TheStar.com – 80 gangs active in Toronto: police: “There are some 300 often-violent street gangs in Canada ? with an estimated 11,000 members ? and many of the most dangerous members live in the Greater Toronto Area, organized crime experts say. “
TheStar.com – Pizza man robbed, beaten severely: “A 43-year-old Mississauga pizza delivery driver is recovering from serious head injuries as Peel Police hunt the thugs who viciously beat him during a robbery early Sunday morning. “
TheStar.com – $200,000 in smuggled narcotics seized: “Three major drug seizures this month has resulted in the discovering of more than $200,000 worth of narcotics being smuggled into the country through the mail, Canada Customs officials revealed Monday. “
Toronto Police Service :: To Serve and Protect: “On Sunday, August 20, 2006, members of the 32 Division Street Violence Task Force arrested two men in the Finch Avenue/Dufferin Street area. It is alleged that: – police stopped a vehicle and investigated two men, – as a result, police seized a quantity of crack cocaine Read more
TheStar.com – Retired OPP officer faces sex-assault charge: “A retired Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with sexual assault after two Caledon men alleged they were abused in the 1970s. “
TheStar.com – Pretrial hearings under fire: “In the interests of ridding the criminal justice system of non-essentials, Justice Minister Vic Toews has cast his eye on the preliminary inquiry, suggesting it may be time to restrict its use or abolish it altogether.”
TheStar.com – Two charged in 65 burglaries: “York Region police accuse a couple of burgling businesses like it was their job, averaging three to five break-ins per night and putting in enough overtime to grab $500,000 worth of loot.”
CANOE — CNEWS – Law: Reputed Montreal mobster faces U.S. charges after losing extradition battle: “NEW YORK (CP) – After losing a two-year extradition fight in Canada, a reputed godfather of the Montreal Mafia was taken into FBI custody on Thursday to face charges in connection with the killings of three U.S. mobsters in 1981, Read more
TheStar.com – Man jailed for killing girlfriend: “A man who stabbed and killed his ex-girlfriend during a drunken argument was sentenced yesterday to two years in jail for manslaughter. Shawn Persaud, 22, had been charged with second-degree murder in the February 2005 death of Lydia Gayle, a 24-year-old single mother of a young girl.”
Release on bail: it’s seldom an easy decision: “Of all the bail hearings currently going on in Canada, the ones getting the most media attention are undoubtedly those being held in Brampton for the 18 Ontario Muslims alleged to have been planning to use huge amounts of ‘homebrew’ explosives to blow up targets in Southern Read more