Remains identified as Dana Turner

Dana Turner went missing in August the day after her former boyfriend was released from jail for stabbing her in the head with a parring knife. Her remains have been found and this suspicious death adds to the list of Edmonton homicides. What a tragedy. It's pretty obvious who the prime suspect is. No charges has been laid in her murder.

Thomas Crawford Kidnapping

One of the seven people charged in the recent gang related kidnapping involving former IS member Thomas Crawford was North Vancouver real estate agent Nazfar Mirhadi. The indictment names the victim as Sulaiman Safi, who has no criminal record, the court database indicates.

Last year, both the Royal Bank of Canada and Coast Capital Savings won default judgments against Safi totalling more than $62,000 for unpaid debts. Coast Capital also named Heat Clothing as a defendant, saying Safi “is employed by or operates” the Surrey-based company. The personal property registry indicates Safi and Heat Clothing are co-holders of a lease for a 2007 Cadillac Escalade. The other debtor on the lease is a company called Kam Transport, whose sole director is full-patch Hells Angel Glen Hehn.

Prince George Home invasion and sexual assault

Three of four suspects wanted in connection with a weekend home invasion have been arrested, and a warrant has been issued for the fourth.

Early Saturday morning, Police allege four masked men forcibly entered a residence in the 21-hundred block of Norwood Street. The thieves reportedly made off with a quantity of cash and jewellery, but not before allegedly assaulting a man and two women inside the residence. RCMP say the suspects and victims were known to each other.

28-year-old Eric Wayde Johnson, 20-year-old Ryan John Moore, and 33-year-old Jamie Hal Hammerstrom were arrested yesterday. An arrest warrant has been issued for 26-year-old Aron Leif Johnson.

All four men are facing several charges including: sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, attempted robbery, break and enter, and uttering threats. (Aron Johnson seen in above photo) is described as a slim, Caucasian male, 5'5" tall, 135-pounds, with short blond hair and blue eyes.

The suspects and victims were known to each other. One reader claims one of the men charged, Ryan Moore, is former Renegade president Billy Moore's son. Billy Moore was the one that was shot in his truck outside his home which was burned down after a Hells angels drug bust connecting Prince George to the East Vancouver Hells angels.

Billy Moore wasn't an informant. He and Cedric Smith unknowingly sponsored one. I am told Billy Moore was well liked in Prince George. A home invasion and rape sounds so archaic. Sad the brutal violence in continuing.

Recently there was a drive by shooting in Calgary which police say there is nothing to suggest the incident is gang related. Maybe the Edmonton Police Service's media liaison is helping with Calgary cases now. I'm not sure if they have finally determined the the bullet ridden SUV was actually a homicide yet but the discovery of Dana Turner's body is.

Also, a suspicious fire at the Kelonwa marina. That was the site of that large cocaine ring that resulted in the first effective implementation of organized crime legislation in BC that didn't actually name the criminal organization. Yet wire tap evidence in that case heard one of the convicted parties was instructed to bring some cocaine to the Hells angels clubhouse in Kelowna.

Joey Arrance found not guilty of sexual assault

There are a few strange stories in the news of late. This is one of them. Joey Arrance is from East Van and lives in Prince George. He has been described by the police in the papers as a high ranking member of the Game tight Soldiers and a striker for the Renegades. Both are Hells Angel puppet clubs.

Somewhere along the way, Joey fell out of favor with the red and white. They burned down his tattoo shop and the house he was staying in with his girlfriend and his girlfriend's mother. When the house was burned the wheelchair bound mother was killed. Tragic. I was outraged. Another example of absurd gang related violence against one of their own.

At the time someone claimed they did it because Joey raped someone. Knowing how they operate, I thought that was a bold faced lie. Just like how they call people a rat who aren't a rat so people won't ask questions when they kill them. However, we now read that Joey has been acquitted of rape charges in court.

This verifies that a legitimate charge existed. It still doesn't justify murdering his girlfriend's mother. Joey admitted to having sex with the woman on the deck at the clubhouse. He claimed it was consensual and that he stopped when she wanted him to stop. Yet the woman was examined by a doctor and testified an examination of the woman uncovered a large abrasion that would have “required any woman to stop contact in terms of sexual intercourse,” Gray said.

We know that there is another gang rape trial for another alleged sexual assault by Game tight Soldiers at the same Renegades clubhouse in Prince George. There is a publication ban on the name of that victim as well but not against the names of the men charged in gang raping her.

