-- "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told NATO officials privately that Canada will never meet the military alliance’s defence spending target, according to a leaked secret Pentagon assessment. 'Widespread defense shortfalls hinder Canadian capabilities,' the document says, 'while straining partner relationships and alliance contributions.'" --
The suspect, who has been identified as a trans-identified male going by the name of Desiree Anderson, was also residing at the shelter at the time. The victim alleges that Anderson climbed into bed with her and sexually assaulted her.Meanwhile... in other 'Chicks with Dicks' news.
PLEASANTON -- A shooting inside a Home Deport store in Pleasanton Tuesday afternoon has left one person (loss prevention employee) dead and David Guillory and Benicia Knapps in custody.
-- "A street in Brampton could soon bear the name of the late Sidhu Moose Wala, a Punjabi rapper with ties to the Toronto area who was killed in May 2022 after being shot at least 19 times in his home district of Mansa, north India." --HE DIDN'T REALISE MOOSE WAS IN SEASON...
-- "While Sidhu Moose Wala has sometimes faced criticism for references to gun violence in his tracks, his music has also transcended borders." --
-- "According to the Crown, Brandon Horatio Drakes-Simon, his then-girlfriend Melnee Christian, Jason Williams and Justin Malcolm 'were hired by unknown enemies of Mario Ibrahim,' who was a known drug dealer and pimp. They have all been sentenced to life in prison." --
It ain't ol' Brandon's first rodeo.
IN OTHER MISSISSAUGA MURDER NEWS...
-- "Facing a retrial on charges she killed her ex-husband and his mother in the same Mississauga home three years apart, black widow Melissa Merritt has been denied bail and will remain behind bars as she has since her 2014 arrest." --
-- "Toronto Police are looking for a man who they say stabbed someone on a TTC bus last week in the area of Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West.in an 'unprovoked' attack." --UPDATE: They got him...
-- "Lincoln Douglas, 38, of Toronto, has been charged with three counts of assault and assault with a weapon, and one count of aggravated assault." --And...
-- "An 18-year-old man was transported to hospital following a stabbing in midtown Toronto’s Casa Loma neighbourhood Wednesday morning." --
-- "Brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, both of Tuskeegee have been arrested and charged with four counts of reckless murder in connection to Saturday’s shooting at a Sweet Sixteen celebration in Dadeville, Alabama that left four people dead and 32 injured. A prosecutor said the suspects would be charged as adults." --
UPDATE: Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, of Auburn arrested
And...
-- "Two teenage cheerleaders were shot by Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, after one mistakenly entered his car in a supermarket parking lot in Elgin, Texas, near the state’s capital." --
-- "Lawyers for Wadea Al-Lala, accused of murdering Toronto woman Maryanne Blandizzi in 2020 plan to argue he was not criminally responsible at the time of the killing, as neighbours on Monday described witnessing a violent apartment hallway attack." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...
-- "As Calgarian Kyreese Wright lay dying from a sword wound to the heart his killer stood over him and told him his injury wasn’t that serious, a witness testified Tuesday." --
-- "The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of the arrest of Nicholas "Chaos" Hill, 33, of Mississauga, who is accused of, among other things, Child Sex Trafficking." --MEANWHILE, BACK IN JUSTIN'S BACKYARD...
Ottawa Homicide detectives have made a fourth arrest in the shooting death of 16-year-old rap artist John Ndayishimiye, who was gunned down in December 2021 in a home on Elmira Drive. The 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named, appeared in court Tuesday afternoon."
