Court rules against B.C. man accused of money laundering in U.S.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled against a local man charged with laundering millions of drug profits in the U.S. Glenn Harley Sheck had tried to get an extradition application by the U.S. thrown...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sheck loses bid for disclosure in extradition case
Glenn Sheck’s long battle to fight off extradition to the U.S. on money laundering charges continues. The gang associate, who was convicted in Surrey of carrying a loaded Glock in his man purse, just...
View ArticleLive updates: Jonathan Bacon murder trial
Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14, 2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel...
View ArticleCrown starts presenting its evidence against 3 accused Bacon killers
KELOWNA — A B.C. Supreme Court judge will finally begin hearing the Crown’s case against three gangsters accused of the 2011 murder of Jonathan Bacon today. Justice Allan Betton was going to issue his...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness recalls chaos and blood at Bacon murder scene
The Crown finally began its evidence today against Jason McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun and Michael Jones, all three of whom are charged with first-degree murder for gunning down Jonathan Bacon here in...
View ArticleWomen testify about walking into gang shooting that left Bacon dead
KELOWNA — Siu Ling Xu, her two little girls and some friends had spent the day picking fruit in the Okanagan before making a sudden decision to stay overnight at the Delta Grand Hotel on Aug. 14, 2011....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses to Bacon shooting describe terror
It was a dramatic day at the Kelowna trial of three men charged with killing Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011. Visitors to the city who had booked at the luxurious Delta Grand hotel...
View ArticleMore dramatic testimony about fatal gangland shooting in Kelowna
KELOWNA — Judith Jones briefly broke down in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday as she described coming face-to-face with a masked gunman outside the Delta Grand Hotel just before he finished off his...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Dramatic encounter before fatal shooting
The trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones heard more dramatic evidence Wednesday from people who just happened to be in the area when gunman opened fire on an SUV containing...
View ArticlePenticton man describes trying to save Jonathan Bacon after shooting
KELOWNA — For what seemed like 20 minutes, Vaughn Smeltzer pumped the chest of a critically wounded Jonathan Bacon, desperately trying to keep him alive. Smeltzer was nearby the Delta Grand Hotel on...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes trying to save Jon Bacon
There was more stunning testimony at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michel Jones Thursday. Hearing Vaughn Smeltzer, a Penticton man who ran towards the hotel to help the wounded, was...
View ArticleJudge dismisses application to throw out charges in Bacon murder case
KELOWNA – A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed an application from three accused killers to throw out the charges they face over the length of time the case has taken to get to trial. Justice Allan...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses saw SUV speeding near Bacon shooting
The big development at the Kelowna trial for the accused killers of Jonathan Bacon was that the judge presiding over the case dismissed the defence application to throw out the charges. Justice Allan...
View ArticleSisters testify at Bacon murder trial about seeing driver of suspected...
KELOWNA — Two sisters who were visiting Kelowna in August 2011 testified Tuesday about getting a glimpse of the driver of an SUV that sped away from the scene of Jonathan Bacon’s murder. Ingrid Merkus...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sisters caught glimpse of driver in suspect SUV
There were more “civilian” witnesses at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride today. These are people who just happened to be near the scene of the Jonathan Bacon murder on...
View ArticleVideo of Jonathan Bacon murder scene in Kelowna shows carnage
KELOWNA — The video of the crime scene shows the carnage. A white Porsche Cayenne with bullet holes through every door and window, its interior soaked in the blood of its occupants. Shell casings from...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crime scene video shows shooting carnage
A retired RCMP forensic identification specialist testified Wednesday at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. Cora Malewski described the work she did collecting evidence...
View ArticleSurveillance video shows gunmen firing on Bacon's vehicle
KELOWNA — Chilling surveillance video showing two gunmen firing on a white SUV and a crowd of people running for their lives was played in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday. The grainy video from a Delta...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Video of Bacon shooting played at trial
Crown prosecutor Martin Nadon introduced a series of surveillance videos Thursday at the murder trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride. They came from various security cameras...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley slaying
Homicide investigators are probing a targeted murder at a popular Langley restaurant. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man was killed and a second wounded at the Browns’ Socialhouse at...
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