Charles Gauthier won’t be celebrating the fact Ryan Dickinson will spend the next 13 months in jail for taking part in the Stanley Cup riot last June. Instead, the executive director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association says Dickinson’s sentence — the first handed down to an accused rioter — is part of the “healing process” … [Read more...]
Jail time for Stanley Cup rioter
February 16, 2012 by
The first person to to plead guilty in connection with the Stanley Cup riot is going to jail. Judge Malcolm MacLean handed Ryan Dickinson 17 months in jail. That's 16 months for the charge of participating in a riot, plus one month for the charge of breach of an undertaking. Dickinson will get credit for just over two months already … [Read more...]
Asbestos removal contractor will serve two months in jail
January 24, 2012 by
Arthur Moore will be behind bars for two months for exposing teenage workers to Asbestos, despite acourt injunction. President of the Building Trades Union, Lee Loftus, says the Crown should proceed with criminal charges. "We are talking fraud, we are talking the use of vulnerable workers that come out of treatment centers and rehab centres,we are … [Read more...]
Jail time warranted for rioters: Chief Chu
January 11, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - He stands 6-7 in uniform, but his imposing stature made Const. Mike Laurin a target when civility descended into chaos the night of the Stanley Cup riot.The officer was stationed on a corner, guarding a business with a few of his colleagues, when a brick came flying through the air, whizzed past a yellow sign and slammed into his … [Read more...]
Man gets late night bus ban, jail time for threatening driver
December 1, 2011 by
TORONTO - There will be no more late night bus rides for a Toronto man after a driver was threatened with being shot. The Toronto Transit Commission says a 30-year-old man was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to threatening a driver with bodily harm. The TTC says Alistair Bandoo also received one year of probation, including a … [Read more...]
Killer gets jail for at least 15 years
November 3, 2011 by
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man convicted in a brutal stabbing death in Surrey, B.C., 13 years ago will have to wait at least 15 years before he can apply for parole.A B.C. Supreme Court judge in New Westminster set the parole eligibility for 52-year-old Gary Johnston, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Vic Fraser.Fraser walked … [Read more...]
New Westminster Police investigating after death at Fort St. John RCMP jail
September 12, 2011 by
New Westminster Police are investigating after a 46 year old man died at the RCMP jail in Fort St. John. The man was found unresponsive in his cell after being arrested Friday evening. A media release from the RCMP says the cause of death is not known. The Coroner's Service is also investigating. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
