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VPD arrest suspect in downtown shooting: UPDATE
Vancouver Police have arrested Gerry Ronald Pennell – a suspect in a shooting Monday evening near Hornby Street and Helmcken. Pennell was picked up Tuesday morning, less than an hour after VPD released...
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Accused child killer was convicted rapist in the 1970s
My colleague Lori Culbert was busy going through newspaper archives Monday to extract whatever information she could about Garry Handlen, charged with killing two young B.C. girls in the 1970s. With...
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Malik family and B.C. government still battling in court almost a decade...
Almost 10 years after Ripudaman Singh Malik was acquitted in the Air India bombing, the B.C. government and his family are still battling in court over the money used to pay his legal fees. The...
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Wounded Mountie in critical condition; suspect arrested – UPDATED
Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect after an officer was shot during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning. Supt. Brad Mueller said the 36-year-old man has not yet been charged and therefore police...
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Kenny Knutson charged in Kamloops Mountie shooting
A 36-year old convicted killer has been charged with the attempted murder of Kamloops Mountie Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud during a traffic stop Wednesday. Kenneth Michael Knutson, who’s well-known to police...
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Vancouver Island man loses appeal of extradition order
A Vancouver Island man has lost his appeal of an extradition order to the U.S. on charges he smuggled ecstasy and pot into Washington State seven years ago. Ian Alan Thornett, 48, claimed on appeal...
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Surrey mom charged with killing eight-year old daughter – UPDATED
A troubled 41-year-old Surrey mom has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of her young daughter Wednesday. Lisa Batstone appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Thursday and was remanded in...
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Supreme Court of Canada says police can search cell phones
In a split ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that police will be allowed to search a suspect’s cell phone after an arrest, but only for limited purposes. Canada’s highest court was split...
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Notorious Mexican cartels have set up shop in Vancouver
Infamous Mexican cartels like Sinaloa and La Familia have sent representatives to the Lower Mainland to broker drug deals with local gangs, The Vancouver Sun has learned. A Sun investigation has...
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Cartel Connection part 2: Dirty money and a successful sting
Ariel Julian Savein would drive to classes at Vancouver’s Point Grey secondary a decade ago in his father’s green BMW. In his 2003 graduation yearbook, Savein thanked his parents and teachers for...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
It’s been an eventful year on the Lower Mainland on the crime beat – from convictions in the Surrey Six murder case to the capture of accused UN gang killer Corey Vallee in Mexico in August. And IHIT...
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Justin Haevischer charged with accessory to murder in Surrey Six case
The brother of Surrey Six killer Cody Haevischer has been charged with accessory to murder after the fact in connection with the Oct. 19, 2007 slaughter of six men. Justin Lee Haevischer, 28, was...
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IHIT looking for information about Theoren Poitras murder
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is still looking for information to solve the fatal shooting in Richmond last October of Theoren Poitras. Poitras, who was known to police and believed to be...
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Year in review: Vancouver Sun’s most popular blog posts of 2014
The blog posts that received the most views on vancouversun.com in 2014 can best be described as legacy posts. In December 2012, arts reporter Francois Marchand wrote the most popular blog post in...
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Surrey man gunned down at Delta home Friday night: UPDATE
Delta police say a 24-year-old Surrey man was killed Friday night in a targeted shooting in the 11800-block of 75A Avenue. The man was visiting the residence when he sprayed with gunfire about 8:20 pm,...
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Government violated biker’s rights in bid to deport him: Federal Court
A federal court has stopped a bid to deport an Italian-born Hells Angel from B.C., saying the government violated his rights by delaying the case for years. Carlo Fabbiano, a 57-year-old member of the...
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Accused drug smugglers caught crossing into B.C. with cocaine
Their camouflaged clothing wasn’t enough to get two accused drug smugglers across the border undetected last November. Mounties just released details of charges laid against the men two months ago....
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No one injured in Richmond shooting Tuesday morning
Richmond RCMP officers are investigating a drive-by shooting on Garden City Road Tuesday morning. Acting Corporal Dennis Hwang said in a news released that no one was injured after shot were fired at a...
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Government going after cars allegedly used in Abby teen’s murder
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office wants to keep two vehicles it alleges were involved in a gang shootout that left an Abbotsford teen dead last October. In a statement of claim filed Dec. 22, the...
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Gang associate facing firearms charges in Vernon
The half-brother of gangster Jesse Margison is facing firearms charges after an investigation in by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Daniel Martin Penton, 21, was arrested in Vernon just...
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