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REAL SCOOP: Update on sentencing in the Hells Angels and friends case
There has been a delay in some of the sentencing hearings in the drug conspiracy case involving two Hells Angels and their associates. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Carol Ross explained Monday that she...
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REAL SCOOP: Two killed in double shooting in East Van Thursday
A second man has died after a double shooting in East Vancouver Thursday night. Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham said one man was killed and the second was critically injured about 9:30 p.m. “Police responded...
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REAL SCOOP: Nav Sanghera gunned down outside family home
As readers said early this morning, Nav Sanghera was indeed one of two men gunned down Thursday night in East Van. He died Friday morning in hospital. We have the identity of the second man, who is 49,...
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Sanghera crime family member among two slain in Vancouver on Thursday
A member of the notorious Sanghera crime family was one of two men gunned down in East Vancouver Thursday night. Navdip Singh Sanghera, 32, was wounded in the shooting near East 31st Avenue and...
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Nanaimo Hells Angels prospect found dead in Sooke, days after going missing
The man reported missing in Sooke last week is a prospect for the Nanaimo chapter of the Hells Angels biker gang, sources told Postmedia News on Monday. Michael Gregory Widner, 39, was last seen March...
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Vancouver police identify second victim in east side shooting
Vancouver police have released the name of a second man shot to death Thursday night on the city’s east side. Harjit Singh Mann, 49, was in a white sedan with gangster Navdip Singh Sanghera, 32, when...
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REAL SCOOP: Missing Hells Angels prospect found dead
It may be a strange coincidence, but two men linked to the Hells Angels have both been reported missing this month and now one of them – Mike Widner, 39, has been found dead. This comes just months...
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REAL SCOOP: Murder in Surrey; shooting in North Vancouver
Gang violence continued across Metro Vancouver Monday with a murder in Surrey and a targeted shooting in North Vancouver. I was not covering either shooting, but wanted to put a blog post up so people...
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Recent uptick in gang violence shows the system is failing in B.C., say critics
A rash of brazen daylight shootings and murders show that B.C.’s anti-gang strategies are failing to stem the violence, critics charged Tuesday. Over the past week in Metro Vancouver there were three...
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Ex-Red Scorpion gang associate sues B.C. government for seized cash
Former Red Scorpion associate Tyler Willock has filed suit against the B.C. government’s civil-forfeiture office to get back more than $18,000 seized by police last year. Willock’s statement of claim...
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REAL SCOOP: Ex-gang associate wants his cash returned
For a while, Tyler Willock was in the news a lot. He was a gang associate of both the Red Scorpions and the Independent Soldiers. He was targeted in a February 2009 shooting. A month later, he suffered...
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REAL SCOOP: Who is this suspect in Bhangu murder?
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released footage Friday of the suspect in the March 13 murder of gangster Birinderjeet Bhangu outside a Surrey hotel. Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound said...
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Surveillance footage shows alleged killer of Surrey gangster Birinder Bhangu
Homicide investigators are trying to identify a suspect clearly featured in surveillance video seconds before the brazen daylight murder of Birinderjeet Bhangu in Surrey this week. Staff Sgt. Jennifer...
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REAL SCOOP: Shootings in Vancouver, Abbotsford overnight – UPDATED
There was more gun violence on the Lower Mainland with a shooting at an Abbotsford party just before midnight and an early morning accidental shooting in Vancouver. Vancouver Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham...
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REAL SCOOP: HA David Giles should get 18-20 years in drug conspiracy: Crown
My colleague Keith Fraser covered Tuesday’s sentencing hearing for full patch Hells Angel David Giles. The Crown is asking for an 18-20 year sentence minus credit for time served since his August 25,...
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B.C. Hells Angels associate should get 10 years for drug sting: Crown
Shawn Womacks was caught red-handed as he unpacked what he believed to be cocaine from a Martha Stewart box at a Burnaby warehouse in 2012. The Crown thinks the 45-year-old long-time criminal should...
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REAL SCOOP: James Howard gets 10 years in HA drug conspiracy
My colleague Keith Fraser covered the decision today by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Carol Ross to sentence Hells Angels associate James Howard to 10 years for his role the massive E-Predicate cocaine...
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The Deported: Hundreds of B.C. criminals without citizenship shipped out
Since Len Van Heest was deported to the Netherlands on March 6, he calls his mom on Vancouver Island every morning to find out how his favourite teams are faring. The Raptors. The Penguins. The Blue...
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REAL SCOOP: Abby murder victim was involved in Townline Hill conflict
The young man gunned down Friday in Abbotsford was earlier mentioned in a B.C. Civil Forfeiture case connected to another shooting. Jaskaran Lally, 20, was killed just about 2:30 p.m. Friday in the...
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REAL SCOOP: Hundreds or B.C. criminals ordered deported
Here’s the feature I’ve been working on over the last week or so on all the B.C. criminals who have been ordered deported. As you can see, there is a real range of cases from Len Van Heest, the...
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