Those individuals haven't been targeted like Joey has. The Hells angels rule about rape is a lie. Mom Bucher was convicted of armed rape. He got his patch shorty after getting out of jail for that rape. There are a lot of things being covered up in Prince George. Let's hope we get some answers and the brutal violence subsides.

Personally I don't think Joey was targeted for the rape. Otherwise the other guys charged in the other gang rape would have been targeted. I think Joey was targeted because he started doing business with someone other than the Hells Angels.

White-collar criminals face stiffer sentences

Well this is a subtle step forward. Tougher sentences are now in force for people found guilty of white-collar crimes. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the federal government's long-promised white-collar crimes legislation comes into effect today. The stiffer penalties include a mandatory two-year prison sentence for fraud over $1 million.

Two years for stealing a million dollars and one year for growing a few pot plants. This is a prime example of how no two people disagree on every issue. In the last election debate Michael Ignatieff argued against mandatory minimum sentences. He said the US is a failed system. We are not obligated to follow a failed system. One thing he said I agree with, one thing he said I disagree with.

I totally agree, where the US has failed, we need not repeat that mistake. Enron and the California prison system are two examples. Privatizing the prisons is insane. Mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime is nonsense. It has created a manufactured emergency wherein their prison system was ordered to release one quarter of it's prison population due to over crowding.

Yet I do think that mandatory minimum sentences for violent offenses and trafficking hard drugs is not only appropriate but crucial in repairing our broken judicial system in British Columbia. Mandatory minimum sentences for growing pot prevents us from being able to afford to implement mandatory minimum sentences for violent crime and selling hard drugs.

Likewise I think addressing white collar crime and implementing mandatory minimum sentences for it are a good thing. Capping it at a million dollars is rather high. Currently there are endless investment frauds for under a million dollars that combine to constitute a substantial amount of money. It's like a crack dealer having runners back and forth so he only gets caught with a small amount at one time thus avoiding a larger penalty.

We need to address white collar crime and investment fraud. However, publicly patting ourselves on the back for creating one white collar crime law then deregulate the banks and stock exchange making enforcing that law more difficult. If we are sincere and if we genuinely want to address the kind of white collar crime that created the Greek financial crisis, we need regulation as well as mandatory minimum sentences.

Interesting to note, Organised Crime Accounts for Greater Proportion of White-Collar Crime. This is even tied to a drive by shooting in Shaughnessy on July 7 2007.

$2.6 Million tied to the Victoria Drug Trade

Speaking of the Victoria drug trade, a 44-year-old Lake Cowichan man faces money-laundering charges after RCMP seized more than $2.6 million U.S. allegedly tossed into the waters off Sidney, B.C. earlier this year. Jeffrey Melchior is charged with possession of property obtained by crime, and laundering proceeds of crime.

Lake Cowichan is on Vancouver Island. In fact, the Cowichan river runs right through Duncan to the Georgia Straight. Duncan is a drug hot spot half way between Victoria and Nanaimo. This is a significant amount of money that was recovered by fluke. How many more suitcases of dirty laundry already made it through? Another example of how big and powerful the Victoria drug trade really is. At least he was on a five-metre rigid inflatable this time instead of a jet ski.

Paxton torture victim speaks in court

Another update: This article describes some of the victim's injuries that were obviously caused by assaults and also claims court records state the victim was an intravenous drug user.

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Now Renee is threatening to post my home address again as well as my daughter’s name on the Internet. That woman is inherently evil.



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The other thing I have to say is about the two earth shattering new developments in the Paxton Torture trial. In today's Vancouver Province we read that the torture victim finally took the stand and answered the question we've been dying to have an answer to for so long. Why on earth did he stay in a relationship where he was literally getting tortured when he had opportunities to leave.

That has been the cutting question that has lead to so much speculation about the motive that Internet forums bursting with opinions are now quiet due to a court publication ban on the victims name. Yet we all know who it is. We all know the mother who hadn't seem that son in over ten years hired a professional media consultant to help her fund raise for the victim's medical fees and to help her family cope. The victim's biological father and the victim's biological daughter didn't get a dime.

We all know that the victim had testified in a Hells angels murder trail many years ago. We all know that his mother and brother lied about the circumstances surrounding that trial. He didn't just live in the same neighbourhood as where a gang related shooting took place. He and his brother were friends with the shooter. The shooter stayed with them for a few days in their home after he shot the Hells angels associate because he didn't want to pay the drug debt he owned him.

