Two men get 8-year prison terms for roles in east-end shooting
The judge notes it remains a mystery why Roberto Celli was shot several times in a Pointe-aux-Trembles parking lot in 2019.
View ArticleMontreal cop suspended six days for causing collision in N.D.G. in 2018
Constable Alexandra Hooper's vehicle was moving at 64 km/h in a 40-km/h zone seconds before it collided with another vehicle.
View ArticleTwo teens sentenced for threatening to shoot students at St-Michel high school
They discussed killing one student in particular, and their plans expanded to setting fires and blocking the exits at the school to cause panic while they would kill others.
View ArticleConstruction magnate Tony Accurso loses appeal, must report to penitentiary
Accurso was sentenced to prison in 2018 after a corruption conviction, but has managed to avoid serving time behind bars so far.
View ArticleMan dies after altercation with security guards at an SAQ in Lachine
The Montreal police will investigate to determine whether the man died as a result of being injured or because of health problems.
View ArticleSentence for Quebec City mosque shooter was unconstitutional: Supreme Court
Alexandre Bissonnette will be eligible for parole after 25 years, a decision that will have repercussions for others convicted of multiple murders.
View ArticleMan charged after woman forced into wooded area, sexually assaulted
The woman fought the attacker and fled the wooded area in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. She spotted a bus and boarded it.
View ArticleShots fired near vehicle of Montreal officer who was attacked in 2021
Sanjay Vig was assaulted last year in case where Mamadi Fara Camara was wrongfully detained until police conceded they arrested an innocent man.
View ArticleMan caught with gun in underwear gets 45-month prison term
The Quebec Court of Appeal agrees the rights of the accused were violated, but "the breaches were brief and caused no prejudice."
View ArticleJudge to decide whether man charged with inciting hatred can still have jury...
The case against Jean-Claude Rochefort involves comments he is alleged to have posted about the perpetrator of the 1989 Polytechnique massacre. Rochefort didn't show up on time for jury selection this...
View ArticleCinar fraudster Ronald Weinberg allowed to travel outside Canada while on parole
In 2016, following the longest jury trial in Canadian history, Weinberg was convicted of fraud, forgery and creating a false prospectus.
View ArticleMan charged with inciting hate toward women loses right to jury trial
Jean-Claude Rochefort decided to visit three banks on the way to the Montreal courthouse, showing "flagrant and unacceptable contempt."
View ArticleDelay leads to bail for West Island men charged with forcing woman to be...
The delay in their release hearing was due to a lack of personnel at the Montreal courthouse.
View ArticleTony Accurso seeks to be released from prison while he appeals to Supreme Court
His lawyer said the appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is based on the police investigation of how Accurso's first trial ended in a mistrial.
View ArticleWoman in critical condition after being struck in Old Montreal by vehicle...
A 22-year-old man was arrested a short while later based on witness accounts of what happened.
View ArticleMan's body pulled out of St. Lawrence River near Jacques-Cartier Pier in Old...
"The identity of the man is unknown. There is no indication that it could be a criminal event and the investigation will be turned over to the coroner's bureau."
View ArticleEnglish Montreal School Board files lawsuit challenging Bill 96
"These provisions infringe the right to management and control over the language of communications within English language school boards."
View ArticleMan accused of inciting hatred toward women posted disturbing images, trial told
Jean-Claude Rochefort, 73, allegedly referred to the shooter in the École Polytechnique massacre as "Saint Marc Lépine."
View ArticleAntonio Accurso granted release while he asks Supreme Court to hear his case
"The crimes that (Accurso) were found guilty of are serious. However, they were not crimes of violence or crimes that put public safety in peril, especially since Accurso is no longer involved in the...
View Article'Imminent and worrying words' were posted before Polytechnique memorial,...
Jean-Claude Rochefort is charged with inciting hatred toward women during the final four months of 2019.
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