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Man charged with making bomb threats at Concordia fears for safety
Hisham Saadi, the man charged with making bomb threats that caused Concordia University to evacuate three of its buildings in March, fears for his safety, says his lawyer. During a brief hearing at...
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Montreal artist accused of trying to sell forged Riopelle painting on eBay
An accomplished Montreal artist appears intent on having a trial by jury on charges alleging he forged a work by Jean-Paul Riopelle, and tried to sell it on eBay for nearly $300,000. Michel Vermeulen,...
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Coroner: Martin Couture-Rouleau's father was 'desperate' to find help for son
The coroner who investigated the circumstances surrounding the October 2014 death of Martin Couture-Rouleau, the man who ran over and killed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, has filed a report that...
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Sentence hearing delayed for sexual predator in the Plateau
A man who attacked a teenage girl and two young women in the Plateau in less than seven hours only months ago will be back in Montreal court June 28 for the sentence stage of his sexual assault case....
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Men charged with breaking into Laval home of Montreal Mafia leader and...
Two men have been charged with breaking into the Laval home of Montreal Mafia leader Francesco (Chit) Del Balso and assaulting his wife and two of his sons. The break-in occurred late Saturday morning...
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Montreal man found guilty of second-degree murder
A jury that had been deliberating since last week found Amalan Thandapanithesigar guilty of second-degree murder for having stabbed his neighbour in Côte-des-Neiges. Thandapanithesigar was originally...
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Judge denies requests to grant stay of proceedings in two different Montreal...
A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied requests to place a stay of proceedings in two different murder cases after defence lawyers in both claimed their clients had waited too long for their trials....
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Man gets 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to fatal stabbing in Montreal
A 24-year-old man has avoided a first-degree murder trial after he pleaded guilty on Monday to having stabbed a man in Plateau-Mont-Royal who was trying to break up a fight between two groups of men....
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Alleged jihadist found guilty of providing false information to obtain passport
The most incriminating statements made by Ismael Habib were guided out of him by undercover agents while he was under investigation, his defence lawyer said while making closing arguments in his trial...
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Halfway house drama caused by man accused of assaulting Mafia leader's family
One of the two men charged this week with breaking into the home of Montreal Mafia leader Francesco Del Balso and assaulting his family was recently involved in a strange incident at a halfway house...
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Quebec floods: Man arrested for sandbags to spend another night in jail
An Île-Bizard resident has refused to agree to respect a series of conditions that would have secured his release Wednesday following his arrest while he tried to bring sandbags to a flooded part of...
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Man charged in LaSalle double slaying says he was acting in self defence
Altamond Little, the Montreal man on trial on charges he murdered his estranged wife and her lover, has told the jury that the Crown’s version of what happened more than three years ago is completely...
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Alleged West End Gang leader gets 10-year sentence for possession of cocaine,...
Shane Kenneth (Wheels) Maloney, an alleged leader in the West End Gang, was sentenced Thursday to an overall 10-year prison term for trying to buy 25 kilos of cocaine from an undercover agent and for...
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Former mafioso Danny De Gregorio, who worked at restaurant destroyed by fire,...
A man who was considered a rising star in the Montreal Mafia until he was caught with a loaded gun has been granted early parole. Danny (Arm) De Gregorio, 49, appeared before the board Friday morning...
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'I will be your future boss,' Coderre is alleged to have told cop
More than a year before he was elected mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre is alleged to have warned a police officer who was issuing him a ticket that he would be her boss in the future. The detail is...
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LaSalle man guilty of manslaughter and murder in double homicide
A LaSalle man has been found guilty of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend following a trial at the Montreal courthouse that began more than two months ago. The jury rendered its verdicts...
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Former Montreal cop who sold information to Hells Angel granted full parole
Benoît Roberge, the former Montreal police detective who is serving a seven-year prison term for selling sensitive information to a Hells Angel, says he now realizes he worked police informants for far...
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Internal affairs investigated cop after details of crash leaked, witness...
The Montreal police internal affairs division was asked to investigate how details from an investigation into the death of a five-year-old boy killed in a car crash involving a police officer were...
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Montreal police prepared to handle consequences of releasing fake info,...
A Montreal police internal affairs investigator found himself having to explain what his police force would have done if fake information they created, and hoped would be published, ever actually...
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St-Laurent man gets 15-year sentence for attempt to murder young girl
A St-Laurent borough resident has received a 15-year sentence for his attempt to murder an 11-year-old girl he knew very well. The 45-year-old man, whose name cannot be published, was left with a...
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