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Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:53:39 +0000

Abbotsford and Mission were on track to have their first murder-free years since 2001. But now the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is probing a suspicious death Friday night in the the 5300-block of Bates Road. Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird said firefighters were called out just after 10:30 p.m. where an SUV was fully engulfed in […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:46:22 +0000

I got a copy of an email circulated by B.C.’s top Mountie has week about cuts that have to be made across the board in provincial policing to deal with a budget overrun. I have since heard from more frontline officers that investigations – including some targeting gangs and organized crime – have been impacted. […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:38:50 +0000

A 30-year-old Surrey man murdered earlier this week is the elder brother of a Chilliwack man shot to death just last month. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the man found in critical condition just before 5 p.m. Monday at a home in the 10700-block of 124 Street is Andrew Baldwin. He died later in […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:18:27 +0000

Some U.S. extradition cases seem to take years to work their way through B.C. courts. Two weeks ago, the B.C. Court of Appeal ordered the Justice Minister to reconsider a decision by former minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to surrender accused money launderer Glenn Sheck to the U.S. on the grounds that his indigenous heritage was not […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:57:53 +0000

An alleged drug trafficker who’s not facing any charges has had a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed against him to seize more than $209,000 found in his Coal Harbour apartment more than two years ago. Prosecutors haven’t yet decided on charged in the massive E-Nationalize investigation, despite police having finished most of their work on the […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:23:30 +0000

A new indictment was sworn this month in a California drug smuggling case where most of those accused are Canadians. Now charged is Metro Vancouver man Ricky Korasak. NOTE: Blog comments will be closed for a week as I will be out of town. Here’s my story: Another Metro Vancouver man indicted in California drug […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:36:13 +0000

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould should have paid more attention to Glenn Sheck’s indigenous heritage before ordering him to be sent to the U.S. to face money laundering charges. The court sent Sheck’s case back to the new justice minister for reconsideration. Last year, Wilson-Raybould ordered that […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 02:52:13 +0000

Former Hells Angels associate David Revell is one step closer to being sent back to England, a country he left as a 10-year-old in 1974. The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed his attempt to overturn a lower court ruling upholding an immigration board deportation order. Here’s my story: Former Hells Angels associate loses bid to […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:53:05 +0000

It has been a  busy few days for homicide investigators across the Lower Mainland. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is currently on the scene of a near-fatal shooting in Chilliwack, which happened about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near Fletcher Street and Yale Road. Responding officers found a 27-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. “He was transported to […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:22:19 +0000

Police working for two years on the E-Pirate money laundering case believe they collected enough evidence for a successful prosecution. But the case against Silver International never made it to court. Federal prosecutors stayed all charges last November. I investigated what went wrong. Here’s my story: E-Pirate money-laundering investigation: Leadership problems, missteps proved fatal KIM […]