13 October 2008

Right there on the cusp of success

... but I guess he just couldn't decide whether to be... a player... or a "playa"...

Adrian Charles, the record-setting running back with the Saskatoon Hilltops, has been arrested on a Canada-wide warrant on two counts of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.

Charles, a 22-year-old native of Whitby, Ont., was arrested by the Saskatoon RCMP Major Crimes unit following a lengthy investigation conducted by the Durham, Ont., Regional Police Service following a May shooting in Pickering, Ont.

Although the targets of the shooting did not suffer any injuries, police say they believe this was "a targeted attempt on the life of a material Crown witness for the province of Ontario."
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RELATED: Is it just my imagination?
-- EDMONTON -- Police say two teenagers charged through the streets of downtown Edmonton on Saturday night, stabbing and robbing several people. The string of crimes began when a man was robbed after being threatened with a knife.

The pair then went to a transit station and assaulted and stabbed another man. Police say two bystanders who saw the attack intervened, but they were also stabbed by the teens.
I don't ever remember this sort of stuff happening when I was young.

What has happened to Canada?

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LAST WORD: Ooops... spoke too soon
A 31-year-old man is in custody after two women were found stabbed to death at 81 Rotary Dr.

Homicide detectives are investigating on the scene.

Shocked neighbours said three women lived in the double-storey house – a grandmother, her daughter and a granddaughter who attends university.

Nathaniel O'Brien, 31, of Toronto, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder and one of attempted murder.
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