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Sentences handed down to five men in Mob-related murders
Five men who pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy charges involving the murders of two of the Rizzuto organization’s rivals received sentences on Wednesday that left them with prison terms ranging...
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2014 Montreal city hall riot: Charges against 63 employees stayed
More than 60 city employees, including 53 firefighters, who were charged in connection with the ransacking of Montreal city hall three summers ago saw the criminal accusations filed against them stayed...
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Woman on trial for heroin smuggling says she was threatened in jail
A Vancouver resident who is on trial for heroin smuggling says her life was threatened just months after she was arrested at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport with more than seven kilograms...
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They swiped right. He swiped their money.
Montreal police are on the lookout for a sweet-talking fraud artist who they say seeks out women on dating websites with the goal of stealing their money. According to a statement issued by police on...
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Most of the men charged in sexual exploitation sting operation are Montrealers
Charges recently filed in connection with a Montreal sting operation aimed at preventing the sexual exploitation of minors during Grand Prix weekend offer little evidence the event is a draw for...
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Border guard maintains innocence while she awaits sentence for cocaine smuggling
A Superior Court judge is expected to decide Tuesday whether a former Canada Border Services Agency officer merits one of the longest sentences a border guard has ever received for turning a blind eye...
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Motion challenges legality of evidence in Project Malbec wine case
The former owner of a wine store based in Kahnawake is challenging the legality of some of the evidence gathered in a Montreal police investigation into an alleged tax fraud scheme. Charges were filed...
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Border guard sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine smuggling
Former border guard Stefanie McClelland seemed more ready to face her fate than her father when a judge sentenced her to an 11-year prison term for letting 182 kilograms of cocaine across the Lacolle...
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Man who attacked three women in the Plateau to undergo psych eval
A man who attacked three women in less than seven hours in the Plateau last year has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he can be declared a dangerous offender. On...
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LaSalle man sentenced for double homicide
A Lasalle resident will have to serve at least 10 more years behind bars for killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend four years ago. Superior Court Justice Michel Pennou delivered his sentence on...
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Île-Bizard resident charged in drug case with border guard seeks to have...
The Île-Bizard resident who is alleged to have orchestrated a cocaine-smuggling effort that resulted in a former border guard being sentenced to an 11-year prison term this week is seeking to have the...
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Arrest warrants issued in connection with Mile End homicide of Steven Célestin
The Montreal police have obtained warrants to arrest two men linking them to the fatal shooting of a young man who was killed in inside a Mile End bar more than three years ago. Steven Célestin, 23,...
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Engineering, construction bosses plead guilty to corruption charges in Laval
The man who used to run the city of Laval’s engineering department will probably be heading to a federal penitentiary as soon as next week, after entering guilty pleas to the same corruption-related...
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Suspect in assault on premier headed to trial
The man charged with assaulting Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard last year during a vigil commemorating the victims of a mass shooting in the United States will be tried in October. Esteban Torres...
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Guitar teacher gets 8-year sentence for robbing banks
Mark Steven Vandendool has been given more time to focus on running choir practice. The classical-guitar-playing bank robber was sentenced to an overall eight-year prison term on Thursday for having...
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Suspect charged in long unsolved homicide on Lac-Rapide reserve
A 33-year-old man from the Lac-Rapide reserve in the Outaouais region was charged with first-degree murder Friday in a homicide case that dates back almost 17 years. The Sûreté du Québec arrested the...
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Dorval woman who attacked daughter with cleaver granted full parole
Johra Kaleki, the Dorval woman who nearly killed her daughter with a meat cleaver seven years ago because she couldn’t accept that the young woman was staying out late to party, has been granted full...
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Montreal Mafia: Project Clemenza screeches to a halt as cases stayed
A lengthy investigation into drug-trafficking networks alleged to be related to the Montreal Mafia came to a screeching halt on Monday as the last 11 men charged in Project Clemenza saw a stay of...
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Convicted drug trafficker sees sentence extended
A man with alleged ties to the West End Gang who recently received a 12-year prison term saw that sentence extended on Tuesday because he was in violation of a conditional release while he dealt...
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Heroin smuggler will have psychiatric evaluation in Montreal before sentencing
A woman who was recently convicted by a jury of smuggling more than seven kilograms of heroin through Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport will undergo a psychiatric evaluation before she is...
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