Move over Batman. Just call this vigilante justice warrior Boozeman!
Canadian man confronts immigrants trying to rob an LCBO in Ontario.
Which one of you did this?
— Canadian Patriot (@PPC4Liberty) April 21, 2024
Crime
2 brothers condemned to die for the ‘Wichita massacre’ want a new sentencing hearing
Attorneys for two brothers who were sentenced to die in a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre” will argue Monday for a formal re-sentencing hearing, the latest in a long series of appeals.
How the sentencing was handled has long been a point of contention because the two brothers — Jonathan and Reginald Carr — had a joint hearing when jurors considered their punishments. Prosecutors plan to oppose the latest effort.
Animals.
‘Death Wish’: A Timely American Classic
The audacious film asks what it means to be civilized in cities where civilization itself is crumbling.
The movie Death Wish, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, opens with a brief sequence establishing that New York architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) and his wife, Joanna (Hope Lange), although well into middle age, are still very much in love with each other. They’re vacationing on an idyllic beach in Hawaii, and when she steps out of the surf and stretches out beside him on the sand, they kiss. She asks if they should go back to the hotel, obviously to take their intimacy to a higher level. He asks, “Why not here?” She replies: “We’re too civilized.”
Toronto airport gold heist loot was melted in a forge in local jewelry store’s basement
Police say a large quantity — but not all — of the 400 kilograms of nearly pure bullion bars stolen in the Toronto airport gold heist was melted and transformed in a workshop in the basement of a local jewelry store.
Smelting equipment used to turn molten gold into long, thin strips, and another machine that can twist and shape metal into bracelets were found by police inside the basement forge that included an oxy-acetylene torch, crucibles, metal tongs, and moulds.
‘How gold becomes guns’: heist spotlights illegal US-Canada gun trade
The arrests that followed a “sensational” gold heist have shed light on the illegal gun trade between the US and Canada.
Thousands of gold bars worth C$20m ($14.5m; £11.6m) were stolen from the Toronto airport in Canada a year ago.
Police have since said the gold was sold for cash to buy guns in the US.
Norval Morrisseau’s nephew, among those charged in massive art fraud case, reaches resolution with elders
One of the accused in the Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring case has reached a resolution with his community.
Benjamin Morrisseau, Norval’s nephew, appeared in court in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Thursday on forgery charges. After meeting with elders, an agreement was reached that will see him undertake reparation measures, which can be part of the restorative justice process.
“Restorative justice principles can include a focus on relationships, repairing harm, taking responsibility, and taking personal and family history into account,” according to the Ontario Crown Prosecution Manual.
I enjoy the work, pity the fraud became a cottage industry.
MANDEL: Why in the world was Umar Zameer charged with first-degree murder?
It wasn’t long after the murder trial began into the hit-and-run death of Toronto Police Det. Const. Jeff Northrup that many started asking the same question.
Why in the world is Umar Zameer on trial for first-degree murder?
Something was off starting with his quick release after his arrest.
Troubled Teens …
Markham carjacking suspects chased through parking lot in video of dramatic police takedown
Police have released video footage of a dramatic takedown of a group of teens wanted in connection with an attempted carjacking in Markham earlier this month.
On Friday, York Regional Police said the vehicle used in the carjacking has been connected to other armed carjackings in the Greater Toronto Area and investigators are releasing video surveillance footage of the suspects in an effort to find others who may be “linked to this criminal network.”
French schoolgirl, 14, dies from heart attack during lock-in to protect children from knifeman
A French teenager died from a heart attack during a lock-in to protect students from a knifeman attacking children outside their school.
The 14-year-old went into cardiac arrest early on Thursday afternoon as the attack unfolded in the town of Souffelweyersheim, in France’s northeastern Alsace region. She was taken to hospital but died later on Thursday.
The knifeman, who launched his assault outside the school about 2pm on Thursday, targeting two girls aged 11 and 7 before fleeing. The pair suffered minor injuries.
From Fdesouche Perp is a known loon … Google translate
The attacker was arrested shortly after 2:15 p.m. in the square. The man no longer had the knife in his hand and allowed himself to be questioned. According to the gendarmerie, Antoine M. is “not known to the services” , and his motivations “do not seem to be linked to radicalization” . Furthermore, the suspect, born in Strasbourg, presents a certain “mental fragility” , indicates a source close to the case who adds that the individual spent three stays in psychiatry and was followed by a psychiatrist.
HUNTER: Accused Pearson heist crew sets gold standard in junk justice
The journalist was perplexed.
Why, he wanted to know, were the guys accused of pulling off the brazen $20 million gold heist at Pearson International Airport out on bail?
They were released because they failed to meet diversity goals.
Former Air Canada employees among suspects identified in gold heist at Pearson Airport: police
Police say one former and one current employee of Air Canada are among the nine suspects that have now been identified in the investigation into the gold heist at Pearson International Airport last year.
At a news conference Wednesday on the one-year anniversary of the heist, police confirmed that five suspects were arrested and four others are facing charges in connection with the largest gold theft in Canadian history.
Diversity is our strength.
h/t DS
WARMINGTON: These alleged carjackers in York Region might want to find another line of work
Just call them Keystone carjackers!
Three masked and armed losers not only failed to get away with the car they were trying to carjack but allegedly got caught by police in their getaway car, too.
‘Details and arrests’ surrounding $22-million gold heist at Pearson airport revealed Wednesday
Police will announce Wednesday morning that arrests have been made in connection with a massive $22-million gold heist at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The improbable caper happened exactly one year ago Wednesday — on April 17, 2023 — and involved the theft of a “high-value container” from a holding cargo facility after it was taken off an Air Canada plane.
Two bodies are found in hunt for Kansas moms who disappeared two weeks ago – as police arrest four people for murder
Two bodies have been recovered in connection with the disappearance of a pair of Kansas mothers who were last seen two weeks ago, while four people have been charged with kidnapping and murder.
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler’s children, ages 6 and 8, on March 30, when they disappeared about three miles from where they were scheduled to pick up Butler’s children.
Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle and Kelley, a pastor’s wife, is one of her supervisors for her visitations with the kids. It was Butler’s six-year-old daughter’s birthday and they were planning to celebrate.
Brutal.
Former undercover agent recalls infiltrating the Hells Angels: ‘A dangerous game to play’
Jay Dobyns lived a double life for two years, and it nearly cost him his life.
Now retired, Dobyns worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which enforces the nation’s gun laws. From 2001 to 2003, he went undercover as he infiltrated the Hells Angels in Arizona.
He is now sharing his account in a new A&E series, “Secrets of The Hells Angels,” which examines the history of the notorious biker club. It features new interviews with former chapter presidents, as well as law enforcement officials, undercover agents and victims.