REAL SCOOP: Shootings in Vancouver, Abbotsford overnight – UPDATED
There was more gun violence on the Lower Mainland with a shooting at an Abbotsford party just before midnight and an early morning accidental shooting in Vancouver. Vancouver Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Associate should get 10 years in HA conspiracy case: Crown
The sentencing hearings are finally moving along in the E-Predicate drug conspiracy case in which two Hells Angels and two associates were convicted last September. For a variety of reasons, the...
View ArticleB.C. Hells Angels associate should get 10 years for drug sting: Crown
Shawn Womacks was caught red-handed as he unpacked what he believed to be cocaine from a Martha Stewart box at a Burnaby warehouse in 2012. The Crown thinks the 45-year-old long-time criminal should...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: James Howard gets 10 years in HA drug conspiracy
My colleague Keith Fraser covered the decision today by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Carol Ross to sentence Hells Angels associate James Howard to 10 years for his role the massive E-Predicate cocaine...
View ArticleThe Deported: Hundreds of B.C. criminals without citizenship shipped out
Since Len Van Heest was deported to the Netherlands on March 6, he calls his mom on Vancouver Island every morning to find out how his favourite teams are faring. The Raptors. The Penguins. The Blue...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Abby murder victim was involved in Townline Hill conflict
The young man gunned down Friday in Abbotsford was earlier mentioned in a B.C. Civil Forfeiture case connected to another shooting. Jaskaran Lally, 20, was killed just about 2:30 p.m. Friday in the...
View ArticleComplainant in Kamloops sex assault case devastated by judge's comments,...
A woman who accused her stepfather of sexually assaulting her decades ago plans to file a complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council this week over controversial comments made by the B.C. Supreme...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hundreds of B.C. criminals ordered deported
Here’s the feature I’ve been working on over the last week or so on all the B.C. criminals who have been ordered deported. As you can see, there is a real range of cases from Len Van Heest, the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Second complaint against judge to be filed
Kamloops This Week reporter Tim Petruk was in court March 20 when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Leask urged the Crown in a sexual assault case to speed things up and eliminate some of her witnesses...
View ArticleKamloops man deported for failing to mention suspected terrorist brother
A Kamloops man was deported to his native Pakistan earlier this month for failing to tell Canadian officials that his brother was an alleged international terrorist charged in an Islamabad hotel...
View ArticleNotorious biker gang opens new Hells Angels chapter in Lower Mainland
For the second time in five years, the Hells Angels are expanding their presence in B.C. by opening a new chapter. The notorious biker gang recently celebrated the launch of its Hardside chapter with a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hells Angels expand with new B.C. chapter
I first heard about the Haney chapter splitting back in February, but I couldn’t get the story confirmed until a couple of weeks ago. I still don’t know where the new chapter – Hardside – will be...
View ArticleB.C. Hells Angel gets 18-year sentence for drug conspiracy
Long-time Hells Angel David Giles in an undated photo. Long-time Hells Angel David Giles was sentenced to 18 years Friday — the longest ever handed out to a B.C. member of the notorious biker gang —...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sickly biker gets 18-year sentence
David Giles has been a Hells Angel for 35 years, though since 2012 as a member of the “Big House Crew.” And he could be with that crew for a decade more after getting handed an 18-year sentence in B.C....
View ArticleSuspected drug trafficker facing charges after Burnaby stop over missing 'N'...
Anti-gang cops say a suspected drug trafficker is facing new charges after he was stopped for a missing “N” on his car in Burnaby last month. Jaskaran Johal, 19, was pulled over on March 21 driving a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: 21 murders so far in 2017
It has been a very violent beginning to 2017 with more than 20 murders so far across the Lower Mainland. In only a couple of cases has anyone been charged. The latest murder occurred April 1, when...
View ArticleHells Angels hold annual 'Screwy ride' to honour slain East End biker
Despite the recent murder of a senior Hells Angel and a record sentence for another longtime member, B.C.’s most notorious biker gang showed up in force Saturday for an annual ride to honour a slain...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: East End Angels hold annual "Screwy" ride
Myself and a photographer checked out the scheduled “Screwy ride” organized by the East End chapter of the Hells Angels on Saturday. We wanted to see who would be there and whether the new Hardside...
View ArticleCrown says evidence strong against accused killer in Whistler murder case
Accused killer Arvin Golic followed through on a threat to kill a Burnaby teen made just hours before a fatal stabbing in Whistler two years ago, Crown counsel Hank Reiner said Monday. Reiner said in...
View ArticleSurrey man sentenced to six years for 2004 fatal shooting
Harpreet Khela held a picture of his slain cousin, Amandeep Bath, outside the New Westminster courthouse Thursday as he described the unbearable suffering Bath’s 2004 death has caused his family. Khela...
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