Crime

Canada: Police officers refuse questions over one-year-old’s shooting death

Two months after a one-year old boy was killed in a police shooting in rural Ontario, the officers involved have still not spoken to investigators, according to a police watchdog.

Ontario’s special investigations unit (SIU) said that none of the officers who opened fire on a pickup truck on 27 November have agreed to interviews, adding that they had no legal obligation to do so.

“Understandably, there is a pressing public interest in this case, including how the child died and whether it was gunfire from the father or [Ontario police] officers that caused the death,” the SIU said in a statement on Friday, acknowledging growing frustration over delays and criticisms of its opaque investigative process.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Prince Andrew asked online troll to help discredit his sex accuser: Duke of York’s adviser and Sarah Ferguson’s aide made a ‘desperate’ approach to ex-model who claimed damning Virginia Roberts picture was faked… but she then informed FBI

The Duke and Duchess of York’s closest advisers sought help from an online troll in an attempt to discredit the Duke’s sex accuser, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The aides hoped that Molly Skye Brown – who attacked Virginia Roberts on Twitter for months – possessed information that might prove the infamous photograph of Andrew with his arm around Ms Roberts, then 17, was manipulated.

Ms Roberts, one of the victims of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, claims she was forced to have sex with the Duke, now 60, on three occasions, allegations he vehemently denies along with any other wrongdoing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals", Crime

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s own son is helping police investigate his alleged sex crimes

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s own son is helping police investigate his alleged sex crimes

Kai Bickle’s world came tumbling down one night in May 2019, when he attended a dinner party at a lavishly decorated mansion overlooking the golden sands of Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

The host was his father, Peter Nygard, a Canadian fashion tycoon famed for the hedonistic lifestyle he pursued at a global portfolio of high-end properties, including vast residences in Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal, as well as New York, Hong Kong and, most notoriously, a Mayan-themed ‘private luxury resort’ in the Bahamas.

Modelling himself on Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, the flamboyant Nygard, now 79, kept a revolving harem of girlfriends. Those caught up (often completely unwittingly) in this web had included actresses Susan Anton and Jennifer O’Neill, stripper-turned-reality star Anna Nicole Smith, and a former Wheel Of Fortune card turner by the name of Vanna White.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

OPP charges three officers, suspends four others over towing industry allegations

OPP charges three officers, suspends four others over towing industry allegations

…The officers facing charges all have at least 20 years of service with the OPP and served with either its Highway Safety Division or the Toronto detachment.

Const. Simon Bridle and Const. Mohammed Ali Hussain were both arrested this past week, while a warrant is out for the arrest of Const. Bindo Showan who is believed to be out of the province.

BINDO! G20 activist to launch $4-million lawsuit against officer, police forces and province (INCOGNITO)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Government wants fired bureaucrat’s assets kept frozen in wake of alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud

The Ontario government opposes lifting an injunction that froze the assets of the bureaucrat fired after an alleged $11 million COVID-19 fraud because “there is a significant risk that the cash consists of proceeds of crime,” according to internal emails filed in court.

Sanjay Madan, a computer specialist terminated in November from his $176,608-a-year Ministry of Education job, has had millions of dollars in cash and real estate holdings frozen for months.

Madan has been seeking access to his assets in order to cover his legal bills, but the court injunction remains in place until Jan. 29 and could be extended.

In documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court, the province alleges last spring “some or all of” Madan, his spouse, Shalini, their adult sons, Chinmaya and Ujjawal, and Madan’s associate Vidhan Singh perpetrated “a massive fraud” to funnel $11 million in payments to hundreds of TD and Bank of Montreal accounts.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Crime

Fugitives wanted in Canada for murder, kidnapping found with an arsenal during U.S. traffic stop, police say

When a Minnesota State Trooper stopped a pickup truck for speeding on a U.S. highway this week, he not only discovered an arsenal of 67 suspected crime guns inside but two Toronto fugitives — one wanted for murder and the other for the kidnapping of a wealthy Chinese student.

Dayne Adrian Sitladeen, 29, and Muzamil Aden Addow, 29, are both wanted for high-profile crimes in Ontario.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, Ontario, USA

Ontario bureaucrat fired in $11M COVID-19 fraud probe took ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ to India, court documents say

The Ontario government computer specialist fired after the alleged theft of $11 million in COVID-19 funds flew to India with “tens of thousands of dollars in cash” shortly after being confronted about the missing money, court documents say.

Diversity has Big Payoff.

Sanjay Madan, terminated in November from his $176,608-a-year Ministry of Education job, withdrew about $80,000 from his CIBC account in August, according to new civil court filings by his lawyer, Christopher Du Vernet.

In September, Madan — who has Canadian and Indian citizenship as well as permanent residency status in Panama, a tax haven that has no extradition treaty with Canada — jetted to India, where he owns two villas.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Chicago’s ‘Affordable Bail’ Results In At Least 32 Arrested For Violent Crimes After Being Released

Chicago’s ‘Affordable Bail’ Results In At Least 32 Arrested For Violent Crimes After Being Released

Since Chicago has adopted an “affordable bail” approach that allows more people charged with violent crimes to pay a fee to be released, at least 32 have been arrested for committing violent crimes after they were put back out on the streets.

CWBChicago reported Tuesday that it “identified 32 people who were charged with committing murder, attempted murder, or aggravated battery with a firearm while free on bail for serious felonies in 2020.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Court documents reveal more details about 2017 homicide of Barry and Honey Sherman

As the calendar flipped to 2021, the police investigation into the deaths of Canadian billionaire philanthropists Honey and Barry Sherman entered its fourth year.

The double homicide remains unsolved, but recently released court documents reveal more details about the discovery of the couple’s bodies in December 2017 and that their son Jonathon told police the Shermans had enemies.

Toronto police have said they have a number of people who they consider persons of interest and, in a statement to CBC News, insist the case hasn’t gone cold.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Nearly 800 killed in Chicago as murders skyrocket in 2020

Nearly 800 killed in Chicago as murders skyrocket in 2020

Shootings and murders skyrocketed in Chicago last year, after three years of declining violence in the city.

In 2020, the city saw 774 murders, an increase of more than 50% compared to the 506 murders in 2019, according to data compiled by the Chicago Sun-Times. Ninety percent of Chicago Police Department districts reported more murders in 2020 than in 2019, and nearly a quarter of homicides occurred in just three districts on the west side of the city.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Both teens accused of murdering Calgary police officer will seek bail as soon as possible

When Amir Abdulraman and his 17-year-old friend were pulled over by police on New Years Eve, there was already a warrant out for the older teen’s arrest.

Abdulraman, 19, was wanted for assault when Sgt. Andrew Harnett initiated a traffic stop in the city’s northeast. The vehicle he stopped struck and dragged him, killing him.

Both Abdulrahman and the 17-year-old youth are now charged with the first-degree murder of Harnett.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Judge reinstates execution of federal death row’s only female inmate

Judge reinstates execution of federal death row’s only female inmate

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he vacated Lisa Montgomery´s execution date in an order last week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Calgary police issue 1st-degree-murder warrants for 2 teens in the death of a Calgary police officer

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1345078374415400961

Murder warrants issued against 2 people in death of Calgary police officer

Al-Azan Shah Muhammad, 17, and Amir Abdulrahman, 19, both from Calgary, have been identified as suspects in the case. First-degree murder warrants have been issued against both men.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCalgary, Canada, Crime, police