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REAL SCOOP: B.C. woman linked to bizarre U.S. kidnapping plot
Someone on twitter tipped me to this weird story out of Tennessee implicating a Williams Lake woman in an American plot to kidnap a judge and a sheriff. When I started looking at Suzanne Holland’s...
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Bacon murder trial: Gangsters-turned-witnesses lead to delays
A steady stream of gangsters-turned-witnesses in the Jonathan Bacon murder investigation have led to several delays in the case getting to trial, a B.C. Supreme Court judge says. Justice Allan Betton...
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REAL SCOOP: Evolving investigation led to delays in Bacon murder trial
I was checking in on a couple of cases Monday. The Cory Vallee murder trial was set to resume at the Vancouver Law Courts. It was a brief hearing just laying out scheduling for the fall. The defence...
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Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould eyes measures to reduce court delays
Canada’s justice ministers plan to tackle court delays by reducing the number of preliminary inquiries, changing bail rules and reforming mandatory minimum sentences. Federal Justice Minister Jody...
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REAL SCOOP: Minister plans to cut court delays to stop stays
It was interesting Friday to hear public safety ministers and federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould from across the country talk about their plans/concerns about implementing the new marijuana...
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REAL SCOOP: Man murdered in Richmond
Homicide investigators are on the scene of a new murder file in Richmond. Mounties got calls about a possible shooting in the 7500-block of Bridge Street about 3:04 a.m. Monday. “Upon police...
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REAL SCOOP: Arson at LeClair's house months before murder
I was back at the Cory Vallee murder trial Monday where there were some interesting witnesses talking about a fire set at a Mission house where Kevin LeClair lived months before he was murdered. This...
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REAL SCOOP: Jarrod Bacon back in jail after strip club incident
That didn’t take long. Just a few months after Jarrod Bacon was let out of prison on statutory release, he is back behind bars. While statutory release is virtually automatic for inmates who serve...
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REAL SCOOP: Another former inmate sues government for jail assault
I have written many stories over the years about some of the violence in B.C. jails. There have been gang-linked attacks like the life-altering assault on Jesse Margison in North Fraser Pretrial jail...
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REAL SCOOP: Arrests made in Surrey shootings
Surrey RCMP says five people have been arrested in two of three weekend shootings in the city. Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a release that all five were taken into custody in connection with two...
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REAL SCOOP: Acquitted ISIS fan remains in immigration detention
Othman Hamdan was acquitted in B.C. Supreme Court Friday of four terrorism-related charges laid after RCMP investigated dozens of pro-ISIS comments he posted on 14 Facebook pages in 2014 and 2015. The...
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ISIS supporter threatened to bomb RCMP HQ in Surrey, officer testifies
A gang-linked inmate in pretrial custody told police last December that his cell-mate, Othman Hamdan, had threatened to “blow up” RCMP headquarters in Surrey, an immigration hearing was told Monday....
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REAL SCOOP: Two charged after major drug seizure at port
Interesting news release from the RCMP today about a major drug shipment intercepted 18 months ago in a container at the Port of Vancouver. Two people are now charged. While the police are saying they...
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Two charged after police intercept cocaine shipped through Port of Vancouver
Two Metro Vancouver residents will be back in court later this month on drug charges after police seized 132 kilograms of cocaine from a shipping container from Brazil. Yan Chau (Andrew) Lam, 48, and...
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Immigration board orders B.C. ISIS supporter detained
A B.C. man who posted violent online rhetoric in support of terrorist attacks and the Islamic State has been ordered detained by the Immigration and Refugee Board pending a full hearing on his status...
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REAL SCOOP: 3 young men convicted in 2015 Whistler killing
It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Your child goes away for the weekend with friends and ends up dead. As the mother of Luka Gordic said Friday after three youth were convicted in her son’s murder,...
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REAL SCOOP: British Columbian ISIS supporter will stay in jail for now
Othman Hamdan was acquitted of all criminal charges by a B.C. Supreme Court judge two weeks ago. But the supporter of the Islamic State was ordered this week to be held in jail until a full hearing on...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT called in after body found in Richmond
Homicide investigators were called in Tuesday after a man’s body was found near Garden City Road in Richmond. Richmond RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang said the body was discovered about 4:30 a.m. and that the...
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REAL SCOOP: Man involved in Surrey gang conflict found dead
In August, Surrey RCMP said Ibrahim Amjad Ibrahim was involved in the Lower Mainland gang conflict and refusing to cooperate with police despite being targeted. This week, he was found dead in...
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REAL SCOOP: Bacon applies to toss murder charges over delay
Next Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the Surrey Six murders. As I researched this anniversary story, I confirmed that the one man still to go to trial – Jamie Bacon – has applied to have his murder...
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