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[Mike K.]

44-year-old Saanich Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking

The Saanich Police have arrested a 44-year-old Saanich man for drug trafficking, which later resulted in a search warrant on a home last week.

On Thursday December 12, 2019 officers of the Saanich Police Street Crime Unit gathered enough information to confirm this man was believed to be trafficking drugs, and formed a plan to arrest him that day. With the assistance of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Unit and the Victoria Police a traffic stop was made in the 600 block of Esquimalt Road in Esquimalt. Police located drugs, cash and multiple cell phones. The drugs were individually packaged and ready for sale on the street.

A search warrant was then executed on a home in the 4000 block of Cavallin Court in Saanich. Large quantities of drugs were seized, as well as weapons, cash and stolen property.

In total, over 3 kilograms of drugs with a street value estimated at $350,000, over $40,000 in cash, and approximately $25,000 in stolen property were located and seized by police. The drugs are believed to be cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crystal methamphetamine. The weapons included batons and two replica firearms. A 2019 Jeep Cherokee was seized and will be recommended for forfeiture.

“These are large quantities of drugs that were destined for the streets of Greater Victoria.” said Cst. Markus Anastasiades. “As we know, these types of drugs have been responsible for an epidemic of overdose deaths in the region, and we can only hope that this significant drug seizure will help save some lives.”

Jason Van Winkle appeared in Victoria Provincial Court on Friday, where he was charged with three counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and also for Failing to Comply with Conditions of a Recognizance. Van Winkle is well-known to police and has an extensive history of drug trafficking and other related offences. He is set to appear again in Court later this week.

[UDeMan]

Seems like a nice guy.

 

A Victoria man has been sentenced to three years in prison for committing an unprovoked, prolonged assault that led to the death of Gilles Alain Thibodeau in March 2011.

 

Jason Van Winkle, 37, was originally charged with the second-degree murder of Thibodeau, 41. In July, Van Winkle pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...to-death-1.8748

[martini]

^Deputy Chief Rumsfeld says it's a known unknown.

A female unknown.

 

 https://www.victoria...egf3qDllfPLszsI

 

When officers arrived, they found that someone had barricaded themselves inside the attic of the building that was otherwise unoccupied.

Edited by martini, 17 December 2019 - 12:55 PM.

[Mike K.]

Good lord:

Victoria BC – Officers are looking for witnesses after a random assault sent a woman to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

VicPD officers were called to Mayfair Mall in the 3100-block of Douglas Street just after 12:40 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress. It was reported that a woman was pushing a child in a stroller when she was assaulted from behind. The suspect fled prior to police arrival. It is believed that the suspect and victim were unknown to each other. Thankfully, the child was not injured.

Members of the public were able follow the suspect until police arrived and the man was safely taken into custody.

If you witnessed what happened or have any information that would help our investigation, please contact 250-995-7654.

Our investigation is in the early stages and is ongoing.

[RFS]

Good lord:

Victoria BC – Officers are looking for witnesses after a random assault sent a woman to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

VicPD officers were called to Mayfair Mall in the 3100-block of Douglas Street just after 12:40 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress. It was reported that a woman was pushing a child in a stroller when she was assaulted from behind. The suspect fled prior to police arrival. It is believed that the suspect and victim were unknown to each other. Thankfully, the child was not injured.

Members of the public were able follow the suspect until police arrived and the man was safely taken into custody.

If you witnessed what happened or have any information that would help our investigation, please contact 250-995-7654.

Our investigation is in the early stages and is ongoing.

Bring it on!

[rmpeers]

Bring it on!

I will vote for whatever mayoral candidate's slogan is "Dial It Back."

[Victoria Watcher]

West Shore RCMP are seeking public assistance in their search for 35-year-old Noah Hodge.

Hodge is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for being unlawfully at large and police believe he is in the Greater Victoria area.

https://www.victoria...a-wide-warrant/

[North Shore]

Shouldn’t be that difficult to find - his face is....’unique’

[pennymurphy2000]

Andrew Berry sentenced today to 22 years before he is eligible to apply for parole. 

[gstc84]

Andrew Berry sentenced today to 22 years before he is eligible to apply for parole. 

 

And he's already filed to appeal the conviction. Sigh. 

[Victoria Watcher]

And he's already filed to appeal the conviction. Sigh. 

 

less than 1% of convictions in canada are appealed.  and less than 5% of them succeed.. it's a reasonable thing to allow appeals. if it has no merit it'll not be permitted or it'll fail.

[Kapten Kapsell]

And he's already filed to appeal the conviction. Sigh. 

Full Disclosure:  I knew Andrew Berry personally, and I am saddened by this case and the tragic deaths of his daughters.

 

If there is merit to his appeal, I do hope that the courts will consider it; although he was found guilty, innocent people have been convicted in the past.  I don't know if Berry is actually innocent or not, but if he is I feel that a wrongful conviction (if it was indeed wrong) would be yet another tragedy...

[todd]

Oak Bay police monitor known offender in Caddy Bay: https://www.sookenew...r-in-caddy-bay/

[North Shore]

^Can’t they at least charge him with stealing oxygen?

[Love the rock]

Full Disclosure:  I knew Andrew Berry personally, and I am saddened by this case and the tragic deaths of his daughters.
 
If there is merit to his appeal, I do hope that the courts will consider it; although he was found guilty, innocent people have been convicted in the past.  I don't know if Berry is actually innocent or not, but if he is I feel that a wrongful conviction (if it was indeed wrong) would be yet another tragedy...

It’s hard to imagine someone we know doing something like this .It must be hard when you know he is so despised. Some people are good at hiding their lives to the outside world .Case in point two kids from Port Alberni . I hope justice has been served .
I also hope Sarah has a ironclad strongly support system standing beside her above her and below her .Helping her stand when she doesn’t have the strength . I can’t fathom what it’s like to wake up in her shoes .

[Victoria Watcher]

this is a late season entry for oddest article of the year.

https://www.vicnews....r-in-caddy-bay/

[A Girl is No one]

I read this as a clear warning to those suspicious individuals to stay in Victoria to commit their crimes, as VicPD doesn’t care about crime but Oak Bay police does not have the same tolerance. I wish I lived in OB!

[satellite]

Related:

https://www.vicnews....-pack-of-tools/

https://www.vicnews....f-sails-anchor/

 

rampant piracy.. 

[todd]

With Wi-Fi in the marina / 4G no reason you can’t have a streaming video camera possibly with motion activation on your boat in this fancy day and age

[Matt R.]

An old colleague of mine from the OBMG is involved with these guys. After spending so many years at various marinas, they saw a niche in the market.

https://www.brnkl.io...-caAkplEALw_wcB

Matt.