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Veil lifted on Project Clemenza
An intriguing case brought against people with alleged ties to the Montreal Mafia came to an end on Monday when the Crown asked that a stay of proceedings be placed on cocaine-smuggling charges filed...
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N.D.G. man agrees in court to stay off terrorist-related websites
A Notre-Dame-de-Grâce resident who was arrested this week by a section of the RCMP that investigates potential terrorist threats agreed to follow a long series of conditions on Friday in order to...
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Man convicted in two home invasions now accused of fraud
A man convicted a few years ago of carrying out an unusual home invasion in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is facing a new slew of criminal charges alleging he recently committed fraud in two different parts of...
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Former Beaconsfield businessman convicted of misleading clients through mail...
A former West Island businessman was convicted Monday of using misleading advertising to sell shabby products through his mail-order businesses in a case at the Montreal courthouse that dates back a...
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4 men charged in violent crime spree have hearing delayed
Four men who are alleged to have gone on a lengthy crime spree — including the sexual assault of a woman in Lachine — while they were under intense police surveillance, have seen their cases carried...
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Bandit brothers accused in series of West Island armed robberies
As Peter Weinmeister was preparing to be released on yet another lengthy prison sentence last year, the Parole Board of Canada ordered him to follow a rather unusual condition. Weinmeister, 52, a...
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West Island street gang leader has parole revoked at last minute
A West Island street gang leader serving time for three attempted murders saw his day parole revoked just as he was set to leave a penitentiary. Jonathan Klor, 29, the man who was at the centre of a...
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Case involving crash that injured former Hab Zack Kassian pushed back
The Montreal woman charged with impaired driving in the single vehicle crash that injured former Habs winger Zack Kassian has asked that her preliminary inquiry be pushed back to December. Originally,...
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SQ say double homicide in Brossard tied to organized crime
The Sûreté du Québec has taken over the investigation into a double homicide in Brossard because investigators now believe the slayings are tied to organized crime. The SQ announced on Thursday it...
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Hells Angel Salvatore Cazzetta won't face a gangsterism charge
When Salvatore Cazzetta was arrested in November 2015, the man alleged to be a leader among the Hells Angels in Quebec appeared to be in deep trouble. He was among 48 people rounded up in Projects...
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Stowaways to be released while refugee claims processed
Four men who were discovered inside a shipping container that arrived at the Port of Montreal last week will be released from custody once they are able to supply Canadian authorities with the...
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Alleged Montreal Mafia leaders request trial separate from others accused in...
A Superior Court judge will hear arguments in the coming days on whether alleged Montreal Mafia leaders Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito should have a trial separate from the other people accused...
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Man accused in stabbing attack deemed unfit to stand trial for now
The 47-year-old man who was charged last week with attempted murder after a man was randomly stabbed on Mount Royal has been deemed unfit to stand trial for the time being. Jean Therrien made a series...
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Crown to withdraw threat charges against man who orchestrated helicopter...
The man who orchestrated a daring escape from a provincial detention centre four years ago will probably see charges alleging he threatened prison guards after he was rearrested withdrawn. During a...
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Crown seeks 9-year sentence for Quebecer who wanted to join ISIL
The Crown has asked that Ismaël Habib receive an overall prison sentence of nine years for his attempt to leave Canada to join ISIL. “He wasn’t going to go there to put bandages on people,” federal...
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Timeline: How Francesco Del Balso ended up back behind bars
In November 2006, Francesco (Chit) Del Balso, now 47, was arrested in Project Colisée, a Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit investigation that focused on the Rizzuto organization. It revealed...
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Montreal Mafia leader deemed a walking target, release revoked
Francesco Del Balso is convinced the armed men who stormed into his home in May did so with the intention to kill him. The man who was proven to be one of the leaders of the Rizzuto organization...
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Charges not stayed for man accused of seeking to have officer killed
A Montreal man charged with posting online ads seeking to have a high-profile Montreal police officer killed has been turned down in his request to have the charges placed under a stay of proceedings....
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Four men charged in fentanyl bust granted conditional release
Four men who were arrested during the weekend when the Montreal police responded to an increase in overdoses involving the powerful drug fentanyl were granted conditional releases after being charged...
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Former bridge official pleads guilty to taking bribes from SNC-Lavalin
In Michel Fournier’s case, crime really did not pay. The former head of the corporation that maintains the Jacques Cartier and Champlain bridges pleaded guilty to accepting more than $2.3 million in...
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