REAL SCOOP: Two killed in double shooting in East Van Thursday
A second man has died after a double shooting in East Vancouver Thursday night. Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham said one man was killed and the second was critically injured about 9:30 p.m. “Police responded...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Nav Sanghera gunned down outside family home
As readers said early this morning, Nav Sanghera was indeed one of two men gunned down Thursday night in East Van. He died Friday morning in hospital. We have the identity of the second man, who is 49,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Missing Hells Angels prospect found dead
It may be a strange coincidence, but two men linked to the Hells Angels have both been reported missing this month and now one of them – Mike Widner, 39, has been found dead. This comes just months...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Murder in Surrey; shooting in North Vancouver – UPDATED
Homicide investigators have identified the man gunned down Monday in a hotel parking lot as Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu, 29. Bhangu was fatally shot just before 2:30 p.m. outside the Comfort Inn Hotel...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Ex-gang associate wants his cash returned
For a while, Tyler Willock was in the news a lot. He was a gang associate of both the Red Scorpions and the Independent Soldiers. He was targeted in a February 2009 shooting. A month later, he suffered...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Who is this suspect in Bhangu murder?
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released footage Friday of the suspect in the March 13 murder of gangster Birinderjeet Bhangu outside a Surrey hotel. Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound said...
View ArticleSurveillance footage shows alleged killer of Surrey gangster Birinder Bhangu
Homicide investigators are trying to identify a suspect clearly featured in surveillance video seconds before the brazen daylight murder of Birinderjeet Bhangu in Surrey this week. Staff Sgt. Jennifer...
View ArticleREAL 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 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 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 ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hundreds or 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleREAL SCOOP: Who is this suspect in Bhangu murder?
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released footage Friday of the suspect in the March 13 murder of gangster Birinderjeet Bhangu outside a Surrey hotel. Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound said...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Victim's family says they finally got some justice
Amandeep Bath’s family has waited a long time for justice. The 27-year-old accounting student was shot in the face early the morning of Sept. 24, 2004. He had just called 911 after a confrontation with...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hells Angel last man sentenced in 2012 conspiracy
Almost five years after arrests went down in the RCMP’s E-Predicate investigation into two Kelowna Hells Angels and some of their associates, the last accused in the case has finally been sentenced....
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