Attack on Teen Results in Murder Charge
October 7, 2007
4 charged in teen’s stabbing death
Robyn Doolittle
Staff Reporter
Hours after Nihal Badhanage buried his eldest son yesterday, Peel Region police announced they had charged four men in connection with the 16-year-old’s murder.
Three men, one of whom is already in jail on an unrelated matter, have been charged with first-degree murder. A fourth was charged [...]
Downer Kidnapping at Mall
(Date unknown)
Kidnap suspect pleads guilty
Louie Rosella
Staff
A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to kidnapping and firearm charges in connection with the abduction last month of a 16-year-old boy outside of Erin Mills Town Center.
Kurt Downer entered the surprise pleas in Brampton court before Justice Hugh Atwood, less then a week after being arrested by Peel [...]
Scheller Drug Possession Case
(Date unknown)
DRUG-SWALLOWING SMUGGLER TO GIVE BIRTH IN CANADIAN JAIL
Pregnant women fears for daughter left in Jamaica
Bob Mitchell
Peel/Halton Bureau Chief
As a convicted drug sallower from Switzerland awaits the birth of her child in a Canadian prison, the fate of her 20 month old daughter remains unknown.
Sabrina Scheller, 21 of Zurich was sentenced to 28 months in [...]
Francis Drug Possession
February 29, 2008
Just Desserts convict back in jail
Bob Mitchell
Staff Reporter
A man convicted for his role in the infamous Just Desserts slaying in Toronto more than 14 years ago is back in police custody.
Gary Francis, 36, of Brampton, was arrested in early Sunday after Peel police say they found crack cocaine in his possession.
Police won’t confirm [...]
Crackdown on Drugs
April 3, 2006
Police crack down on marijuana users
Tories reverse Liberal pot policy
Police chiefs welcome tough stance
Peter Edwards
Staff Reporter
The Toronto Star
Brian Fitzpatrick has openly used marijuana for years to control his epilepsy, and police have never bothered hi.
All that has changed.
Police forces across the GTA, taking cue from the new federal Conservative government, are again cracking [...]
Teen’s Death Not Linked To Assault
May 14, 2008
Teen admits assaulting boy who later died
Bob Mitchell
Staff Reporter
A Mississauga teen has pleaded guilty to uttering a death threat and assault with a weapon in connection with a fight with another teen, who later died in hospital.
But medical officials determined there was no direct link between the fight and Derek Conway’s death on [...]
Robertson Sexual Assault
August 8, 2006
Police say sex assault suspect called tip line
Louie Rosella
The Mississauga News
Peel Regional police believe a man who phoned Crime Stoppers last week with an anonymous tip about a sexual predator in peel is the same person they have charged in connection with the attacks.
Investigators with the force’s Special Victims Unit made an arrest [...]
Pittiman Assault Case
July 13, 2003
One man convicted of sexually assaulting teen girl
The Brampton Guardian
A jury has convicted a Brampton man of sexually assaulting a 14- year- old girl in a basement apartment in May 2000.
Two other accused men were acquitted.
The jury deliberated for almost three days, returning Sunday morning with a guilty verdict for Roopnarine Pittiman, 24, [...]
Drepaul Assault Against Wife
October, 28 1999
SHOT MAN MUST BE ASSESSED BY DOCTOR
‘Mentally unstable’
John Schmied
Peel Bureau
BRAMPTON- A man shot by police in a confrontation outside the home of his estranged wife has been order to under go a 30 day psychiatric assessment.
A limping but appearing otherwise healthy Brian Drepaul, 25, appeared briefly in court yesterday and was ordered by [...]