Accused ‘didn’t care’

Girl joked in vid interview about cabbie’s death
A 16-year-old passenger in a stolen truck laughed and joked about a collision that killed city cab driver Antonio Lanzellotti, telling police “he had to die sometime anyway,” a judge was told yesterday.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Murderer of mom, 2 kids gets full parole

A man convicted of one of the most gruesome murders in recent city history has been granted full parole.
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By SHANNON VANRAES, SUN MEDIA

Tougher laws urged

After cop hit by stolen SUV
Like a broken record, the alleged driver in the city’s latest high-profile incident involving a stolen vehicle is a repeat, high-risk auto thief wanted for court breaches.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Car thief removes bracelet, vanishes

One of the city’s worst repeat car thieves has disappeared after he removed an ankle bracelet intended to keep tabs on him while he serves part of a sentence in the community.
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By SUN MEDIA

What will it take?

Chronic car thieves need serious time
What do you think it’s going to take for federal politicians to change Canada’s youth laws so the courts can lock up young car thieves for lengthy periods of time?
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By TOM BRODBECK

Incidents involved deaths, injuries or close calls

Recent incidents where a police officer or civilian was injured, killed or nearly struck by a stolen vehicle:
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By SUN MEDIA

Cops seek public’s help in finding sex offender

RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a high-risk sex offender who allegedly breached a probation order just days after he got out of jail.

Police said Joshua Turner, 24, is considered an untreated sex offender and all females are at risk.
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By SUN MEDIA

Cop stable after run down by man in stolen truck

Police fired weapons during incident
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect who deliberately ran down a cop with a stolen vehicle in the North End last night.
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By KEVIN ENGSTROM, SUN MEDIA

Teens plead guilty to brain-damaging victim

Two teenage boys have pleaded guilty to a violent assault that left a 42-year-old Winnipeg man suffering severe brain damage.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

City seeks solution to costs of chronic offenders

New details on Winnipeg’s “alarming” emergency-service costs in dealing with street people will make the city more determined to find ways to better care for them, a city councillor says.
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By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA

‘Hit the accelerator’

Man nearly run over after trying to prevent auto theft
When a Winnipeg man tried to surprise a male who was trying to steal his truck yesterday, he got a bigger surprise of his own.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Canine drug searches must be justified: Court

Police say they will be re-examining how they use drug sniffing dogs in the wake of two separate Supreme Court rulings that defence lawyers are hailing as a reaffirmation of privacy rights.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

One held, others hunted in home invasion

One person is in custody and warrants are out for two others suspected in a home invasion at a western Manitoba farmhouse last weekend, RCMP said.
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By SUN MEDIA

To prison for fraud

Con artist must pay back $23 million
A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 121/2 years in a U.S. federal prison and ordered to repay more than $23 million for his part in a worldwide investment scam.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Sex attacker ‘Alex’ rode bike

Police fear he may strike again
City police believe a man is responsible for three knifepoint sexual assaults in about 18 months, and there are fears he may strike again as the weather warms up.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

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