From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V9 #648 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Tuesday, July 18 2006 Volume 09 : Number 648 In this issue: Police Display Seized Goods [LETTER] (Shades of James Roszko.) Radar lesson triggers surprise shakedown Drunk-driving charge axed COPS 'WANTED TO KILL ME': LETTER WRITER Nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured Man, 21, shot during Fairview car chase Shots cause chaotic stampede ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:51:48 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Police Display Seized Goods http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/3074/1/police+display+seized+goods? Police Display Seized Goods By Opinion 250 News Monday, July 17, 2006 04:15 PM http://www.opinion250.com/images/stuff.jpg Prince George RCMP Constable Gary Godwin cradles a sawed off Cooey.22 that was seized on the weekend. Police made the seizure when they stopped a vehicle at 13th and Edmonton Street. Along with the sawed off .22, police also confiscated a large quantity of cash, cocaine, crystal meth, drug paraphernalia and ammunition. One young offender and two adult females were taken into custody. The young offender was released, the females are facing a variety of charges. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:41:06 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: [LETTER] (Shades of James Roszko.) http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/Letters/ Letters: July 18 2006 Let’s see now, Curtis Alfred Dagenais was convicted in 1999 of threatening to kill a highway traffic officer. (“Suspect has history of violent cop threats,” July 14.) A 10-year firearms prohibition would still be in effect today. In 2000, he was convicted again, this time of threatening “bodily harm” to another highway traffic officer. In 2004, he was convicted again, this time for assaulting one of the same highway traffic officers, and for obstruction of justice. Even a five-year firearms prohibition would still be in effect, but one would think after this litany of violent behaviour, he’d have a lifetime ban placed on him by the courts. The mere act of threatening someone would be sufficient grounds for its own “public safety” prohibition hearing — assuming Dagenais was a licensed gun owner. So, the question authorities should ask is not only how he apparently got his hands on a gun with which he’s alleged to have killed two Mounties, but why hadn’t he already been put in jail for a long, long time? Bruce N. Mills (Shades of James Roszko.) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:07:49 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Radar lesson triggers surprise shakedown http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=2b74662c-c385-4d3a-b1c9-454871d450e7&k=86509 Radar lesson triggers surprise shakedown Weapons, drugs, bad guys nabbed in exercise Lora Grindlay, The Province Published: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 COQUITLAM - Chalk one up for the Class of 2006. Coquitlam's North Road became a real-life classroom for the 18 police recruits when a Justice Institute of B.C. class in catching speeders turned into a lesson in true crime. The instructor, Vancouver police Sgt. Earl Andersen, was testing the recruits, all of whom have already been hired by various B.C. police departments, in the use of a radar gun and proper technique in pulling over speeders when a Honda Pilot came speeding toward them last Monday. The Honda pulled over, but far from where the students were directing traffic. "All of a sudden four cellphones go flying out on to the concrete. I thought, 'OK, we have a problem here,'" said Andersen. The SUV then drove toward the class but turned into the lane that was a dead end. As the car returned toward the students, their teacher proudly watched them spring into action. "That's where their training kicked into full gear. I didn't even really have to say anything -- they just knew what to do," said Andersen. Guns drawn, the students -- two weeks from graduating as officers -- initiated a high-risk vehicle stop. The suspects, aged 17 and 21, were taken into custody. Andersen called 911, and an area and vehicle search was conducted. Cocaine and marijuana tossed from the car were found in the lane, a restricted weapon was found in the car and both the driver and passenger were breaching bail conditions. Both had gangs ties. "Like I had taught them from the beginning -- there's no such thing as a routine traffic stop," said Andersen. "They see traffic training in a whole new light now. It's not just writing tickets all the time." Andersen said the bad guys didn't know that the near-constables couldn't issue traffic tickets and were only giving verbal warnings. If they had "just stopped and produced a driver's licence, we would have sent them on their way and nobody would have been the wiser." Coquitlam RCMP are investigating. lgrindlay@png.canwest.com © The Vancouver Province 2006 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:25:31 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Drunk-driving charge axed While I'm sure that this will raise a storm of controversy, I think that the Judge got it right - Border Agents aren't police officers, and cannot conduct "searches" that aren't related to the Customs Act. