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REAL SCOOP: Another B.C gangster gunned down in Mexico
As Real Scoop readers noted last night, there were reports out of Mexico about the brutal slaying of another Canadian. I confirmed it was former Vancouver resident Jodh Manj. Here’s my story: Another...
View ArticleB.C. residents lose last-ditch court battle on extradition to India
The mother and uncle of a young B.C. woman murdered in Punjab in 2000 have lost their last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition to India. The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an application from Malkit...
View ArticleLawyers for former accused in court to get millions returned
Federal prosecutors are delaying the return of millions seized in a money laundering investigation so that the B.C. director of civil forfeiture can file a claim against the cash, lawyer Matthew...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: No details yet about why E-Pirate charges stayed
I was back at B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear Charter arguments from lawyers presenting the two people formerly accused of money laundering in the massive E-Pirate investigation. While there was a...
View ArticleYoung Lower Mainland gangsters sent to prison on arson conspiracy, gun charges
Two young men involved in a violent Lower Mainland gang conflict were handed lengthy sentences in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday. Taqdir Singh Gill and Walta Abay, along with five others, were arrested in...
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REAL SCOOP: Young Vancouver gangsters sentenced after plea deal
When charges against Taqdir Gill and his associates were announced last May, Vancouver Police Supt. Mike Porteous said the young gangsters were contracting themselves out to do hits for more...
View ArticleBurnaby man 'not criminally responsible' for killing wife: judge
A Burnaby man who called 911 and admitted he stabbed his wife with a machete has been found not criminally responsible for killing her because of the serious mental illness he was suffering from at the...
View ArticleAssault charge stayed against Okanagan man
The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed an aggravated assault charge laid in August against a convicted drug smuggler. Jody Archie York had been charged following an altercation at Monte Lake, which is...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Assault charge laid in August dropped by Crown
I wanted to update readers about the status of the charge laid last summer against Jody York. It was stayed Nov, 22. Crown is not saying much about why. Here’s my update: Assault charge stayed against...
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Bikers come from near and far for funeral of murdered B.C. Hells Angel
More than 300 mourners packed a Maple Ridge church Saturday to remember slain Hells Angel Chad Wilson. Some members of the notorious biker gang and their support clubs arrived on Harleys — many of...
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REAL SCOOP: Hundreds attend service for Hells Angel Chad Wilson
Chad Wilson was found murdered under the Golden Ears bridge four weeks ago. His biker brothers attended a church not far from that bridge Saturday to remember the long-time Hells Angel. Heres’s my...
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Surrey mayor says he was unaware of new Hells Angels clubhouse
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum says he had no idea that the Hells Angels had opened a clubhouse in his city, even after a pledge from police several years ago that the biker gang would not be allowed to...
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REAL SCOOP: Mayor concerned about Hardside clubhouse
Just a few years ago, former Surrey top cop Bill Fordy pledged to stop the Hells Angels from opening a clubhouse in that city. Yet, the bikers’ newest chapter did move into a clubhouse some time in the...
View ArticleUN gang hitman sentenced to two life terms for deadly violence
United Nations gang hitman Cory Vallee was handed two life sentences Friday for conspiracy to kill rivals in the Red Scorpion gang, as well as the deadly shooting of Kevin LeClair in a Langley parking...
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Charges stayed in another major B.C. international crime case
Charges have been quietly stayed in another major B.C. case allegedly linked to the international drug trade. In October 2017, the RCMP announced two Metro Vancouver residents had been charged with...
View ArticleMan acquitted after brawl outside Vancouver strip club
A Vancouver man has been acquitted of aggravated assault after striking two people with a metal post outside a downtown strip club last year. Provincial court Judge Wilson Lee said he accepted the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vallee sentenced to two life terms for UN violence
Sorry for keeping the blog shut down for an extra couple of weeks. I did work some over the holidays but didn’t post the stories on the blog, So now that I’m back at work, I will post the older stories...
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REAL SCOOP: Second major organized crime case dropped
There has been a lot of coverage since the massive money laundering case, dubbed E-Pirate, was dropped recently. Police believe the former Richmond money exchange was laundering up tens of millions for...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Devil's Army boss released on bail in murder case
Devil’s Army president Richard “Ricky” Alexander has been released on $600,000 bail after being charged last year with first-degree murder. Alexander was granted bail after a hearing in B.C. Supreme...
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Witness at El Chapo trial says he hired Canadian Hells Angels to carry out hit
A key government witness at the trial of Mexican Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman testified in New York this week that he met with Canadian Hells Angels on behalf of the cartel to...
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