REAL SCOOP: Man killed in targeted Vancouver shooting – UPDATED
Vancouver Police say they are investigating a targeted shooting that left a man dead in East Vancouver Wednesday. Const. Jason Doucette said the shooting happened just before 8 p.m. near Cambridge and...
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REAL SCOOP: Alleged B.C. hitmen murdered within weeks of Dubai slaying
I have been trying to piece together this story since February when I heard from you blog readers that one of the guys in the Brothers Keepers photo we published – Harpreet Majhu – had been murdered...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Another murder charge laid in LeClair murder
I was enjoying a long weekend after working all last weekend and missed this big news related to the 2009 Kevin LeClair murder. Another United Nations gang member has been charged with first-degree...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Convicted killer tried to blame LeClair
A Surrey man convicted in a crack shack murder dating back to 2006 tried to blame the crime on the late gangster Kevin LeClair. But the B.C. Court of Appeal wasn’t buying the arguments made on behalf...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Final defendant pleads guilty in heli-smuggling case
It has been years since I first reported on the helicopter drug smuggling charges laid against Colin Martin, Sean Doak and other B.C. men. Now the last of the defendants who was still before the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Abby shooting leaves one dead, one wounded
One man is dead and a second wounded after a shooting Saturday night in Abbotsford. Abbotsford police were called to a residence in the 2000-block of Wilerose Street after reports of shots fired....
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REAL SCOOP: Kangs, Red Scorpions charged after massive investigation
Sorry I am late reopening comments. I was digging into this case of arrests of significant Kang and Red Scorpion members after a major gang investigation headed by the Vancouver Police Department....
View ArticleMetro Vancouver cops unveil Project Territory gang roundup details
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the arrest of 14 gangsters linked to the Red Scorpions and the Kang group “sends a very strong message” to those caught up in organized crime in B.C....
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REAL SCOOP: Police say gang arrests will reduce violence
At a news conference Friday, police announced the results of the major gang investigation started last year and reported on in today’s newspaper. Here’s my latest story: Metro Vancouver cops send...
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Delta Police announce more charges against Red Scorpions
The charges are mounting against members of the Red Scorpion gang and their associates. Delta Police announced Tuesday that seven men linked to the notorious gang are facing dozens of additional...
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REAL SCOOP: Jody York charged after golf club beating
Jody York hasn’t been on the Real Scoop for years, but I certainly reported on him starting about a decade ago when his Langley house was shot up. Then I followed his prosecution in the U.S. Now the...
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REAL SCOOP: More charges against Red Scorpions announced
Delta Police have released the results of an undercover operation that has led to even more charges against the Red Scorpion gang, infamous for the brutal Surrey Six slayings. Here’s my latest story:...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon trial delayed again
Here is an update on the upcoming Bacon trial: Jamie Bacon’s trial delayed again, set for Nov. 5 ‘The current trial date was no longer viable as a result of ongoing pre-trial issues.’ KIM BOLAN...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: West Vancouver man shot to death in Mexico
I got a tip about this murder in Guadalajara late Thursday of a man well-known to police on the Lower Mainland. Guiseppe Bugge, also known as Benny, had been linked to the drug trade in B.C. for years...
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Gang murders linked to internal disputes, conflicts in prison
The night before Matthew Navas-Rivas was shot to death in east Vancouver last month, he was enjoying himself with other members of the Brothers Keepers gang on a boat cruise around the Vancouver...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crown seeking 12 years for attempt on Damion Ryan's life
My colleague Keith Fraser covered the first day Thursday of the sentencing hearing of the young man who tried to kill a Hells Angel at Vancouver Airport in 2015. The Crown is seeking a 12-year sentence...
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REAL SCOOP: Murders stem from Wolf Pack internal conflict
I was working on this weekend story for a few days after learning from sources that Matthew Navas-Rivas was the target of the shooting last January that left a Coquitlam teenager caught in the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Ramos pleads guilty to aiding international traffickers
Thanks for your patience during the last few weeks as I have been off of work on leave. I am now back and have some updates on a few cases I have covered previously. For starters, Vince Ramos, who...
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REAL SCOOP: Sentencing hearing for UN gang hitman continues
Cory Vallee was convicted of the first-degree murder of Red Scorpion Kevin LeClair last June, as well as of conspiring to kill the Bacon brothers and others in the RS. But Vallee has not yet been...
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REAL SCOOP: Gun violence continues with two Fraser Valley murders – UPDATED
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is probing two new shooting deaths in Mission and Chilliwack. Gang-involved Varinderpal Gill, who was just 19, was shot to death Wednesday about 9 p.m. at...
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