TheStar.com – JP shortage sets bad drivers free: Police: “Thousands of people charged with serious provincial offences – mostly traffic charges – in York Region are getting off because of a ‘critical’ shortage of justices of the peace, Police Chief Armand La Barge says.”
Vacation
Although the crime will continue for the next week, my updates will not: I’m on vacation until September 25.
Man in critical condition after shooting
insidetoronto.com: “A 33-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital after being shot in the face outside a north Scarborough apartment building Thursday night.”
Law student charged in drive-by shooting
Law student charged in drive-by shooting: “A University of Ottawa law student was arrested Thursday after a man in a car fired a pellet gun into a crowd at the university.”
TV’s Bounty Hunter arrested
TheStar.com – TV’s Bounty Hunter arrested: “HONOLULU — TV reality star Duane (Dog) Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested Thursday in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters’ capture three years ago of a cosmetics company heir.”
Rare Obstruction of Justice Charge Laid Against Ajax Woman
CNW Telbec: “TORONTO, Sept. 13 /CNW/ – Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pearson International Airport Detachment’s General Investigation Impact Team have charged one individual with accepting money to act as a surety for a stranger. The offence is described in Section 139 (1)(b) of the Criminal Code.”
Jury selection in Burlington trial
TheStar.com – Jury selection in Burlington trial: “The final jury selection is now under way to choose the 12 men and women who will decide whether four men accused of the beating death of a Burlington student more than five years ago are guilty as charged.”
TheStar.com – College killer shot himself
TheStar.com – College killer shot himself: “MONTREAL — Eight years ago he was a high-school senior with glasses, a baby face and two younger brothers living in a pretty bungalow on a tree-lined suburban street.” Kimveer Gill is now dead at age 25, his gory legacy summed up on an Internet diary that carries a Read more
Pellet gun discharged on school bus
TheStar.com – Pellet gun discharged on school bus: “NAPANEE — A 15-year-old eastern Ontario boy is in court for a bail hearing today after a fellow student was shot with a pellet gun on a school bus.”
Teens fight adult rap
edmontonsun.com – Canada – Teens fight adult rap: “TORONTO — The teen who boasted of ‘drinking blood’ to his girlfriend shortly before the grisly slaying of 12-year-old Johnathan ‘had a mild fetish for blood and dabbled in vampirism,’ a Superior Court heard yesterday.”