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REAL SCOOP: Colin Martin's US arrest warrant finally executed
Copy of executed arrest warrant for Colin Hugh Martin It took more than eight years, but B.C. resident Colin Hugh Martin was finally formally arrested this month on drug smuggling charges sworn against...
View ArticleTwo men charged in Vancouver police gun investigation Project Tactic
Vancouver Police say two men are facing dozens of firearms charges after an investigation into the Lower Mainland gang conflict. On Monday, investigators from the VPD’s Organized Crime Section arrested...
View ArticleDefence attacks credibility of Crown witnesses at Vallee trial
Four former United Nations gang members who testified against alleged hitman Cory Vallee were trying to “save their own skin” and should not be believed, defence lawyer Eric Gottardi said Tuesday. At...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD announces more charges in gun case
In December, the Vancouver Police announced that charges had been laid against gang associate Derek Stephens after a five-month firearms investigation called Project Tactic. On Tuesday, the VPD...
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REAL SCOOP: Defence says key Crown witnesses are "worst" offenders
Cory Vallee’s three defence lawyers are finally getting to respond to eight days of Crown closing arguments in the long-running murder trial. Lead defence lawyer Eric Gottardi said Tuesday that the...
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Three B.C. gangsters charged in 2012 murders of rivals make brief appearance
Hells Angel Larry Amero and two men from his Wolfpack gang alliance appeared briefly by video link in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday, charged in connection with the 2012 murders of rivals Sandip Duhre...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT's busy 2018 continues with Chilliwack murder
Homicide investigators have identified a man shot to death in Chilliwack Wednesday morning as Cody Isaacson, 28. Mounties received calls of shots fired in the 9200-block of Broadway Street about 6 a.m....
View ArticleJudge convicts young gangster in 2015 Richmond park shooting
A young gangster was convicted Thursday in the August 2015 attempt to kill his own associate in Richmond’s Dover Park. Richmond Provincial Court Judge Bonnie Craig said the circumstantial evidence at...
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REAL SCOOP: Gangster convicted of attempted murder in failed hit
Before Richmond Provincial Court Judge Bonnie Craig started reading out her verdict in an attempted murder case Thursday, she handed a copy of it to accused Thomas Duong, as well as his lawyer and the...
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Hells Angel offers to help people get medical pot-growing licences
A longtime Vancouver Hells Angel is offering to help people get licences to grow their own medical marijuana “everywhere in Canada except Quebec!!!!” Hal Bruce Porteous, 45, made the offer in an...
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REAL SCOOP: HA rapper offers help to get medical pot grow licences
Sorry for the delay in reopening Real Scoop comments. I have been battling the cold/flu that so many have. But I am back at work, though off on holidays next week. I wrote this story a couple of days...
View ArticleBacon trial on counselling to commit murder charge postponed until September
The trial for gangster Jamie Bacon on a charge of counselling to commit murder has been delayed from April until September. Bacon, who lost a bid in January to be released on bail pending the upcoming...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon trial delayed till fall
I just confirmed Thursday that Jamie Bacon’s trial has been delayed for five months. Due to all the bans in place, as well as the in-camera pre-trial hearings, I don’t have reasons as to why the case...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley murder
Homicide investigators are again seeking the public’s help to get information about the region’s latest murder. Surrey resident Tarek Ali Al-Romeshi, 23, was found fatally wounded at a townhouse...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD investigating fatal shooting in Kerrisdale
I am away for a couple of days but wanted to put up a few details of Vancouver’s latest murder. Vancouver Police confirmed late Thursday that a Surrey man shot near Marguerite Street and West 49th...
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Brutality of UN, Red Scorpion gang war highlighted in year-long trial
Kevin LeClair had just left the Browns Socialhouse in Langley’s Thunderbird Mall on a cold Friday afternoon nine years ago. He got into his pickup truck and began to drive off, when two gunmen started...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT on the scene of Coquitlam murder
Homicide investigators are on the scene of another murder – this time in Coquitlam. Coquitlam RCMP received several calls of shots fired in the area of Sylvan Place and Riverview Crescent about 10...
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REAL SCOOP: Vallee murder trial verdict coming June 1st
The Cory Vallee murder trial finally ended last Wednesday. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon will give her verdict on June 1st. I wrote this summary of the case, highlighting all the unsolved...
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B.C. government expects to target gun and gang violence
The B.C. government expects to introduce new legislation this session to help tackle gun and gang violence, Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth said Monday. Farnworth said he couldn’t disclose details of...
View ArticleSurrey man convicted in 1986 B.C. terrorist shooting poses with Trudeau's...
A Surrey businessman convicted in a 1986 terrorist shooting in B.C. posed with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and a Canadian cabinet minister during the prime minister’s trip to India. Jaspal Atwal, a...
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