REAL 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...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More violence with double shooting/murder
Vancouver Police are investigating a double-shooting that sent two people to hospital early Friday. Const. Jason Doucette said in a news release that the targeted shooting happened about 6 a.m. in a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: DNA match leads to arrest in 1987 double-murder
It was just last month that we were reminded of the horrific details of the 1987 murders of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. The case had gone unsolved for more than 30 years. Until this week....
View ArticleVancouver Sun's Kim Bolan to receive honorary degree from University of the...
Vancouver Sun longtime investigative reporter Kim Bolan will receive an honorary degree from the University of the Fraser Valley. The degree will be given to Bolan during a convocation ceremony next...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Man acquitted in gun case after Charter breach
Hey Real Scoop readers – sorry about having things shut down over the last couple of weeks. I have had too many off-work things to deal with so haven’t had time to review comments after hours. That’s...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Fentanyl trafficker gets 16 years
Andrew Leach made the ultimate sacrifice to keep his family members out of jail. He pleaded guilty to serious trafficking charges so that the Crown would stay several counts laid against his mom,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Aram Ali released pending deportation
Aram Ali may not be in Canada for long, but he will get to spend his remaining days living with his family in Calgary. He was finally released from Immigration detention on Thursday after finishing...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cory Vallee convicted of murder, conspiracy
Throughout his murder trial, Cory Vallee would smile as he entered the high-security courtroom. But he looked much more serious Friday when he learned he will likely spent the next 25 years behind...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Ex-realtor charged in US with money laundering
I first heard about Omid Mashinchi in 2015 in connection with the conflict that resulted in a gang kidnapping for which Mo Rahimi is now charged. Rahimi remains a fugitive. Mashinchi has no criminal...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Firefighter bikers riding with the Hells Angels
Florian’s Knights is a new motorcycle club consisting of some firefighters from Burnaby and New Westminster. But concerns have been raised over the Knights association with the Hells Angels. Founding...
View ArticleTwo suspects, vehicles identified in Grewal murder
Homicide investigators have released surveillance photos of two men believed to be involved in the murder last December of Brothers Keepers gang boss Gavinder Grewal. Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Burnaby investigates firefighter bikers
I have done a couple of follow-up stories on the Florian Knights, the firefighter bikers who’ve been going on rides with the Hells Angels. Now the City of Burnaby has launched its own investigation...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Chilliwack murder victim brother of long-time gangster
A young man killed in Chilliwack Thursday was the younger brother of long-time gangster Clayton Eheler, Postmedia has learned. Nicholas Cross, 25, was found unresponsive in the 45000-block of...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Coquitlam senior fights government forfeiture suit
Two weeks ago, I covered the sentencing of fentanyl trafficker Andrew Leach, who peddled tens of thousands of fake Oxy pills over a year. He was sentenced to 16 years in jail. As part of his plea deal,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Jimi Sandhu behind bars in India
In December 2015, Jimi Sandhu testified at an immigration hearing that he had turned over a new leaf, had married and was starting a business in Edmonton. But he was deported a few months later for...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Convicted B.C. killer arrested in India with Jimi Sandhu
I was able to confirm that the Canadian arrested in the same investigation as former B.C. gangster Jimi Sandhu is in fact fugitive killer Kenny Cuong Manh Nguyen. He didn’t disclose his Canadian...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Trafficker Madison Fine died of drug overdose
As suspected when this news broke last December, Jamie Bacon’s girlfriend Madison Fine died of an overdose, according to a coroner’s report released yesterday. Sad for her family no matter what you...
View ArticleAir India bombing victims honoured at emotional Stanley Park memorial
Ranbir Bhinder recalled Saturday how his entire family was “shattered” by the 1985 Air India bombing that left his pilot brother Satwinder dead. Bhinder, who is visiting from India, attended his first...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Hells Angels still powerful after 35 years in B.C.
I started the Real Scoop 10 years ago this weekend by doing a live blog on the 25th anniversary bash of the Hells Angels at the Langley property owned by the White Rock chapter. So it’s appropriate...
View ArticleLive: Kim Bolan covers the Hells Angels' 35th anniversary party in Nanaimo
Crime reporter Kim Bolan is in Nanaimo to cover the 35th anniversary of the first Hells Angels chapters in B.C. She will be live-tweeting events Friday and Saturday. Read her feature here, and follow...
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