Man charged with Laval murder once claimed to have 'a devil inside'
The man charged with murdering a Laval woman last weekend once described himself in court as a man who is battling a demon inside him. Christopher Oliviera, 31, remains detained after having been...
View ArticleActor Paul Cagelet sentenced to 15 months for possession of child porn
A Montreal actor whose career includes a few roles in Hollywood productions was sentenced to a 15-month prison term on Tuesday for having amassed a large collection of child pornography. The sentence...
View ArticleEx-NHLer Theo Fleury can talk to Graham James while sex abuser serves sentence
The Parole Board of Canada has modified one of the conditions imposed on former junior hockey coach Graham James to allow the players he sexually abused to communicate with him while he continues to...
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Construction magnate Antonio Accurso sentenced to 4 years for fraud, corruption
Construction magnate Antonio (Tony) Accurso has been sentenced to a four-year prison term for his role in Laval’s system of collusion when it came to awarding municipal contracts. While delivering the...
View ArticleSuspect in Pointe-Claire homicide arrested in Ontario
The man who was fatally shot in the parking lot of a hotel in Pointe-Claire over the weekend was a drug dealer who once controlled the sale of crystal meth in a Montreal neighbourhood. Tommy Dugas, 34,...
View ArticleAccurso asks for release while he appeals Laval corruption conviction
Construction entrepreneur Antonio Accurso has filed a request to be released from a penitentiary while he appeals his conviction and the sentence he received on Thursday for his role in Laval’s...
View ArticleProbe into West Island drug trafficking ring was sparked by gangland murder
Three summers ago, West Island resident Darrell (Dutch) Van Elk was alleged to be the head of a very active cocaine trafficking network operating in western Montreal. When he and eleven other people...
View ArticleBodyguard to Montreal Mafia-tied businessman Antonio Magi denied parole
A former Montreal professional boxer who used his ties to organized crime in an attempt to intimidate police after he was arrested for impaired driving has been denied parole. Richard Zarbatany, 59, is...
View ArticleMontrealer charged with stabbing American cop will have his day in court
Investigators believe a Montreal resident facing a terrorism-related charge for having allegedly stabbed a police officer at an airport in Michigan last year planned the attack from his home months...
View ArticleMontreal North serial rapist investigated after alleged sexual assault
A man who raped nine women in Montreal North more than a decade ago when he was a teenager faces the possibility of new charges following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault committed last...
View ArticleUpdate: Murdered Saint-Isidore woman was in a 'toxic' relationship, father says
A 36-year-old man who was charged with murdering a young woman in a South Shore town over the weekend was residing at a halfway house in Montreal and serving a prison term for drug trafficking at the...
View ArticleJudge criticized as appeal court overturns sex-assault conviction
The Quebec Court of Appeal has annulled the sexual-assault conviction an Ontario man received at the Montreal courthouse three years ago after determining the guilty verdict was based on a judge’s...
View ArticleUpdate: Inmate who died in prison linked to Rock Machine biker gang
A federal penitentiary in Drummondville is under lockdown while authorities conduct a search following the death of an inmate who had past ties to the Rock Machine biker gang. Correctional Service...
View ArticleMan collared by UPAC in Jewish General Hospital scam granted parole
The owner of a renovation company who pleaded guilty in a UPAC case that revealed the Jewish General Hospital was billed for work actually done on the homes of several people, including a few of its...
View ArticleLockdown at federal penitentiary in Drummondville comes to an end
Life at a federal penitentiary in Drummondville returned to relative normalcy Thursday after the end of a lockdown ordered on Sunday, following the death of an inmate. A thorough search of the Drummond...
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Hundreds of Hells Angels expected in St-Hyacinthe this week
Anywhere between five and seven hundred people tied to the Hells Angels are expected to roll into St-Hyacinthe this week for what could turn out to be the biker gang’s largest gathering in Canada. The...
View ArticleMan involved in hit on alleged Montreal Mafioso is denied parole
A Montreal resident serving time for his role in an attempt to murder an alleged influential member of the Montreal Mafia recently told prison authorities he has no concerns despite having been...
View ArticlePhone scam targeted elderly women, Montreal fraudster tells court
A Montreal man who helped defraud elderly women out of thousands of dollars and then decided to become a prosecution witness against his accomplices is expected to be sentenced in the coming weeks for...
View ArticleMan fined in violent hammer attack, featuring witness in a cow costume
A man who lost the use of an eye during a shockingly violent altercation captured on video walked away from the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday with nothing more than a fine. Besides being fined $150...
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Man charged with Laval murder, home invasion begins trial September
A man charged with killing a teacher after invading his Laval home more than a decade ago will see his first-degree murder trial begin at the Montreal courthouse next month. Septimus Neverson, 55,...
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