Thug rampages drive up fears
Another weekend of violence has left some North End residents scared and ready to get out of the neighbourhood.
A group of thugs are accused of fatally stabbing 24-year-old Joseph Hall near the intersection of Aikins Street and Alfred Avenue and robbing and assaulting at least seven others Friday night.
By JASON HALSTEAD, SUN MEDIA
Car seized for street racing
Winnipeg police seized a vehicle under the province’s street racing legislation on a Sunday cruise night recently, a spokesman says.Police said two vehicles were travelling at high speeds in the southbound lanes of McPhillips Street.
By Sun Media
Anti-graffiti sealant does the trick
Alsip’s Building Products & Services demonstrates how an all-purpose sealant helps fight graffiti.Put away the paint brush or sandblaster.
Getting rid of the ugly work of graffiti vandals can be done a lot easier with a rubber-based sealant distributed exclusively by a Winnipeg company.
By SUN MEDIA
Racist defends role
He calls himself a “skinhead” and freely admits to using racial slurs to describe blacks and Jews.He also calls himself a good father who deserves to regain custody of his eight-year-old stepdaughter and three-year-old son.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Jail boy’s attacker 30 months, court told
A Winnipeg man guilty of beating a 15-year-old boy who brought a machete to Kelvin High School — breaking his jaw — should go to prison for 30 months, a court was told.Seif Ali, 21, was convicted of aggravated assault and uttering threats following a trial earlier this year.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Girl sexually assaulted in downtown mall
City police have released a composite sketch of a male who allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at a downtown Winnipeg mall earlier this month.Police said the girl met the suspect and other males, who are all strangers to her, at Portage Place Shopping Centre on June 8 at 6:45 p.m.
By SUN MEDIA
Teen shot in city’s North End
Police are investigating another shooting in the city’s North End.Winnipeg police were called to a local hospital about 3:30 a.m. Saturday after a 16-year-old male arrived there suffering from a gunshot wound to his midsection.
By SUN MEDIA
Trio arrested for robbery spree
Winnipeg police have three males in custody in connection with five armed robberies in the downtown and North End areas earlier this year.Police said the males stole cash and cigarettes during four of the five hold-ups at gas bars and convenience stores between April 23 and May 6.
By SUN MEDIA
Three males arrested after home invasion
Three males are accused of stabbing one person and assaulting two others during a home invasion in the North End on Saturday.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Officers seeking gunman find house empty
Winnipeg police negotiators were called in to make contact with a male who was seen with a gun inside an abandoned home in the North End late yesterday morning.By SUN MEDIA
Two boys charged in fatal stabbing
An exchange of words between two teenage boys and a 23-year-old man led to the man being fatally stabbed in Winnipeg’s inner-city Saturday afternoon, city police said yesterday.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
‘Girl taught to hate’
Custody hearing begins for children of ‘white pride’ parentsA seven-year-old girl apprehended by Child and Family Services said she believed only white people deserve to live and talked casually of how to kill black people, a court heard yesterday.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
West End horror
Teenage girl stabbed to deathA 16-year-old girl was killed and a 37-year-old man wounded when a knife-wielding man began to attack people inside a West End home yesterday morning, city police and witnesses said.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Man hid from cops in refrigerator, court told
Terry Hanska hopes to make a name for himself in the boxing ring.If his recent arrest in a West End apartment building is any indication, the aspiring pugilist might have a better career in comedy.
Court heard police had arrested another man in a Spence Street apartment last month when the man told an officer to look inside his refrigerator.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Taxi driver attacked, robbed
Three males are charged with attacking, threatening and robbing a taxi driver over a fare dispute on Friday.Police say the taxi driver picked up three males near Keewatin Street and Alexander Avenue around 2 a.m. and drove them to the 600 block of Boyd Avenue.
By SUN MEDIA
