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REAL SCOOP: New details about killer of Victoria couple in 1987
I was down in Everett, Washington today for an interesting news conference in a 1987 unsolved murder of a Victoria couple. The case was brutal – Jay Cook, 20, and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18 – were tied...
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REAL SCOOP: Forfeiture case to continue despite death of HA defendant
West Point Hells Angel Lukasz Cimoszko died near Barriere, B.C. last week of a suspected drug overdose. Now whoever is looking after his estate will have to take over his defence in a civil forfeiture...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Family searching for answers 10 years after son vanished
Kellen McElwee’s family is still waiting for answers more than a decade after they last saw him. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team believes he met with foul play in April 2008, but his body...
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REAL SCOOP: Minister says feds need medical pot crack down
This is a follow-up story to the one I did earlier this week about the death of Hells Angel Lukasz Cimoszko and the fact he was facing a civil forfeiture challenge at the time of his death. In the...
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REAL SCOOP: Plea deals reached in Jonathan Bacon murder
I had heard recent rumblings that there might be a plea deal reached against three gangsters accused in the 2011 Jonathan Bacon murder. But I was still a bit surprised when the news broke Friday...
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Live: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
The Hells Angels “are an extraordinarily sophisticated entity” fighting to preserve their brand to help members around the world commit criminal acts, a lawyer representing the B.C. government said...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
I was reporting live on the start of the Hells Angels civil forfeiture case in B.C. Supreme Court today. The case, which took more than decade to get to trial, is expected to last five weeks.The...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Order to release UN gang associate under review
I filed this story Friday about an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing that resulted in an order to release UN gang associate and convicted gunman Aram Ali pending his deportation to his native Iraq....
View ArticleLive: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial continues today
A long-awaited civil forfeiture trial against the Hells Angels is underway. The civil forfeiture case began in 2007 when the government seized the Hells Angels’ Nanaimo clubhouse, alleging that it had...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: HA win exclusion of Giles trial intercepts
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies sided with lawyers for the Hells Angels Wednesday in ruling that comments back in 2012 that Angel David Giles made to undercover officers should not be admitted...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT wants info on victim's whereabouts before slaying
Homicide investigators want the public to help them determine what Surrey’s most recent murder victim was doing in the hours before he was killed. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Cpl. Frank Jang...
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REAL SCOOP: Guilty pleas entered in Jon Bacon murder plot
We will learn Wednesday morning whether B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton will accept a joint sentencing submission for three gangsters who’ve admitted a role in the 2011 Jonathan Bacon murder...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former biker finishes testimony at civil forfeiture trial
David Atwell, a former Hells Angel who testified against Toronto gang members several years ago, has been giving evidence this week for the B.C. director of civil forfeiture in his attempt to get three...
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REAL SCOOP: Government settles suits for jail beatings
Jesse Margison was a well-known young gangster with a violent history when he was attacked in North Fraser Pretrial in 2012. The injuries he suffered were so severe that he has permanent brain damage...
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REAL SCOOP: Ex-Angel has chippy exchange with govt lawyer
Fred Widdifield was clearly not happy to be brought from prison to testify for the Director of Civil Forfeiture in its case against his former biker gang. He had a few testy exchanges with Brent...
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REAL SCOOP: Years of violent retaliation before Kelowna plea deal this month
I spent the last few days piecing together this weekend feature about all the murders and shootings that are believed to be linked to the conflict between the so-called Dhak-Duhre-UN group and the Wolf...
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REAL SCOOP: Man killed in targeted Langley shooting
Homicide investigators have been called in after a man was shot to death at a gas station just off the highway at 232 Street in Langley Tuesday evening. Police also found another torched vehicle...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Jones pleads guilty to 2nd murder conspiracy
Less than two weeks after Michael Jones admitted to his role in the conspiracy to kill Jonathan Bacon, he has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill Independent Soldiers founder Randy Naicker. My colleague...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Young gangsters charged in murder conspiracy
Several young gangsters who Vancouver police say were particularly violent are now facing 20 serious charges from conspiracy to commit murder to possession of prohibited firearms and conspiracy to...
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REAL SCOOP: More violence with double shooting/murder – UPDATED
Vancouver Police are investigating a double-shooting that left sent two people to hospital early Friday. Const. Jason Doucette said the targeted shooting happened just before 6 a.m. in a building on...
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