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REAL SCOOP: Another Surrey pretrial inmate dies in custody
Just last week, I broke the story about UBC sex assault suspect David Singh Tucker found dead in his cell at Surrey Pretrial after a suspected drug overdose. While now another inmate has died while in...
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REAL SCOOP: Surrey will soon have a new head Mountie
I am already away on holidays and left without putting a few of my latest stories on The Real Scoop, so I’m doing that now since I haven’t had much internet here on Hornby Island. Of interest to many...
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REAL SCOOP: Stats show rising violence in B.C. jails
I have written a number of stories over the last 18 months about the increasing violence in B.C. jails. There were two deaths just days apart last week. Here’s my follow up story which was written for...
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REAL SCOOP: VanCity employee fired for criminal boyfriend, files human rights...
This was an interesting story we learned about from an interim ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. A woman identified only as C claims she was discriminated against by VanCity credit union when...
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REAL SCOOP: Arrests and charges in Surrey gang conflict
Several young men have been arrested and charged in connection with the on-going violence in Surrey. As I said, I am out of town on vacation, but thought I would at least post the news release for you...
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REAL SCOOP: More arrests and charges in Abbotsford conflict
It has been more than two years since we first heard Abbotsford Police talk publicly about a violent conflict between two groups of young men in the Townline Hill area of West Abbotsford. Police have...
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REAL SCOOP: Vancouver longshoreman admits role in drug ring
I have written a few stories now on the Randhawa brothers – three Richmond men who are all longshoremen and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Alexie’s U.S. conviction was...
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REAL SCOOP: Twins get 2 years for role in UN murders
The general public may not have heard much of the Murphy twins – David and Ryan – 42-year-old brothers who were involved in the United Nations gang for years. Neither had a criminal record before...
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REAL SCOOP: Two men with UN links to be released from prison
I just received parole board documents for two people who’ve had United Nations gang links over the years. Both are getting out of prison. And both have had special conditions imposed by the Parole...
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REAL SCOOP: Murder charge laid in Chilliwack slaying
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announce Thursday that a murder charged had been laid in a fatal shooting from last April. The accused Daniel Fabas has a criminal history and knew the victim...
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REAL SCOOP: Gangsta rapper appears in court Friday on gun charges
John Carlton Lewis, aka General Beanz, appeared briefly in Vancouver Provincial Court Friday on the gun charges laid against him last May. As you recall, he’s alleged to have pulled a firearm at a...
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REAL SCOOP: Prison lawsuit going to trial next June
Chris Iser was arrested in Vancouver’s Kensington Park in October 2010 as Gang Task Force members descended on him and several other gangsters in the Knight Street park that day. They had all just been...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT looking for information in the hours before Chilliwack murder
Homicide investigators told us Sept. 2 about a double shooting in Chilliwack that left a 52-year-old woman dead and a young man fighting for his life. Now we have the identity of the woman and police...
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REAL SCOOP: House of Horrors killer gets day parole again
A lot has been written over the years about the former “little house of horrors” crack shack that police believe was the scene of much violence over several years. The house, which has since been torn...
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REAL SCOOP: BC government says civil forfeiture a big success
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has been open for 10 years, going after the illicit property of criminals through suits filed in B.C. Supreme Court. To mark the anniversary Thursday, Public Safety...
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REAL SCOOP: Charges approved against Surrey Mountie in Creep Catcher sting
For the second time in a week, charges have been laid in B.C. based on evidence gathered by controversial community activists targeting suspected child predators. On Friday, charges were approved...
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REAL SCOOP: More than 30 restricted firearms bought by Courtenay man missing
Courtenay resident Bryce McDonald is going to be sentenced Nov. 7 on firearms charges laid after police raided three locations linked to him almost three years ago. And while officers found 19 firearms...
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REAL SCOOP: VPD confirms double murder in east Vancouver
Vancouver Police have determined that a man and a woman found dead in an East Vancouver home Saturday were murdered. Sgt. Randy Fincham said the pair were discovered just before 10:00 p.m. Saturday...
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REAL SCOOP: Abby PD arrest man with firearm at local airport, charges laid –...
UPDATED MONDAY: Charges have been laid against James Thomas Kreitewolf in connection with the incident at Abbotsford Airport Sunday afternoon. James Kreitewolf Charges laid against James Kreitewolf...
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REAL SCOOP: VPD makes arrests in kidnapping related to double-murder
I have been off-line for a couple of days watching the Blue Jays in Seattle (which was very fun!) But I’m back now and wanted to update you on the arrest of three suspects in connection to a kidnapping...
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