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Man arrested after fatal collision charged with manslaughter
A man who was arrested after two cars collided in northern Montreal earlier this week, causing the death of a 76-year-old driver, has been charged with manslaughter. Chayanne O’Neill Peralta-Garcia,...
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Vito Rizzuto wanted suspect in son's murder to suffer: affidavit
Vito Rizzuto made a serious effort to find the man suspected of killing his eldest son and wanted him captured alive to make him suffer, a recently released court document alleges. The document, part...
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Timeline between two gangland slayings
Dec. 28, 2009 — Shortly after noon, Nick Rizzuto Jr., 42, is shot outside a condominium building within sight of the offices of FTM Construction, a company on Upper Lachine Rd. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâçe...
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Police received tips about Montreal lawyer more than a decade ago
Police received information alleging defence lawyer Loris Cavaliere served as a link between drug traffickers and suppliers a decade before he was arrested in a probe of the Montreal Mafia and Hells...
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Quebec Court of Appeal reduces sentences of several Hells Angels
Another court decision critical of how the prosecution handled the most significant criminal case ever brought against the Hells Angels in Quebec has reduced the sentences 35 bikers received for...
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Bail denied for two men arrested in alleged grandparent scam
A Quebec Court judge has denied bail to two men arrested in May after the Montreal police investigated an alleged network of fraudsters who targeted elderly people. The decision Thursday by Judge...
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'Agent 728' has sentence put on hold while she appeals conviction for illegal...
The sentence former Montreal police constable Stéfanie Trudeau received in May for a brutal arrest is currently on hold while she appeals her assault conviction. Trudeau, 44, was convicted in February...
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Sentence hearing delayed again for Raynald Desjardins in Mafia murder case
Raynald Desjardins will have served the equivalent of a seven-year prison term before he is actually sentenced for his role in the murder of Mafioso Salvatore Montagna. On Wednesday, during a brief...
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Crown asks for maximum sentence for Bain
The prosecutor in the Richard Henry Bain murder trial asked for the maximum sentence Friday. Crown attorney Dennis Galiatsatos recommended that Bain not become eligible for parole for 25 years after...
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Festival in Sud-Ouest borough brings together different cultures
Hundreds of people gathered at Vinet Park in the Sud-Ouest borough on Saturday to enjoy a festival intended to bring different cultures together while they are being torn apart in other parts of the...
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Police investigating after a body found in St. Lawrence River
Montreal police are investigating after the body of a 35-year-old man was pulled from the St-Lawrence River on Saturday afternoon. Montreal police spokesperson Constable Caroline Chèvrefils said a...
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Operation SharQc ends as last Hells Angel with open case pleads guilty to...
The last remaining case in Operation SharQc ended with a whimper on Tuesday as one of the founding members of the Hells Angels in Canada pleaded guilty to being part of the gang’s biker war in Quebec....
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Two men accused of being part of a tech-savvy pedophile network plead guilty
A man who was working as a third-grade teacher up until he was arrested earlier this year when police dismantled an alleged network of pedophiles who shared information over the Internet pleaded guilty...
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Hockey coach Graham James, who sexually assaulted players, up for full parole
Graham James, the former hockey coach who came to notoriety for sexually abusing players under his charge, including two who later made it to the NHL, is scheduled to have a parole hearing on Thursday....
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Former hockey coach who assaulted children gets full parole
Graham James, the former junior hockey coach who sexually assaulted minors who were under his charge, including two players who made it to the NHL, has been granted full parole. The decision was made...
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Man who carried out infamous murders in Beaconsfield denied parole in another...
A man serving time for having killed a passenger in his car while driving impaired in LaSalle and for strangling his ex-girlfriend has been denied parole because his violent behaviour continues while...
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Arson at St-Léonard company formerly owned by leading Mafia member
Someone appears intent on sending messages to people tied to the Montreal Mafia as firefighters had to deal with yet another arson fire at a company with past ties to the Rizzuto organization. A...
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Trial begins for man charged with carrying explosives in suitcase at Montreal...
The trial involving a man charged three years ago with attempting to bring an explosive device on a commercial flight at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport was suspended almost as soon as it...
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Judge adjourns Antony Piazza trial
A Quebec Court judge has ordered an adjournment in the trial of a man accused of trying to bring an explosive device on a plane at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The judge’s decision was...
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We don’t know what went wrong with Gilbert: Death of a Rwandan refugee
In 2009, Gilbert Nshimiyumukiza arrived in Montreal full of optimism. At 22, he was starting a new life, having left Rwanda, where he lived through the genocide and saw his parents gunned down as a...
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