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=ff5f5912-e839-4f51-a45e-83daa01574c9 Drunk-driving charge axed Border guard exceeded power by asking man to exit car David Carrigg, The Province Published: Monday, July 17, 2006 A drunk-driving charge has been dropped after a Surrey judge ruled the accused's rights were abused by a border guard. According to Surrey Provincial Court documents, John Peter Gorman stopped at the Boundary Bay border crossing on Nov. 20, 2004, and was believed to be drunk. A guard asked Gorman to step out of his vehicle and open the trunk. "[The guard] believed that Mr. Gorman had been drinking," Judge Ellen Gordon stated in her ruling. It was alleged that Gorman was unsteady as he walked and he placed his hands on his car to keep his balance. According to evidence, Gorman had difficulty placing his key into the truck keyhole and it took three tries for him to open it. Gorman then allegedly refused to properly blow into a breathalizer three times so he was arrested for refusing the test and Delta police were called. Gordon wrote that Gorman was belligerent, rude and obnoxious to the guard and to police once they arrived. Gorman also refused to leave the detention cell and demanded the names of all the officers, threatening to sue them. "Mr. Gorman was remarkably obstructive," Gordon wrote. "A tow-truck driver arrived for Mr. Gorman's car and Mr. Gorman became aggressive all over again. He demanded his car keys. He stated that he would drive himself home and no one would stop him." In her ruling, Gordon referred to evidence that when police arrived, Gorman was loud and abusive and was arrested soon after trying to kick out the windows out of the police van. He was then arrested for causing a disturbance. Gorman later claimed his rights had been violated because the guard asked him to walk to the back of the vehicle without good reason. Gordon ruled in Gorman's favour, and reprimanded the guard. "There was no basis for an inspection of the trunk with respect to everything that had taken place up until that point in time," she wrote. "[The guard] lied to the court when he stated that he wanted to inspect the trunk. It is clear that he both wanted to see if the odour of liquor that he had detected emanated from Mr. Gorman and not from the car, and he wanted to observe Mr. Gorman walk." The guard abused his statutory powers, said the judge. "Improperly using Customs Act powers to conduct a Criminal Code of Canada investigation is a serious violation of the Charter," said Gordon in acquitting Gorman. "It is an egregious misuse of a peace officer's power." dcarrigg@png.canwest.com © The Vancouver Province 2006 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:01:06 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: COPS 'WANTED TO KILL ME': LETTER WRITER PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun DATE: 2006.07.18 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 6 ILLUSTRATION: photo by Perry Mah, Sun Media EDMONTON SUN reporter Max Maudie reads a letter apparently written by suspected RCMP killer Curt Dagenais. BYLINE: MAX MAUDIE DATELINE: EDMONTON WORD COUNT: 377 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPS 'WANTED TO KILL ME': LETTER WRITER - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RCMP are investigating a letter to the Edmonton Sun they believe may have been penned by the prime suspect in the Saskatchewan Mountie murders. The signature on the letter reads Curt Dagenais, wanted after constables Robin Cameron, 29, and Marc Bourdages, 26, were shot in the head July 7. They died in hospital overnight Saturday. The letter blames police and Dagenais' sister for the shootings. "I feel terrible about what has happened, but they (police) would not leave me alone," states the letter. The five-page letter was postmarked Friday at Shell Lake, Sask., a town of 172 people about 30 km from Spiritwood. The officers were shot on the night of July 7 while chasing Dagenais, 41, after a domestic dispute in Spiritwood. Shell Lake's website describes the town as being "surrounded by lakes, hills, forest and farmland." The letter writer recalls the dispute, saying he wanted to remove some "so-called family of mine" from his home. The writer said he and his mother Elsie own the property, "not my sister (Grace) who I wanted removed ... because she has told me things to mislead me, to give herself more time to screw me over as to division of family property due to the divorce of (my parents)." The writer complains Mounties wouldn't help him remove his sister from the home, not because "it was family," as Mounties allegedly told him, but because of his pending civil lawsuit against Mounties over alleged "obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence." A Mountie spokesman yesterday couldn't confirm the suit. FLED IN PICKUP Cameron and Bourdages arrived at the house, while the letter writer waited outside in his truck. "Cameron said I was under arrest for assault and assault with a weapon, I couldn't believe it. I had a screaming match with my sister, but never touched her. "When I (earlier) backed away (out of the yard) with my