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Police brace for fallout after Hells Angels murder in Maple Ridge
Law enforcement agencies across the region are bracing for any potential fallout after a prominent Hells Angel was found murdered in Maple Ridge on the weekend. Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated...
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REAL SCOOP: Police work to head off more violence after Wilson murder
Police are working hard to solve the Chad Wilson murder and head off any possible retaliation. They even appealed to his fellow Hells Angels to come forward and cooperate with the investigation. Here’s...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel terrified before shootout
As police work to find a motive in the Nov. 18 murder of Hells Angel Chad Wilson, I thought I should take a closer look at the 2006 shootout in which he injured five people connected to the Outlaw...
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REAL SCOOP: Mike Plante testifies at civil forfeiture case against Angels
It was interesting to see Micheal Plante back on the stand in B.C. Supreme Court. Of course the former RCMP agent testified in several criminal trials against Hells Angels stemming from the massive...
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REAL SCOOP: Secret recordings played at civil forfeiture case
It was interesting to hear the clandestine recordings from 2004 of former RCMP agent Mike Plante chatting with his Hells Angels “friends.” Several of the tapes from the E-Pandora were played at the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Jarrod Bacon must stay in halfway house for now
Last week, my colleague Jen Saltman wrote about the just-released parole ruling related to Jarrod Bacon’s statutory release last summer. Today we all got a newer ruling, denying Jarrod’s request to...
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REAL SCOOP: Faint hope hearing for killer suspected in Hayer murder
I remember covering Robbie Soomel’s arrest back in 2000 for the slaying of his childhood friend Gurp Sohi. He has now been in jail for 18 years and wants to get out before reaching the 25-year mark...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former accused in laundering case want cash back
My former colleague Sam Cooper has written a lot about the E-Pirate money laundering investigation. He mentioned it again in a series he did for Global TV, where he is now working. So I was surprised...
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REAL SCOOP: Kelowna HA made changes before clubhouse inspection: witness
The Hells Angels civil forfeiture case is continuing with long-time Ontario biker cop Len Isnor on the stand. He retired last year but is testifying as a witness for the director of civil forfeiture....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Guards followed policy, union claims in memo
Last month, I broke the sad story of the death of Alex Joseph in the back of a B.C. Corrections van on a long-haul transfer between Prince George and Maple Ridge. Other inmates tried to get him help,...
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REAL SCOOP: Killer denied faint hope hearing
It was just just last week that killer Robbie Soomel’s lawyer tried to convince a B.C. Supreme Court Justice George Macintosh that his client was a changed man and should be able to apply for parole...
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REAL SCOOP: Another B.C gangster gunned down in Mexico
As Real Scoop readers noted last night, there were reports out of Mexico about the brutal slaying of another Canadian. I confirmed it was former Vancouver resident Jodh Manj. Here’s my story: Another...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: No details yet about why E-Pirate charges stayed
I was back at B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear Charter arguments from lawyers presenting the two people formerly accused of money laundering in the massive E-Pirate investigation. While there was a...
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REAL SCOOP: Young Vancouver gangsters sentenced after plea deal
When charges against Taqdir Gill and his associates were announced last May, Vancouver Police Supt. Mike Porteous said the young gangsters were contracting themselves out to do hits for more...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Assault charge laid in August dropped by Crown
I wanted to update readers about the status of the charge laid last summer against Jody York. It was stayed Nov, 22. Crown is not saying much about why. Here’s my update: Assault charge stayed against...
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REAL SCOOP: Hundreds attend service for Hells Angel Chad Wilson
Chad Wilson was found murdered under the Golden Ears bridge four weeks ago. His biker brothers attended a church not far from that bridge Saturday to remember the long-time Hells Angel. Heres’s my...
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REAL SCOOP: Mayor concerned about Hardside clubhouse
Just a few years ago, former Surrey top cop Bill Fordy pledged to stop the Hells Angels from opening a clubhouse in that city. Yet, the bikers’ newest chapter did move into a clubhouse some time in the...
View ArticleUN gang hitman sentenced to two life terms for deadly violence
United Nations gang hitman Cory Vallee was handed two life sentences Friday for conspiracy to kill rivals in the Red Scorpion gang, as well as the deadly shooting of Kevin LeClair in a Langley parking...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vallee sentenced to two life terms for UN violence
Sorry for keeping the blog shut down for an extra couple of weeks. I did work some over the holidays but didn’t post the stories on the blog, So now that I’m back at work, I will post the older stories...
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REAL SCOOP: Second major organized crime case dropped
There has been a lot of coverage since the massive money laundering case, dubbed E-Pirate, was dropped recently. Police believe the former Richmond money exchange was laundering up tens of millions for...
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