A gunman opened fire this morning at a festival outside of the St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic church in Granada Hills. There was a school festival going on at the time.
Bystanders held the man suspected of this crime until the police arrived.
There were two people hit in the gunfire. There is no word [...]
May 17, 2008
Categories: crime, united states . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
Is an arsonist to blame for two house fires in the west-end of Toronto? Police think that may be the case of the early morning fires that were started on Wednesday. The first call came in at 3 a.m.
A person noticed that a wood lawn decoration had been pushed up against the door of a [...]
May 16, 2008
Categories: Canada, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
In Montreal it can be costly to seat on a park ledge instead of a park bench. Brendan Colin Jones, 25 was sitting on a ledge at a park at de Maisonneuve Blvd. when the police gave him a ticket for $628.
At the Émilie Gamelin Park many people sit on the granite surfaces to take [...]
May 14, 2008
Categories: Canada, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
Mexico’s women who live in homes with domestic violence have little help from those ordered by the law to protect them. Much of the law enforcement of the nation still hides behind the macho mentality that allows violence to be hidden away.
Last year Mexico passed a law requiring women to be protected in cases of [...]
May 14, 2008
Categories: crime, world . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
A man with a knife robbed the Shopper’s Drug Mart at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto on Saturday. Along with an unknown amount of money the robber took off with regular Tylenol.
Wielding a knife the man demanded money from a clerk at the hospital’s drug store. The store is often filled with youngsters and their [...]
May 13, 2008
Categories: Canada, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
A new tell all book is out in the market about O.J. Simpson. His ex-manager Mike Gilbert says that the former football star confessed to him that he had killed his ex-wife Nicole Simpson.
On Monday “How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret and Remorse” by Gilbert [...]
May 12, 2008
Categories: celebs, crime, united states . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: 2 Comments
Police had the task of breaking up a fight between 600 students at Locke High School in South Los Angeles. The fight between rival black and Hispanic gangs started around noon on Friday.
As the fight raged students that were not involved were locked into their classrooms. Once order had been restored by the police those [...]
May 12, 2008
Categories: children, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
As the day was about to end Wednesday at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute a sixteen-year-old boy was stabbed in the abdomen in a basement hallway of the school. The result was a lock-down of the school that lasted over an hour in the Toronto school.
The school located near Greenwood and Danforth Avenues was quickly being [...]
May 9, 2008
Categories: Canada, children, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
Police in Toronto are warning parents of young boys living in the east end to be aware of a potential sex offender. A man has been reported approaching young boys and following them.
Two boys, 10 and 11, told police that while they were riding their bikes in the Leslie St. and Gerrard Street East area [...]
May 9, 2008
Categories: Canada, children, crime . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments
Students at San Diego State were living the high life a bit too much. An undercover drug operation arrested 75 students on Tuesday. There were a total of 96 arrests made by the DEA and police. Partying hard is going to cost many more than just bail.
Some of the students are in school studying for [...]
May 7, 2008
Categories: crime, education, united states . . Author: momentsintime . Comments: No Comments