REAL SCOOP: Video from cell plant operation played at Vallee murder trial
There was some fascinating video shown Tuesday afternoon in B.C. Supreme Court at the murder trial of Cory Vallee. Crown David Jardine began playing the tape of Vallee in a holding cell at Richmond...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cory Vallee says he's innocent despite hiding out in Mexico
It was another interesting day at the Vancouver Law Courts watching the video made of Cory Vallee and an undercover cop on Aug. 17, 2014. Vallee talked incessantly during the conversation, which took...
View ArticleAccused UN gang killer tells undercover cop he's innocent
Accused United Nations gang killer Cory Vallee told an undercover cop planted in his jail cell in 2014 that he was innocent of all the charges he faced. The secretly recorded conversation occurred on...
View ArticleAccused UN gang killer laments life on the run, poor choices of his youth
He couldn’t go to the beach in Puerto Vallarta because there were just too many Canadians who might recognize him. And he always had to wear long sleeves and pants to hide his tattoos even in the most...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More from Cory Vallee's 2014 cell video
The contentious secret video-tapaed conversation between accused killer Cory Vallee and an undercover cop in 2014 has now been completely played in B.C. Supreme Court. His lawyer is fighting its...
View ArticleLawyer argues that police manipulated accused gang killer during B.C....
A lawyer for accused United Nations gang killer Cory Vallee says police improperly manipulated his “chatty” client during an undercover operation in August 2014. As a result, lawyer Tony Paisana wants...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Undercover cops manipulated Cory Vallee, lawyer argues
The video and audio tapes made of conversations between accused killer Cory Vallee and undercover cops back in 2014 are still in contention at Vallee’s murder trial. His lawyer Tony Paisana made his...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT trying to identify burned North Van murder victim
Because I’ve been spending a lot of time in court, I haven’t updated you on other important crime stories in the last few days. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking for help to...
View ArticleAccused UN killer brought up friendship with Clay Roueche, Crown says
Accused United Nations gang killer Cory Vallee raised his friendship with gang leader Clay Roueche in a secretly recorded conversation with an undercover cop, a Crown prosecutor said Wednesday. Crown...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vallee brought up friendship with Clay Roueche, Crown says
Today it was the Crown’s turn to respond to a defence motion to exclude recordings of Cory Vallee’s conversations with two undercover cops back in August 2014. Prosecutor David Jardine defended the...
View Article'Waves of emotion and pain': Crown seeks four years-plus for UN gangster in...
Emily Sheane’s father and boyfriend were worried when the 25-year-old was late getting home from work last March 9. So they hopped in the car and retraced the route she would have taken from her job at...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crown wants 4 years for UN gangster in fatal hit and run
It was an incredibly emotional day for family and friends of Emily Sheane at Vancouver Provincial Court Thursday. She’s the young woman who was on her way home from work last March when UN gangster...
View ArticleTwo people in hospital following violent incident at East Van home
Two men are in hospital and two others are in police custody following a violent incident at an east Vancouver home on Friday morning. The VPD emergency response team, negotiators, canine officers, and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon associate facing firearms charges after Abby arrest
A well-known Fraser Valley gangster is facing new charges after being arrested by gang cops this week for allegedly carrying a loaded gun. Barinder (Shrek) Dhaliwal, a close associate of the Bacon...
View ArticleB.C. Hells Angels associate, rock frontman and fraudster dies months after...
A controversial rocker and Hells Angels associate convicted of stock fraud has died, three months after being shot in Burnaby, Postmedia News has learned. Adis (Ady) Golic passed away Nov. 22 from...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: East Van police incident and other updates
I was sent over to the police incident in East Vancouver this morning. The initial ScanBC report suggested someone might have been killed, though Vancouver Police later confirmed that two men were...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Shooting of HA associate, fraudster now a murder
Adis (Ady) Golic has been in the news several times over the last decade. His Burnaby “boiler room operation” was raided by security regulators and the police in 2008, as reported on at the time by my...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vancouver Police seize 56 kilograms of suspected cocaine
Vancouver Police have seized 56 kilograms of suspected cocaine after stopping two men who were acting suspiciously Monday night. Sgt. Brian Montague said the two men – one in his 20s and one in his 30s...
View ArticleMexican cartels to expand reach in Canada with visa changes
Violent drug cartels are expected to expand their reach in Canada now that a visa requirement for Mexicans has been lifted, according to government documents obtained by Postmedia News. The Canada...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cartel expansion expected here after visa elimination
I was leaked part of an interesting Canada Border Service Agency document that warned about the expansion of cartels in Canada due to the elimination of the visa for Mexicans on Dec. 1. I had already...
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