REAL SCOOP: Charges laid in slaying of Andrew Baldwin

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:47:50 +0000

Good new Monday for the family of Andrew and Keith Baldwin, brothers who were both killed weeks apart last year. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has announced that two men have been charged in Andrew’s murder. Here’s my story: Two men charged with murder in November slaying in Surrey Two men have been charged with […]

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REAL SCOOP: Violent rap lyrics escalate gang tensions

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:31:53 +0000

Many people are fans of rap or wanting to get into the rap world themselves. Most have no criminal links. But there are some that do. And in a new development in our local gang conflict, rappers on both sides are calling each out in songs that have been posted on YouTube and Soundcloud. This […]

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VPD identifies Vancouver murder victims

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:42:53 +0000

Vancouver Police has released the identities of a man and a woman murdered in separate attacks last weekend. Richmond resident Mathieu Flynn, 31, was found dead inside a vehicle in the parkade at the Marine Gateway Cineplex near SW Marine Drive and Cambie Street just before 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 18. “This incident happened in a […]

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REAL SCOOP: Murder victim found in Langford

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:38:47 +0000

RCMP officers on Vancouver Island are investigating the murder of a man found in a crashed car in Langford late Monday. West Shore RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle collision in the 3100-block of Humpback Road at about 11:39 p.m. “Police attended the scene and located a deceased male inside the vehicle. […]

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REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Burnaby gang murder UPDATED

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:30:31 +0000

A 28-year-old man has become the latest victim of the on-going Lower Mainland gang conflict. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team’s Sgt. Frank Jang identified Julian Johnson as the victim of a fatal shooting in Burnaby Sunday evening. Jang said Burnaby RCMP responded to reports of a shooting at the Chevron gas station at 4487 Canada […]

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REAL SCOOP: IHIT on the scene of Burnaby murder Sunday

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:54:46 +0000

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called to a fatal shooting in Burnaby Sunday evening. Burnaby RCMP was called about 6:30 p.m. to a Chevron gas station at Willingdon Avenue and Canada Way after a man in his 20s had been shot. The man was rushed to hospital in serious condition but later succumbed […]

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REAL SCOOP: VPD investigates two murders in violent weekend

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:52:25 +0000

Vancouver Police are investigating two murders over the weekend – a man fatally shot in an underground parking lot in South Vancouver and a woman killed inside her Gastown apartment. Const. Tania Visintin said in a news release that a passerby found a man inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Cineplex near SW […]

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REAL SCOOP: Vancouver Police investigate man's murder

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:12:29 +0000

Vancouver Police are still trying to identify a man found murdered in a vehicle at the Marine Gateway complex Saturday night. Const. Tania Visintin said in a news release that a passerby found the van in the parking lot of the Cineplex near SW Marine Drive and Cambie Street just before 8:30 p.m. She said no […]

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REAL SCOOP: Police hunt for Ricky Korasak in 2015 stabbings

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:27 +0000

As I reproted last fall when Ricky Korasak was charged in a massive U.S. drug smuggling case, he had connections to two accused killers and two murder victims. His own Facebook page showed he was friends with Brandon Teixeira, who was just arrested for a 2017 murder, and David Tull, also charged with a fatal […]

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REAL SCOOP: Long-time drug smuggler pleads guilty in Portland

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:16:40 +0000

John Stirling could have faced life in prison for the amount of methamphetamine he was smuggling aboard his sailboat off the coast of Oregon last April. He pleaded guilty this week after striking a plea deal with will see the 65-year-old spend just over seven years in jail. Here’s my story:  B.C. drug-boat captain John […]

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