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REAL SCOOP: New details about killer of Victoria couple in 1987
I was down in Everett, Washington today for an interesting news conference in a 1987 unsolved murder of a Victoria couple. The case was brutal – Jay Cook, 20, and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18 – were tied...
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Hells Angel facing B.C. civil forfeiture suit dies of suspected overdose
A member of the West Point Hells Angels died of a suspected overdose last week while in the middle of a court case with the B.C. Civil Forfeiture office. Lukasz Cimoszko, 36, was found dead near...
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REAL SCOOP: Forfeiture case to continue despite death of HA defendant
West Point Hells Angel Lukasz Cimoszko died near Barriere, B.C. last week of a suspected drug overdose. Now whoever is looking after his estate will have to take over his defence in a civil forfeiture...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Family searching for answers 10 years after son vanished
Kellen McElwee’s family is still waiting for answers more than a decade after they last saw him. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team believes he met with foul play in April 2008, but his body...
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Feds not doing enough to keep organized crime out of medical pot, B.C....
The federal government is not doing enough to keep organized crime out of the medical marijuana business, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Thursday. Farnworth was reacting to two recent...
View ArticleGuilty pleas expected in Jonathan Bacon murder trial
Three men charged with the 2011 murder of Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon are expected to plead guilty to lesser charges when the case resumed on May 1, Crown spokesman Dan McLaughlin confirmed...
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REAL SCOOP: Minister says feds need medical pot crack down
This is a follow-up story to the one I did earlier this week about the death of Hells Angel Lukasz Cimoszko and the fact he was facing a civil forfeiture challenge at the time of his death. In the...
View ArticleUN gang associate ordered released pending deportation
United Nations gang associate Aram Ali will be released into the community while awaiting deportation to his native Iraq despite submissions by the Canada Border Services Agency that he is a danger to...
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REAL SCOOP: Plea deals reached in Jonathan Bacon murder
I had heard recent rumblings that there might be a plea deal reached against three gangsters accused in the 2011 Jonathan Bacon murder. But I was still a bit surprised when the news broke Friday...
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Live: Hells Angles civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
A long-awaited civil forfeiture trial against the Hells Angels begins today. The civil forfeiture case began in 2007 when the government seized the Hells Angels’ Nanaimo clubhouse, alleging that it had...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
I was reporting live on the start of the Hells Angels civil forfeiture case in B.C. Supreme Court today. The case, which took more than decade to get to trial, is expected to last five weeks.The...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Order to release UN gang associate under review
I filed this story Friday about an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing that resulted in an order to release UN gang associate and convicted gunman Aram Ali pending his deportation to his native Iraq....
View ArticleHells Angels lawyers argue undercover evidence inadmissible in civil case
An undercover police officer who discussed an international cocaine deal with Kelowna Hells Angel David Giles testified Tuesday that he never tried to steer Giles to specific answers during their 2012...
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Federal government appeals immigration order releasing convicted gang gunman
The Canadian government has appealed an immigration order allowing convicted B.C. gunman Aram Ali out of jail pending the gang associate’s deportation to his native Iraq. Last Friday, Immigration and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: HA win exclusion of Giles trial intercepts
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies sided with lawyers for the Hells Angels Wednesday in ruling that comments back in 2012 that Angel David Giles made to undercover officers should not be admitted...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT wants info on victim's whereabouts before slaying
Homicide investigators want the public to help them determine what Surrey’s most recent murder victim was doing in the hours before he was killed. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Cpl. Frank Jang...
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Guilty pleas in Jonathan Bacon murder coming Tuesday
KELOWNA — A dramatic 2011 shooting in the heart of this Okanagan city is expected to come to a less dramatic conclusion today as three gangsters plead guilty to having a role in the murder of Red...
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REAL SCOOP: Guilty pleas entered in Jon Bacon murder plot
We will learn Wednesday morning whether B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton will accept a joint sentencing submission for three gangsters who’ve admitted a role in the 2011 Jonathan Bacon murder...
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Three gangsters in Bacon murder plot slapped with stiff prison sentences
KELOWNA — Three gangsters who admitted their roles in the 2011 murder plot that left Jonathan Bacon dead and three others wounded were handed lengthy prison terms in B.C. Supreme Court here Wednesday....
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B.C. government pays millions to gangsters for jail beatings
Two men with gang links who were beaten while awaiting trials in Metro Vancouver jails have been awarded a total of almost $3.5 million by the B.C. government to settle their lawsuits. Independent...
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