REAL SCOOP: Ex-UN gangster wishes he could turn back time
In a candid exchange at the Cory Vallee murder trial Thursday, the man they call D said he regretted cooperating with the police and agreeing to testify. He was portrayed by Vallee lawyer Eric...
View ArticleLongtime Independent Soldier gangster Donnie Lyons back behind bars
A longtime member of the Independent Soldiers gang is behind bars after allegedly carrying a firearm contrary to a court order. Donald Bryce Lyons, 45, was arrested in Revelstoke on April 14 by B.C.’s...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Longtime IS member facing firearms charge
I was not back at the Cory Vallee trial Friday as I was working on other stories, including this one about a long-time Independent Soldier getting arrested recently. Donnie Lyons is facing one firearms...
View ArticleGang witness says suspect Cory Vallee captured on video near Burnaby murder
An ex-United Nations gangster testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial said he is confident the person seen on a video near the fatal shooting of an innocent stereo installer is the accused killer....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness would "bet" it was Vallee on video
I was back at the Cory Vallee murder trial Monday morning and caught an interesting exchange between witness D and defence lawyer Eric Gottardi. The lawyer had D watch a video of a statement he gave to...
View ArticleEx-UN gangster testifies drug trade 'ruined' his life
A long-time member of the United Nations gang says his decision to get involved in the drug trade years ago “ruined” his life. The former gangster, who can only be identified as C due to a sweeping...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes UN violence over years
The second of four former UN gang member testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial took the stand Thursday. He can only be identified as C due to the continuing publication ban. He says he was in the...
View ArticleFormer UN gangster says he aided Justice Institute attacks throughout Metro...
A United Nations gang boss on the run from a B.C. murder charge arranged for shootings and a firebombing at Metro Vancouver homes of people linked to the Justice Institute, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: D'Monte helped with Justice Institute attacks, trial hears
The former UN gangster known as C testified that he stayed in touch with gang leader Conor D’Monte even after D’Monte fled Canada fearing he would be arrested for murder. C said he never knew where...
View ArticleB.C. Election 2017: Gang crime still plagues B.C., but isn't front and centre...
It was among the most brazen of gang shootings. Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu was sitting in his Acura in front of the Comfort Inn Hotel in Surrey in the middle of a March afternoon. A gunman dressed all...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Conviction, life sentence in 2009 murder
A jury has convicted David Sadler of first-degree murder in the February 2009 shooting death of James Ward Erickson. Sadler was sentenced to an automatic life sentence with no hope of parole for 25...
View ArticleEx-gang witness describes the murder of Jonathan Barber in Burnaby
United Nations gangster Barzan Tilli-Choli blasted an AK-47 at an SUV belonging to the Bacon brothers, mistakenly killing a stereo installer who was driving the Porsche Cayenne at the time, B.C....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes being at Barber murder
For the first time since Jonathan Barber was gunned down nine years ago Tuesday, all the details of the night of his murder have been described by a man who was there. Ex-United Nations gangster C...
View ArticleGood turnout as Vancouver polling stations open
Barbara Zulinov stood outside Vancouver’s General Wolfe Elementary with her little dog Jimmi Tweed, waiting to vote Tuesday. There was no line-up, but she was taking turns with her new husband Patrick...
View ArticleUN gang considered aerial bombing of Bacon family home, trial hears
A former United Nations member said his gang considered dropping a bomb from one of their helicopters on the Abbotsford home of the Bacon brothers in their efforts to kill the sibling trio. And the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sensational evidence from C at Vallee trial
Witness C, a one-time leader, of the United Nations gang, spent a fourth day on the stand at the Cory Vallee murder trial Tuesday. And there was more shocking testimony. He said that Vallee, who he...
View ArticleUN gang had murder suspect killed in Mexico after saying `f— the crew’, trial...
The United Nations gang had a suspect in the Kevin LeClair murder killed in Mexico because they were worried he might turn on them, B.C. Supreme Court heard Wednesday. Jesse “Egon” Adkins was hiding in...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: UN arranged hit in Mexico of LeClair suspect
Since former United Nations gang members started testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial last month, there has been dramatic evidence about a number of unsolved murders – several of them done by the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bikers arrested in limo with loaded gun, drugs
Bikers gathered on Vancouver Island last weekend for the annual ride in memory of missing Hells Angel Michael “Zeke” Mickle. But some of them decided a limousine ride might be more comfortable than...
View ArticleHells Angels arrested on Vancouver Island in limousine with loaded gun and drugs
A traffic stop on Vancouver Island over the weekend led to the arrest of six Hells Angels and the seizure of a firearm and drugs. West Shore RCMP said in a news release that officers pulled over a...
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