REAL SCOOP: Suspect in custody after Richmond slaying
There have been two Metro Vancouver murders so far this year – both of them in Richmond. Homicide investigators were called to a business park on Viking Way near Cambie Road about 6:30 a.m. Monday...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hitman targeted Hells Angel Damion Ryan, indictment says
B.C.’s anti-gang squad announced late Friday afternoon that two Ontario men had been charged after allegedly coming to Metro Vancouver as hired hitmen. They didn’t identify who the men were suspected...
View ArticleB.C. Hells Angel was targeted by Ontario hitman, indictment says
A high-profile Hells Angel from B.C. was the target of a murder attempt by a purported Hamilton hitman, Postmedia News has learned. B.C.’s anti-gang agency announced late Friday that two Ontario men...
View ArticleNo prison leave for convicted killer and new mother Kelly Ellard
ABBOTSFORD – A two-member parole board deadlocked Wednesday on whether to allow convicted killer Kelly Ellard to temporarily leave prison to take her baby into the community. After questioning Ellard...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hells Angels and associates lose trial delay application
I earlier reported on the bid by Hells Angels David Giles, Bryan Oldham and their associates Shawn Womacks and James Howard to have their convictions related to a cocaine conspiracy stayed due to trial...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: No trips into town for Kelly Ellard and new baby
Two parole board members were tasked with deciding Wednesday whether or not convicted killer Kelly Ellard should be allowed to have up to five escorted temporary absences a month to take her new baby...
View ArticleUN gangster deported to Iraq directly from Fraser Valley prison
A high-ranking member of the United Nations gang has been deported to his native Iraq after finishing his sentence for plotting to kill the Bacon brothers. Postmedia has learned that Barzan...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Barzan Tilli-Choli sent back to Iraq
Another Metro Vancouver gangster has been deported to a country that he left as a youth. Barzan Tilli-Choli, of the UN Gang, was sent to Iraq this week after finishing his sentence for plotting to kill...
View ArticleCrown wants 15 year sentence for Hells Angel associate in B.C. cocaine...
A Hells Angels associate convicted last fall in a massive cocaine conspiracy should spend 15 years in prison, federal prosecutor Chris Greenwood said Tuesday. Greenwood told B.C. Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crown wants 15 years for Hells Angels associate
The sentencing process finally began Tuesday for those convicted last September in the cocaine conspiracy case involving Kelowna Hells Angels and some of their associates. We know that Kevin Van...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More Lower Mainland gun violence Tuesday
Abbotsford Police are investigating a shooting Tuesday evening that left two men with injuries. Sgt. Judy Bird said in a news release that police got called about 6:20 p.m. about possible shots fired...
View ArticleLower Mainland police share intelligence after rash of gang shootings
Police agencies across the Lower Mainland are sharing intelligence after a rash of suspected gang and drug-related shootings and murders in January. There have been at least 10 shootings in the region,...
View ArticleA peek inside the nursery at Fraser Valley Institution where Kelly Ellard...
ABBOTSFORD — When killer Kelly Ellard takes her baby to the prison playground they have a view across a field and through barbed wire to Matsqui Institution, where the tyke’s father lives. Ellard is...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Police sharing intel on rash of shootings
Police in the Lower Mainland and into Alberta are looking for links between recent shootings and murders. There were two men shot Tuesday in Abbotsford. In that case, Abby Police are looking for a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Another shooting in Surrey Thursday night
Surrey RCMP released details of another shooting Thursday – the region’s 11th so far this year. Investigators responded to a shots fired call in the 12300-block of 91A Avenue about 9 p.m. Thursday....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT announces another murder in Surrey overnight
A Maple Ridge man once charged in a gang murder is the latest victim of a targeted shooting in Surrey. Hershan “Shawn” Bains was found suffering from gunshot wounds “in a vehicle just after 8:00 p.m....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vancouver records first murder of 2017
The gun violence continued Friday night with a fatal shooting in Vancouver. Vancouver Police officers were called to the Savoy Hotel, at 258 East Hastings Street, just before 10:30 p.m. where they...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Richmond records third murder of 2017
For the third time this month, homicide investigators are probing the slaying of a man in Richmond. The 22-year-old victim was “unresponsive” when he arrived at Richmond General Hospital just before...
View ArticleYoung Surrey drug trafficker the latest Metro Vancouver murder victim
Homicide investigators are looking for witnesses in the fatal stabbing of Francis Son Le, who was found in the parking lot of Richmond General Hospital Friday night. Le, 24, has a criminal record for...
View ArticleVancouver man's 2013 gun charge thrown out over trial delay
A man caught with a gun likely used in a Vancouver shooting has had his charges stayed because his case took too long to get to trial. Brandon Akil Cooper was arrested on Nov. 28, 2013, in connection...
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