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B.C. Hells Angels associate should get 10 years for drug sting: Crown
Shawn Womacks was caught red-handed as he unpacked what he believed to be cocaine from a Martha Stewart box at a Burnaby warehouse in 2012. The Crown thinks the 45-year-old long-time criminal should...
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REAL SCOOP: Associate should get 10 years in HA conspiracy case: Crown
The sentencing hearings are finally moving along in the E-Predicate drug conspiracy case in which two Hells Angels and two associates were convicted last September. For a variety of reasons, the...
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Failing health of convicted B.C. Hells Angel a mitigating factor on...
The failing health of a senior Hells Angel convicted in a major cocaine conspiracy is a mitigating factor on sentencing, a defence lawyer argued Wednesday. In September, B.C. Supreme Court Justice...
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Hells Angel associate convicted in major cocaine conspiracy gets 10 years in...
A Hells Angels associate who was convicted in a major cocaine conspiracy has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. James Howard, 39, was one of eight men arrested following a reverse sting operation...
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REAL SCOOP: James Howard gets 10 years in HA drug conspiracy
My colleague Keith Fraser covered the decision today by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Carol Ross to sentence Hells Angels associate James Howard to 10 years for his role the massive E-Predicate cocaine...
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REAL SCOOP: Second complaint against judge to be filed
Kamloops This Week reporter Tim Petruk was in court March 20 when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Leask urged the Crown in a sexual assault case to speed things up and eliminate some of her witnesses...
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Notorious biker gang opens new Hells Angels chapter in Lower Mainland
For the second time in five years, the Hells Angels are expanding their presence in B.C. by opening a new chapter. The notorious biker gang recently celebrated the launch of its Hardside chapter with a...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels expand with new B.C. chapter
I first heard about the Haney chapter splitting back in February, but I couldn’t get the story confirmed until a couple of weeks ago. I still don’t know where the new chapter – Hardside – will be...
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B.C. Hells Angel gets 18-year sentence for drug conspiracy
Long-time Hells Angel David Giles in an undated photo. Long-time Hells Angel David Giles was sentenced to 18 years Friday — the longest ever handed out to a B.C. member of the notorious biker gang —...
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REAL SCOOP: Sickly biker gets 18-year sentence
David Giles has been a Hells Angel for 35 years, though since 2012 as a member of the “Big House Crew.” And he could be with that crew for a decade more after getting handed an 18-year sentence in B.C....
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Hells Angels hold annual 'Screwy ride' to honour slain East End biker
Despite the recent murder of a senior Hells Angel and a record sentence for another longtime member, B.C.’s most notorious biker gang showed up in force Saturday for an annual ride to honour a slain...
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REAL SCOOP: East End Angels hold annual "Screwy" ride
Myself and a photographer checked out the scheduled “Screwy ride” organized by the East End chapter of the Hells Angels on Saturday. We wanted to see who would be there and whether the new Hardside...
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B.C. Hells Angels associate should get 10 years for drug sting: Crown
Shawn Womacks was caught red-handed as he unpacked what he believed to be cocaine from a Martha Stewart box at a Burnaby warehouse in 2012. The Crown thinks the 45-year-old long-time criminal should...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel last man sentenced in 2012 conspiracy
Almost five years after arrests went down in the RCMP’s E-Predicate investigation into two Kelowna Hells Angels and some of their associates, the last accused in the case has finally been sentenced....
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REAL SCOOP: Bikers arrested in limo with loaded gun, drugs
Bikers gathered on Vancouver Island last weekend for the annual ride in memory of missing Hells Angel Michael “Zeke” Mickle. But some of them decided a limousine ride might be more comfortable than...
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Hells Angels arrested on Vancouver Island in limousine with loaded gun and drugs
A traffic stop on Vancouver Island over the weekend led to the arrest of six Hells Angels and the seizure of a firearm and drugs. West Shore RCMP said in a news release that officers pulled over a...
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REAL SCOOP: Dramatic encounter before fatal shooting
The trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones heard more dramatic evidence Wednesday from people who just happened to be in the area when gunman opened fire on an SUV containing...
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Penticton man describes trying to save Jonathan Bacon after shooting
KELOWNA — For what seemed like 20 minutes, Vaughn Smeltzer pumped the chest of a critically wounded Jonathan Bacon, desperately trying to keep him alive. Smeltzer was nearby the Delta Grand Hotel on...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness describes trying to save Jon Bacon
There was more stunning testimony at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michel Jones Thursday. Hearing Vaughn Smeltzer, a Penticton man who ran towards the hotel to help the wounded, was...
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REAL SCOOP: Longshoreman loses court battle over security pass
Arun Randhawa doesn’t think its fair that he can’t get a security pass to work on the Vancouver waterfront just because his brother are convicted drug smugglers. But the Federal Court of Canada has...
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