pick up, I didn't realize my steering was turned the wrong way and crowded Grace a bit. But Elsie and Grace can wrap any RCMP around their finger." The writer said he was so startled at being under arrest he fled because he felt that was "within my rights." During the chase that followed, the writer complains police "would ram me hard, hoping to spin me out of control, hoping that I would roll." When he came to a stop at some trees, he said he didn't have a chance to get out of the truck before Mounties started firing at him. "They wanted to kill me, to hush me about their dirty work." The writer alleged he was earlier assaulted by police in an unrelated matter. The writer complained media in Saskatchewan didn't want to run his side of the story. Alberta RCMP spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes said the information would quickly be passed on to Saskatchewan counterparts. While the letter, a copy of which was provided to the RCMP, "certainly could be" authentic, handwriting samples would be compared, as well as other tests, to confirm its authenticity, he said. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:02:23 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured PUBLICATION: GLOBE AND MAIL DATE: 2006.07.18 PAGE: A10 (ILLUS) BYLINE: SCOTT ROBERTS SECTION: Toronto News EDITION: Metro WORD COUNT: 541 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured Up to 12 shots fired on rooftop patio - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOTT ROBERTS Hundreds of panicked patrons fled for the exits of Volume nightclub early yesterday morning after someone opened fire on the rooftop patio of the downtown bar. One man was killed and two others were wounded, bringing to 41 the number of homicides in Toronto so far this year -- significantly more than the 32 recorded at this time last year. Gun violence has accounted for 20 of the deaths in 2006, the same number as a year earlier. Witnesses said as many as a dozen shots were fired at about 2 a.m. on the third-floor patio of the nightclub on Richmond Street near John Street. A man in his 20s, whose name has not been released by police, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries -- a man who was shot in the foot and a woman who was shot in the leg. A man was reportedly arrested near Queen Street and Spadina Avenue minutes after the incident. But police had not laid any charges yesterday. "Everybody was panicking and shocked," said a man working in a nearby sandwich shop at the time of the shooting. "It was pretty scary. I jumped back into the store and closed the door." About 600 people were inside at the time of the shooting, said a man who identified himself as the club's manager. Speaking to a reporter outside the club yesterday, he said he couldn't see how a gun got into the club, adding that patrons are required to pass through a metal detector at the door before allowed entry. He said there had never been a shooting at the club, which opened two months ago in the space formerly occupied by the Joker nightclub. Some area business owners expressed worry yesterday about what they believe to be escalating violence in the club district. The shooting happened just a day after the wrap-up of an anti-gun violence fundraiser spearheaded by Hot Spot sandwich shop, located just two doors from Volume. Organizers of the campaign, which included an eating contest and raised more than $3,000 for the Yonge Street Mission's after-school program, reacted to the shooting with frustration. "Does it bother us personally? Yes it does," said Yosi Shnet, part-owner of Hot Spot, a late-night eatery that caters to club-goers. "In the last year the violence has really erupted again. It's sad to have these things taint the area. And we're right in the middle of it all." "The weekends are getting really bad here," said Shant Merjanian, who owns the Sugar Mountain candy store, next to Volume. "At night you definitely think twice about being down here. As a store owner I'm trying to make a buck. This kind of stuff doesn't help, it hurts." Mr. Merjanian said there is a steady police presence in the area Thursday through Saturday but much less on Sunday nights, even though some clubs are operating. There has been a rash of killings in Toronto in the past week: * An autopsy was conducted yesterday on the still-unidentified body of a young man found dead on Saturday in the Don Mills and Eglinton area. * On Friday, the body of Yasmin Ashareh, 20, was found inside a bag near Martin Grove Road and Finch Avenue. * Three homicides were recorded Wednesday, including the shooting death of Gerald McDonald, gunned down in an apartment on Weston Road near Eglinton Avenue. Also that night, Virgilio Cuevas, 31, and Isabelita Malejana, 56, were found shot to death in the garage of a Scarborough home. * A week ago, Kemar Brown, 22, was shot twice in the chest in a rooming house near Church and Dundas Streets ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:02:51 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Man, 21, shot during Fairview car chase PUBLICATION: The Chronicle-Herald DATE: 2006.07.18 SECTION: Front PAGE: A1 BYLINE: Davene Jeffrey Staff Reporter WORD COUNT: 647 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Man, 