REAL SCOOP: Bacon's "true love" dies as his charges stayed
I had heard about Madison Fine’s tragic overdose from several sources and from Real Scoop readers. So I confirmed details of what happened and have written this story. Her family obviously saw her...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Murder victim charged in Vancouver last summer
A young man shot to death in Langley last week was before the courts in Vancouver at the time he was shot. Details of the charges laid in August against Dai Duong Duong, 21, were under a publication...
View ArticleCrown files appeal of Jamie Bacon's stay of proceedings
The B.C. attorney-general will appeal a controversial court ruling earlier this month to stay murder and conspiracy charges against gangster Jamie Bacon in the Surrey Six slayings. The B.C. Prosecution...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crown appeals Bacon ruling on murder charges
After a devastating week imagining that Jamie Bacon might soon be free, Eileen Mohan received some good news Monday – the Crown has filed an appeal of the decision to stay murder charges against the...
View ArticleAccused B.C. drug smuggler loses extradition battle
Accused B.C. drug smuggler Colin Martin was expected to be transported to Washington state Thursday after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed his attempt to appeal an extradition order. Martin, who...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Colin Martin loses years-long extradition fight
Colin Martin has been fighting for years to avoid extradition to the U.S. on drug smuggling charges. All but one of his Canadian co-accused have had their charges dealt with in Seattle and been...
View ArticleJamie Bacon's bail hearing begins at Vancouver Law Courts
Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon appeared in B.C. Supreme Court Friday for the start of a bail hearing expected to be completed on Dec. 22. Because of a routine ban on publication, no details of the...
View ArticleMan who helped Surrey Six killers get into death suite denied parole
A drug trafficker who helped the Surrey Six killers get access to the suite where they shot six people has been denied parole for a series of convictions. Sophon Sek, 38, pleaded guilty two years ago...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sophon Sek denied bail, facing deportation
He was convicted of helping the Surrey Six killers access their victims and got a year on jail on top of a five year term for drug trafficking. Now Sophon Sek is eligible for both day and full parole....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Gangster facing 39 firearms charges
A Vancouver man with gang links is facing 39 firearms charges after a five-month investigation by the Vancouver Police. Derek James Stephens, 34, appeared in Vancouver Provincial Court on the charges...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
There have been some big crime stories this year, including the continued gang violence across the Lower Mainland, Jamie Bacon’s Surrey Six murder and conspiracy charges being stayed, the sentencing of...
View ArticleDeadly dilemma: Gangster who shot Hells Angel told kill yourself, be killed...
Hours after shooting Hells Angel Bob Green, Jason Wallace found himself alone with an unimaginable choice. Devastated, drunk and high on drugs, the 856 gangster had driven to a spot near Harrison Lake...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Man who shot Angel told to kill himself or bikers would
When 856 gangster Jason Wallace pleaded guilty to killing Hells Angel Bob Green, there were a lot of unanswered questions. The Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Branch did not give the normal advance...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Murder, double shooting in violent weekend
It has been a violent 24 hours in Metro Vancouver with a murder in Surrey and two men shot in Vancouver. Surrey RCMP responded to the he 17800-block of 64th Avenue about 12:25 a.m. Sunday. A man in...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Murder, double shooting in violent weekend
It has been a violent 24 hours in Metro Vancouver with a murder in Surrey and two men shot in Vancouver. Surrey RCMP responded to the he 17800-block of 64th Avenue about 12:25 a.m. Sunday. A man in...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon bail decision set for Tuesday
I plan to be in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday to learn whether Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon will be released on bail. You will recall that Bacon’s murder and conspiracy charges in the infamous Surrey...
View ArticleCharges laid after Surrey Mounties seize guns, drugs
Two Surrey residents are facing gun and drug charges after Mounties raided a home last month in connection with an investigation into the ongoing gang conflict. Abdul Shaheel Khan, 22, and Shastina...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Charges laid, guns seized in Surrey investigation
Surrey RCMP released some details of a drug trafficking investigation that has led to arrest of three people – two are so far charged. And police say the case has some connection – though they haven’t...
View ArticleRed Scorpions gangster Jamie Bacon denied bail pending trial in April
Eileen Mohan says Metro Vancouver will be a little safer now that long-time gangster Jamie Bacon has been denied bail in B.C. Supreme Court. Mohan, whose bystander son Christopher was killed during the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon to remain in jail pending April trial
I wasn’t sure which way Justice Catherine Wedge would rule on Jamie Bacon’s bail application. After a two-day hearing in December, she reserved her decision until Tuesday morning. She laid out her...
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