Three construction bosses given 96 hours to report to detention
The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered three executives with a construction company to begin serving time behind bars for having defrauded municipalities out of millions of dollars by obtaining...
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8-month jail term for SQ officer in high-speed crash that killed boy
A Quebec Court judge who expressed surprise at the lenient joint recommendation has nevertheless sentenced a former Sûreté du Québec officer to an eight-month prison term for killing a child while...
View ArticleAlleged Montreal Mafia leader Rizzuto faces trial on gun, drug charges
The trial of Leonardo Rizzuto on charges related to two firearms and a small amount of cocaine found inside his home three years ago is underway at the Montreal courthouse. The charges are related to...
View ArticleCrown defends warrant used to search Leonardo Rizzuto's home
Information gathered as part of an investigation that led to the search of Leonardo Rizzuto’s home in Laval corroborates an informant’s allegation that he was a “decision-maker” among organized crime...
View Article16 years for man who murdered Rwandan refugee over small drug debt
When he was just six years old, Gilbert Nshimiyumukiza saw his parents executed in the Rwandan genocide. On Friday, Nshimiyumukiza’s own death — inside an apartment in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville...
View ArticleNo bail for eight men charged in West Island car thefts
Eight men arrested as suspects in a luxury car theft ring that operated around Trudeau airport in Dorval will spend the weekend behind bars after the Crown objected to their release on Friday. During...
View ArticleEastern Townships couple dies after single car accident in Shefford
A man and a woman in their 50s died hours after the car they were riding in crashed in Shefford Friday night. The victims were found after the Sûreté du Québec was informed that a vehicle struck a tree...
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Tattooist faces new sex-assault charge after local #MeToo campaign
A decision by two women to shine a light on how they were sexually abused when they were minors by a man who operated tattoo parlours in the West Island has produced a new sexual assault charge against...
View ArticleWife of West Island drug smuggler struggles to make case for leniency
The wife of a West Island man convicted of cocaine smuggling struggled to explain Monday why she hurried out of their home in her pyjamas on the night he was about to be arrested. Labrini Tsimulaki,...
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MUHC superhospital: Former exec pleads guilty to taking $10M in bribes
A man who was key to ensuring the contract to build the McGill University Health Centre superhospital was awarded to a consortium led by SNC Lavalin was taken into custody Monday after he pleaded...
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Man who conspired to set fire to Rizzuto funeral home denied parole
A man with alleged ties to a Montreal street gang, who pleaded guilty to having taken part in a conspiracy to torch a funeral home owned by members of the Rizzuto family, was turned down for parole...
View ArticleMUHC bribery scandal: A timeline of 'the biggest fraud in Canadian history'
Nine people in all were charged in Project Lauréat, the UPAC investigation of the MUHC superhospital bribery scandal. Only three people have been convicted and the key player in the scheme, Arthur...
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Judge to decide Dec. 17 if ex-MUHC exec must pay millions in damages
A Quebec Court judge will decide next month whether Yanaï Elbaz must pay damages to the McGill University Health Centre for his role in rigging the bid to build the superhospital. Judge Claude Leblond...
View ArticleInformant testifies he 'knew right away' suspect was Septimus Neverson
A man who became an informant for the Montreal police while investigators were trying to track down Septimus Neverson took the stand on Monday in the accused’s murder trial. Jonathan Rogers, 53,...
View ArticleAlessandro Sucapane, leader in a Montreal Mafia clan, granted day parole
A man who police considered to be among the top-ranking members of a Mafia clan that clashed with the Rizzuto organization a few years ago has been granted day parole following his claim that he has...
View ArticleMontreal Mafia leader pleads guilty to threatening TVA reporter
Francesco (Chit) Del Balso saw the lengthy sentence he received a decade ago, for having acted as a leader in the Montreal Mafia, extended by one month more after he pleaded guilty Thursday to...
View ArticleFormer Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt granted full parole
Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt continues to minimize his role in the corruption and collusion scheme that plagued his city for years and resulted in him receiving the six-year sentence he is...
View ArticleWitness at Neverson trial fears being known as 'a rat or a snitch'
The end of the Septimus Neverson murder trial will be delayed by a month because a key witness has health concerns and does not want to be perceived as “a rat or a snitch.” Neverson, 56, faces 54...
View ArticleMan who drugged elderly women before robbing them gets 8-year sentence
An Algerian man who apparently came to Canada with the sole intent of drugging elderly women before pilfering anything of value from their homes was sentenced to an overall prison term of eight years...
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Pilot gets 7 years in prison for attacking Hydro-Québec network
Normand Dubé, the man who was convicted this year of sabotaging a large section of Hydro-Québec’s power grid, was sentenced on Monday to a seven-year prison term. The decision on the sentence was...
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