21, shot during Fairview car chase - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A 21-year-old man is in hospital with a bullet wound in his shoulder after vehicles tore through a Halifax neighbourhood Monday afternoon. Just after 3:30 p.m., calls began coming in to police about some sort of vehicle chase and shots being fired from one car to another on the streets of Fairview. "A silver car just pulled out. . . . It was shooting at a red car," said a young boy who was waiting outside his Frederick Avenue home Monday afternoon near the intersection with Birch Street when the excitement began. "I think they were shooting at a house or a car," the keen-eyed boy said. He described the cars driving along Birch Street and then turning down Frederick Avenue, heading toward Dutch Village Road. "You could see (shots) coming from a silver car," said the boy, who believes he could see a man inside the vehicle holding a black handgun. "I jumped behind a bush. While I was in the bush, I tried to get the licence plate," he said, explaining it had all happened too quickly. A man who was walking up the street to meet the boy was passed by the speeding vehicles travelling down Frederick Avenue. The red car was a Pontiac Sunbird and the silver or grey car was an Oldsmobile Alero, he said. He refused to give his name, saying he didn't want to get involved. Early Monday evening, police were still trying to figure out exactly what had happened and why. "There are three (male) individuals in police headquarters in relation to the incident," police spokesman Const. Jeff Carr said. He could not say what their connection to the shooting might be. He confirmed officers had found spent shell casings in the area of Birch Street and Frederick Avenue but could not say how many. Investigators also found spent casings at a second location later Monday afternoon. Const. Carr said police had received a call from residents near the intersection of Percy Street and Dutch Village Road at the same time as calls were coming in from the Frederick Avenue scene, but the officers who responded found nothing at the time. When they looked into the call again later, they discovered the casings. "We believe it's the same parties involved," Const. Carr said. Although officers were at the hospital with the shooting victim, Const. Carr did not know whether the man was co-operating. Police seized two vehicles they believed to be involved with the shooting Monday afternoon. A red Geo Metro was found parked at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and a silver Ford Freestyle was found abandoned on Ashburn Avenue. Monday afternoon, police cordoned off Birch Street between Frederick Street and Rufus Avenue while they appeared to search for signs of gunshots. Officers with tape measures carefully marked what appeared to be a bullet hole in the white vinyl siding of 31 Frederick Ave. The two-storey home fronts on Frederick Street, and Birch Street runs along its side. Two spots on the pavement in the intersection had also been marked. A police officer with a camera roamed around the area taking pictures. At the intersection of Birch Street and Rufus Avenue, another excited boy and a man also witnessed some of the action. "I saw two cars going by - speeding. Then I heard gunshots," said the man, who refused to give his name. He said the whole thing happened so quickly that he couldn't say what the cars looked like. But the boy saw more. "One car was silver or grey, and the other was a red car," he said. This witness, however, believed a grey or silver SUV was also involved in the shooting. "This SUV came out of nowhere," he said. He believes there were a bunch of people in the SUV shooting at the cars. "That's when I ran inside the house. I thought of diving in the trash can." Various residents of Frederick Avenue heard the shooting, but saw nothing. "I heard tires squealing and five or six shots. It was really loud," said a woman who has lived just a few doors from the intersection with Birch Street for the past 20 years. "We've never had a problem," said the woman, who described her street as quiet. Another neighbour, 17-year-old Mitchell Doell, described what he believed to have been a cap gun firing. "I heard about 10 shots fired in a row," he said. He went to his window but could see nothing and thought nothing more about it until later. "A friend text messaged me that shots had been fired on my street." Police would not speculate whether these incidents were connected with recent shootings in Spryfield and Beechville which left 21-year-old Wayne Nicholas Marriott dead. ( ) With Kristen Lipscombe, staff reporter, and Paul Everest ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:03:24 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Shots cause chaotic stampede PUBLICATION: The Toronto Star DATE: 2006.07.18 EDITION: MET SECTION: GTA PAGE: B1 BYLINE: Robyn Doolittle and Betsy Powell SOURCE: Toronto Star ILLUSTRATION: Aaron Lynett TORONTO STAR A Toronto police officer looks forevidence in the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of two other people on the rooftop patio of the Volume nightclub on Richmond St. early yesterday. Aaron Lynett TORONTO STAR Officers question possible witnesses