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Anti-gang police say B.C. calmer with Jarrod Bacon far away
B.C.’s anti-gang police think the climate of gang violence in the Lower Mainland will be cooler with one of the notorious Bacon brothers living in a halfway house in another part of the country....
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REAL SCOOP: B.C. calmer with Bacon brother out of province, police say
I did a follow to my story about Jarrod Bacon being released to a halfway house now that he’s reached statutory release. Police here say it’s a good thing that he’s not coming home any time soon. There...
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UN gangster Clay Roueche says enemies probably happy after his arrest
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche complained in a jailhouse phone call that his enemies were probably thrilled that he had been arrested in the U.S. Some of Roueche’s intercepted calls were...
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REAL SCOOP: Roueche's post-arrest calls played at Vallee trial
Intercepted phone calls that were part of the police investigation into the United Nations gang were played this week at the Cory Vallee murder trial. I sat in Thursday and heard some interesting...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT busy with two new files
Homicide investigators are probing two suspicious deaths in Richmond and Abbotsford. Just after 5 p.m. Friday, an Abbotsford resident found a dead man on a rural property in the 4500-block of Ross...
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B.C. man with bipolar disorder deported to the Netherlands after 58 years in...
A 59-year-old B.C. man who came to Canada as a baby was deported to the Netherlands on Monday because of crimes he committed while suffering from bipolar disorder. Len Van Heest lost a last-ditch...
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REAL SCOOP: B.C. man deported after 58 years in Canada
I have been gathering cases of B.C. residents and non-citizens with criminal records who have been ordered deported as I am working on a bigger feature on this issue. One of the cases that I sat in on...
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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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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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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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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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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 – UPDATED
Homicide investigators have identified the man gunned down Monday in a hotel parking lot as Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu, 29. Bhangu was fatally shot just before 2:30 p.m. outside the Comfort Inn Hotel...
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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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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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