I have not named any names. There is a publication ban on the name of the victim. Yet the facts surrounding this case are part of the public domain and are protected by the inherit right to free speech. Given the victim's association with the shooter, it was my theory that the Hells Angels wanted to punish the shooter by torturing one of his friends. They had already shot the guy's brother in retaliation. Yet Sean Wolfe and Dale Donovan really liked the young drug dealer that looked like he was 12 years old. So much so Dale (Deli) had a tattoo of the we lad as a memorial. So the police claimed in court. When the target was shot the people that called 911 thought a 12 year old kid had been hit.

That was my theory. Others thought crystal meth was involved. They thought the cuts, the scabs, the weight loss all looked like a Crystal meth addiction. Others though he stayed in that horrifically abusive relationship because they were gay and he had the battered wife syndrome. Personally I thought that one was absurd. Yet Paxton has also been charged with sexual assault as well as aggravated assault and unlawful confinement.

So today the victim takes the stand and finally tells us what we have all been dying to know. Why did he stay in that horrifically abusive relationship when he had opportunities to leave. His biological mother who hadn't seen him in over ten years blamed the mother of his daughter for the abuse when she was the one that called the police and reported him missing and she asked him to leave but he said no. Others claim he stayed because Paxton threatened to kill his daughter. But no. Today we hear what the victim clams the reason was that he refused to leave.

Crown prosecutor Joe Mercier asked why he didn't leave. "I could have, but I would have thought of myself as a sissy for giving up like that." Despite the beating, the two were soon sharing a house. "We were getting along fine, only because I was doing whatever he said." "Why did you do that?" asked Mercier.

"I didn't want to get beat. He was getting more violent every single day. Every day there was an incident." Paxton smirked and shook his head as he listened to the testimony. The man went on to describe being punched, choked unconscious "about 1,000 times," and being hit variously with a cane, a dog leash and an extension cord. "I looked liked a guy who just got beat up. Always."

Although he said Paxton would beat him daily, Paxton didn't give reasons for the beatings. "My survival instinct kicked in. I still hung out with Dustin, even though I was getting beaten," the man said. "It was literally on a daily basis. He'd either hit me with a cane or a leash, constantly threw me around."

He said anything would set Paxton off, including taking leftovers for lunch or buying the wrong brand of bread. "He totally . . . beat the s--t out of me."

I'm sorry son but that doesn't cut it. It doesn't pass the test of believability. He had opportunities to leave but didn't. Instead he chose to endure horrific abuse and torture because he thought he's be a Sissy if he left. That simply doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Not even for a nice guy with brain injuries who is coached by a fruitcake.

They didn't ask him about the crystal meth Paxton's former victim and former girlfriend testified they all did together. They didn't ask if he recognized a man by the name of Tiny Mac. One of Sean Wolfe and Dale Donavan's friends who lived in the area at the time. So the victim has spoken and we still don't have any answers. It doesn't look like we'll get any either in this life.

Oh yeah, the other bombshell. Dustin Paxton's alleged torture victim told a Calgary courtroom Tuesday he performed sex acts on Paxton because he would have done anything to get the beatings to stop. Anything but leave when he had opportunities to do so. "Personally I thought it was disgusting, but I was in survival mode. I would do anything to not get beaten," he said.

Ah, there it is finally. He was asked about the drugs in cross examination. When the cross-examination started, defence lawyer Jim Lutz asked the man about drug use in the Centre Street house he shared with Paxton. The man said he smoked marijuana, but testified Paxton indulged in crystal meth. The man added that he quit meth at age 25.

OK so now the victim admits he did crystal meth but claims he quit when he was 25. That would contradict the testimony of Paxton's former girlfriend in the other trial. She said they all did crystal meth together. So the victim admits he did crystal meth in the past but quit when he was 25. So when their friend who shot the Hells angels drug dealer from the Zig Zag crew stayed in their home, did he and his brother do crystal meth then? Who did they buy it from?

Oh and here's another new development: Lutz reads from police transcript, in it AV says "He [Paxton] delivered me to people to get beat all the time." by KatyAnderson via twitter 11/2/2011 8:40:14 PM 1:40 PM That was the key suspicion. That Paxton wasn't the only person who beat him. That would imply others were involved. That would explain why leaving would be problematic.

