with visa changes
Violent drug cartels are expected to expand their reach in Canada now that a visa requirement for Mexicans has been lifted, according to government documents obtained by Postmedia News. The Canada...
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REAL SCOOP: Cartel expansion expected here after visa elimination
I was leaked part of an interesting Canada Border Service Agency document that warned about the expansion of cartels in Canada due to the elimination of the visa for Mexicans on Dec. 1. I had already...
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Gangster died in Pitt Meadows of cocaine overdose: Coroner
He had survived a targeted shooting in Vancouver and being a member of the WolfPack alliance during a deadly gang war. But Jeffrey Chang couldn’t survive his own vice. The B.C. Coroners Service has...
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REAL SCOOP: Jeffrey Chang's death finally confirmed as a drug overdose
It only took the coroners’ service a year and five months to publicly confirm that Wolf Pack gangster Jeffrey Chang died of a drug overdose. I reported at the time that the 28-year-old’s death on July...
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Courtenay man's missing guns used in shooting, home invasions
Guns purchased by a Courtenay man sentenced last month on firearms charges have turned up in several criminal cases, including a shooting and two home invasions. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird...
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REAL SCOOP: Courtenay man's missing guns used in shooting; home invasions
Last month, I reported the bare bones details of the 40-month sentence handed to Bryce McDonald, of Courtenay, who was convicted of several firearms charges. This week I got a lot more details of the...
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REAL SCOOP: Sun exposed ease of pill press purchasing in 2007
The federal government introduced new legislation Monday to try to stem the overdose crisis across the country. The bill would make it easier to set up safe consumption sites and also proposes to...
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Crown wants to use BlackBerry evidence in two drug war murder trials
Two accused gang killers are arguing that a warrant used to search the BlackBerry of a United Nations gang member in 2012 was improperly obtained. Cory Vallee, who’s charged in the 2009 murder of Red...
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REAL SCOOP: Crown wants to use BlackBerry messages in gang murder trials
A ruling released Tuesday by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon shed a little light on evidence the Crown hopes to call both in the Cory Vallee murder trial, as well as the trial of Jason...
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