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Internal affairs investigator denies he knowingly filed false info for warrant
One of the internal affairs investigators who was part of the probe that led to reporter Patrick Lagacé being spied on by the Montreal police denies he knowingly filed false information to obtain a...
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Crown rejects guilty plea to lesser charge of manslaughter
A man who saw his murder case end in a mistrial this month will have to undergo a second trial, as the Crown has refused to accept a guilty plea to manslaughter. During a hearing before Superior Court...
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Jury watches interrogation of man charged with murder of hair stylist
The suspect in the death of a Montreal woman who was killed eight years ago went from defiant to a blubbering mess who confessed while he was interrogated by an experienced homicide detective. The...
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Pina Rizzi murder trial: Jury sees footage of body dragged into shed
Jean-Philippe Tremblay appeared to have his legal strategy all laid out only one hour after confessing to a homicide during a police interrogation. His sometimes disturbing confession to having killed...
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Guitar teacher robbed banks because he owed money to criminals, trial hears
An accomplished musician who robbed banks in Montreal while he taught guitar lessons carried out his crimes, in part, because he was under a great deal of stress, a Quebec Court judge was told Friday...
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Police investigating mob ties in Anjou murder
A suspicious death in Anjou has been declared Montreal’s 11th homicide for 2017. A 30-year-old man was found shot to death in his Anjou apartment Friday. A report in La Presse said the man had ties to...
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City and Montreal police Brotherhood plan weekend contract negotiation
A spokesperson for the Montreal police Brotherhood has confirmed that the union and the city have been involved in contract negotiations since Tuesday and plan to continue the process throughout the...
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Group stages protest to save green space in Plateau Mont Royal
It might appear as a postage stamp on a map of Plateau-Mont-Royal, but to many people in the neighbourhood surrounding it Notman garden is a big deal. It is barely noticeable to passersby, but the tiny...
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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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Côte-des-Neiges resident breaks down while apologizing for murder
A Côte-des-Neiges resident who killed his neighbour and then downed a few beers before he was arrested broke down in tears on Monday while he apologized to the victim’s children for having taken away...
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Coderre called cops for personal matters, police inquiry hears
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is not shy to call on the people in charge of the Montreal police with questions on personal matters, according to testimony heard before the Chamberland Commission. While...
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Quebecers plead guilty in case of cocaine on plane that made emergency landing
Two men from Mirabel have pleaded guilty to being in possession of the large quantity of cocaine seized from their aircraft after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Ohio more than two months...
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Laval police suspected detective was 'thinking with his penis,' inquiry hears
The Laval police launched an internal affairs investigation into one of its detectives, in part, because they suspected he was “thinking with his penis” when he leaked information about a drug...
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Chamberland Commission: Denis Coderre expected to testify on Monday
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is expected to testify before the Chamberland Commission on Monday. Justice Jacques Chamberland, the head of the commission into how police have spied on Quebec...
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From the archives: Trio suspected in several violent home invasions
This story was first published on March 15, 2005, in the Montreal Gazette. The original title was “Trio suspected in several violent home invasions: Men arrested last month after break-in; police hope...
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Man wanted after fatal shooting outside N.D.G. strip bar has violent record
The man being sought on a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a fatal shooting outside a strip bar in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a violent career criminal who has spent most of his adult years...
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'I was furious' information was leaked to reporter, Coderre tells police...
Despite admitting he “blew a gasket” when he learned a reporter obtained a copy of a traffic ticket he received, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre insists his reaction was not what touched off a police...
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Woman from Vancouver on trial in Montreal for heroin smuggling
A jury at the Montreal courthouse has begun hearing evidence in a case against a Vancouver woman charged with trying to smuggle more than seven kilograms of heroin into Canada through the airport in...
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Former Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum granted parole
Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum has been granted parole on the sentence he received earlier this year for having received bribes for decisions made when he was a borough mayor. Applebaum...
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Man acquitted on charge he harassed prosecutor during Youth Court trial of...
A Montreal man, charged with intimidating a prosecutor while she was involved in a Youth Court case involving terrorism charges, was acquitted by a Quebec Court judge on Tuesday because there was no...
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