One reader reminded me about the mysterious man who showed up at the hospital. I forgot to mention that and I do think it is very significant. We were told a large tattooed man showed up at the hospital in Regina after Paxton's victim was dropped off. We were told he acquired personal contact information for his family and the hospital made a public apology to the family for the security breach.

This is significant when we read how the defense pointed out the victim claimed in a previous police report Paxton would drive him places to be beaten by other people. We don't know who the mystery man is. We do know that Tiny Mac is a large tattooed man who was living in Calgary and doling business in Regina at the time. We know he and Sean Wolf were accused of threatening a young kid with a gun and beating him with a hammer but the kid refused to testify against them.

Rats and the Vancouver Occupation

OK I've got two things to say before I go ballistic. The NPA and their cruel supporters have been hitting the media of late complaining about the tents at the Art Gallery part of the Occupy Vancouver. First I need to point out that the NPA were absolutely cruel. They were kicking the homeless out from under bridges and stealing their personal belongings. At least they mandated the VPD to do that when the Woodwards Squat was on. The Woodwards squat by the way did have a purpose. It was a demonstration objecting to the cruel mandates of the NPA and the huge homeless problem in Vancouver. After that demonstration Larry Campbell was elected mayor and things improves temporarily. Now Mayor Robertson is campaigning with Vision Vancouver on a social housing platform which is obviously needed in Vancouver.

The editorial that set me off went to the extreme and made a bizarre comment about rats being sited at the Vancouver Occupations. Well let me tell you this. There are rats in Vancouver. They're in the allies. Yet the Vancouver Occupation site is clean. I visit it. There are a lot more rats on Wall Street than there are in the Vancouver Occupation site. Granville Island has tons of rats. Do we close that down next? I think not.

The Vancouver Occupation has a hugely significant message. The corruption on Wall Street is out of control. Because of a huge amount of investment fraud, the US spent an insane amount of tax dollars to bail that fraud out which simply enables it to continue. The Greek financial crisis is hugely significant and is even effecting our markets. That crisis was created through investment fraud. There has never been a time in the earth history when a political protest has had more importance than the current Occupy Vancouver protest.

This is the insestious lie: Yesterday the headline was "Markets surge on Eurozone deal." Today the con reads: "TSX sinks on Greek vote shock". Global stocks took a beating on fears a Greek vote against the rescue package could result in a disorderly default on the country's debt and hamper efforts to stop the euro zone's debt woes from spiraling into a global crisis.

The best way to rob a bank is to own it. Now we read the banks are buying the TSE. Isn't that conflicted. Goldman Sachs are telling us that if we bail out the banks our market will improve but if we don't bail out the Greek investment fraud debt, the markets will crash. Oh the cunning plan of the evil one.

This guy just won't give up. Two days in a row the same editorial. Instead of burying our heads in the sand and only saying what's so bad about the Vancouver Occupation, let's spend a minute to talk about the corruption on Wall Street. Madoff said he was one of many. Santa Clause parade rerouted to avoid the demonstration. Now that is a logical solution. Mind you the general public is welcome at the occupation site. Right beside the media tent is an information both where people are happy to explain some of the issues to anyone who wants to know.

How about it's unfair white collar criminals can completely destabalize the mrket through investment fraud and no one gets arrested!!!!!

VPD recommend 163 charges against rioters

Nearly five months after rioters smashed windows, looted shops and set cars on fire, the Vancouver police say they have recommended 163 charges to be laid against 60 people allegedly involved in June's Stanley Cup final riots.

Ya gotta admire Jim Chu. He's in a completely different league than Pat Fogherty. Jim Chu is intelligent but he also has heart. He's a media magician but more importantly I really believe he cares. He cares about his job, he cares about the people he serves and he cares about the public interest. He is what we would describe as a good cop. They do exist and they restore our faith in the system.

Who is Cirilio Bautista Lopez?

Cirilio Bautista Lopez is a name that has come up as a member of a Victoria family with ties to cocaine trafficking in Victoria and back east. He was named in the Bassi Virk case as having ties to Jasmohan Bains who was tied to the Bassi Virk case and was convicted of cocaine trafficking.

Cirilio Lopez was also arrested in a high level cocaine ring connecting Victoria to Winnipeg. There are a lot of names involved in this high level Victoria cocaine ring. Ricardo Francis Scarpino is one. Dillon Sahota and Jarrod Nicol are two others.