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Several inmates were arrested. Speaking in the provincial legislature, Justice Minister Diana Whalen stated that no such incident had ever before taken place at the facility. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Nova Scotia Government Employees Union criticized the door control system at Waterville for allowing the melee to take place. [ 7 ]
On July 12, 2019, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court revealed that McGray was the prime suspect in the 1995 murder of Brenda Way, who was found with her neck slashed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Her boyfriend, Glen Assoun, had been convicted and spent 17 years in prison for the crime he always denied. [15] Assoun's conviction was overturned.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the HAMC saw the Port of Halifax as a pivotal entry point for cocaine shipments from Florida and South America, and the Hells Angels' amalgamation of the 13th Tribe allowed the club "to consolidate control of drug trafficking on Canada ...
A 17-year-old from Cole Harbour was arrested at 11 am, but was shortly thereafter released from custody due to determination that he had no idea of, nor involvement in the plot. The police learned that it was the trio's intention to go into a public venue and open fire, attempting to kill as many people as possible, before turning the guns on ...
RCMP officers during the Estevan Riot. Until 1920, the RCMP's forerunner, the Royal North-West Mounted Police, operated only in Western Canada and the North.The new organization was created by an amalgamation with the Dominion Police, giving the RCMP a national security mandate as a departure from its earlier role as a frontier police force.
On 12 December 2023, Réal Courtemanche, an inmate at federal medium-security prison La Macaza Institution, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the Desjardins case. The Sûreté du Québec announced the arrest and indicated that advanced forensic biology methods had led to the arrest 29 years after the murder. [406] 1975 2023
Kelly was arrested for his wife's murder on March 2, 1983. His trial began in April 1984. He was convicted by a jury and was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years. The trial was covered extensively by Ontario and Canadian national news outlets.
Carroll was born and grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. [1] He became the leader of a Halifax biker gang known as the Thirteenth Tribe Motorcycle Club, which had been founded in 1968. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 13th Tribe Motorcycle Club had reigned as the dominant outlaw motorcycle gang in the province of Nova Scotia as early as the 1970s and its ...