to yesterday morning's killing of one man who was among three people shot at the Volume nightclub in the entertainment district. Aaron Lynett TORONTO STAR Officers question possible witnesses to yesterday morning's killing of one man who was among three people shot at the Volume nightclub in the entertainment district. WORD COUNT: 671 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shots cause chaotic stampede Residents angered by increasing violence; 'Blood everywhere' after bullets fly About 600 scrambled to get out - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another shooting in Toronto's entertainment district has left one man dead and two people wounded after a gunman opened fire on the rooftop patio of a Richmond St. nightclub, sending scores of patrons fleeing for the exit. It's not known if the dead man, who was in his 20s, was targeted, but police believe the two others who were shot - a woman in the leg, a man in the foot, according to witnesses - were innocent bystanders. They are recovering in hospital. The violence erupted at Volume - formerly The Joker - at 318 Richmond St., just after 2 a.m. Employees said more than a dozen shots could be heard throughout the three-level bar, prompting an exodus of about 600 club-goers. "It was chaos. I thought we were going to get trampled," said a man who didn't want his name used. "There was glass everywhere," said a woman who would identify herself only as Aiesha. "Everyone just dropped their drinks and ran. ... And there was blood everywhere." Dennis Pilgrim, 33, who was on the dance floor one level below at the time, said he heard the gunshots "and about 10 seconds after that everybody was starting off like a stampede." A cricket player from Bermuda here with his team, Pilgrim said he and a friend "hid behind one of the pillars so we didn't get trampled." Two women performed CPR on the victim they didn't know. Witnesses said paramedics were held back until police were certain no one else was in danger. "We can't allow non-police personnel into an environment that you can't swear is safe," said Staff Sgt. Chris Fernandes, of 52 Division. The Joker, a mainstay of the entertainment district since 1996, reopened as Volume in March with the same owner, who could not be reached for comment. Homicide detectives had little to say but planned to hold a news conference today. Initial reports yesterday said a man matching the description of the shooter had been arrested not far from the scene but it remained unclear last night if he was connected to the investigation. Volume plays host to an urban music night called Planet Soul Sundays, which is declared "the number-one Sunday night party" on one club scene website. Paid-duty officers were out front of Volume at the time of the shooting and the club uses metal detectors at the entrance and conducts hand searches. "They are only as good as the people employed to do them," Fernandes said. An employee at the club, who did not want to be identified, said, "It's frightening, but nothing like this has ever happened before." An officer with the plainclothes unit said yesterday that Volume's compliance with liquor laws has been "pretty good."There were some problems at The Joker. The club's licence was suspended under the province's Liquor Licence Act on two previous occasions - Jan. 2 to 9, 2005 and Jan. 2 to 17, 2006 - for allowing disorderly conduct. A liquor act charge is pending after what transpired yesterday. On Sunday night, Jalen Taylor, 26, was planning to drop by Volume but decided to go to Afterlife instead because it has a dress code "If a club has a dress code, mostly a mature crowd that just wants to go and have a good time shows up....No dress code attracts a different group of people. Stuff happens at these clubs." Volume's website says the club has a "style code in effect." Area residents, upset about noise, fights, people vomiting and urinating on their property, and police frequently sound the alarm about the entertainment district that stretches from Spadina Ave. to University Ave. and from Queen St. to King St. The city has tried to control the clubs by bringing in more stringent regulations and there are increasing calls for more security cameras in the area. On Friday or Saturday nights, if all clubs are operating at capacity, 55,000 revellers can pour into the area. Sunday nights were typically quieter but that has changed in recent times, say officers who patrol the district. Downtown's 52 Division imports officers from other parts of the city and brings in the mounted unit to help maintain control on the weekends. Last year, club land recorded 12 shootings and reported 53 gun-related calls. In April this year, someone fired a gun inside Sound Emporium, wounding a 29-year-old man and sending hundreds of patrons scrambling. There have been several homicides in nightclubs in recent years. In July 2003, 17-year-old Neil Armstrong was shot dead outside the Inside nightclub on Adelaide St. In December of that year, Kirk Sweeney, 26, was fatally wounded on the dance floor of the now-defunct G-Spot club. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V9 #648 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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