-- "An armed suspect dressed as a deliveryman, later identified as Xavier Otero, 37, allegedly planned to tie up a Connecticut homeowner and rob him but took off after the homeowner fought back, police said." --
-- "RCMP say the Lower Mainland gang conflict has expanded provincewide, prompting them to rename it the B.C. gang conflict. 'The ongoing gang conflict that originated in the Lower Mainland is dynamic in nature and no longer confined to the geographic area of the Lower Mainland.'" --
-- "The 28-year-old transgender attacker who shot and killed six in a Nashville Christian school March 27, 2023, left behind a suicide note, 19 journals, and other items, all of which have been kept from the public." --FROM THE COMMENTS:
-- "Speaking of 'journals'... did they ever catch that adult that was inappropriately showering with an underage Ashley Biden?" --
-- "A white 84-year-old Kansas City man is now facing two felonies tied to the shooting of a Black teenager. Yesterday, Andrew D. Lester was charged by Clay County prosecutors. Lester is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl after mistakenly knocking on Lester's door." --Remember, Ralph survived the horrific incident...
-- "After being released from the hospital days later, Ralph Yarl keeps 'replaying the situation over and over again' — and can’t stop crying, his mother revealed Tuesday." --OTHER LIVES... WELL, NOT SO MUCH...
-- "A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by a homeowner in upstate New York on Saturday after the car she was in accidentally went to the wrong address, local authorities said on Monday." --
What seems to be the bigger, more important story here?
Why is the person who actually died the markedly lesser of the two narratives?
I'M WITH MATT WALSH...
-- "Everyone is always calling for an 'uncomfortable conversation about race.' Well here it is." --
-- "A Department of Health study says cross-border bootlegging represents a 'potential harm to Canada’s international reputation. Experts who participated in the evaluation estimate the overall increase of illegal cannabis exportation from Canada worldwide since domestic legalization could be as high as 2,000%.'" --
-- "St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner may face a fine or even jail time after her office failed to show up for the first-degree murder trial of Jonathan Jones, 18, that was supposed to begin Monday morning. Gardner is scheduled to appear in another hearing on Tuesday, one in which the future of her position is before the court." --
KITCHENER -- "Six years after Melinda Vasilije was found stabbed to death in her Kitchener apartment, Ager Mohsin Hasan, the Hamilton man accused of killing her is going on trial." --
Why would an innocent man flee the country?
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...
-- Two suspects, Draylon Taylor, 23, of Oshawa and Sydney White, 22, of Ajax, one of whom wielded a machete, the other a firearm, have been arrested in connection with a home invasion investigation last month." --And...
-- "York Regional Police said two men, 22-year-old Dylan Beasley and 20-year-old Calvin Evan have been charged in connection with stabbing in the area of Davis Drive and Lorne Avenue in Newmarket on Tuesday that left a man seriously injured." --
-- "Very simply, if the CBC had to toe the government line, it would have cheered on Stephen Harper’s when he was prime minister. But it most certainly did not. What CBC does toe, however, is a small-l liberal line." --
-- "The United States Air Force has loosened its restrictions on body fat for new recruits, one of the latest moves to grow the pool of potential applicants amid the military’s recruiting crisis." --
-- "The two biggest illegal takeovers happened at the intersections of Long Beach Boulevard and Rosencrans Avenue and also near the gas station that was targeted. Investigators said almost 500 individuals were involved in the street takeovers. The Arco employees said a clerk hid in the bathroom during the looting incident but is apparently doing well." --FROM OUR OVERFLOWING 'CULTURAL RELATIVITY' FILE...
MAILI, Hawaii -- "The Honolulu Police Department is searching for a man in his 20s who allegedly shot five people, killing two, at an illegal chicken fight in Māʻili overnight on April 15. a 59-year-old woman and a 34-year-old male were pronounced dead shortly after they arrived at the hospital." --
-- "Shocking video has emerged showing the moment 45-year-old Jose Garcia smacks an NYPD cop in the head with a bottle on a busy sidewalk— before trying to pummel her and her partner. Garcia has 11 previous arrests, law enforcement sources said." --
-- "Toronto Police are requesting the public’s help in locating Kristoffer Ryan James Risley, 44, who is alleged to have committed 'numerous' assaults. Risley is wanted for five counts of assault, two counts of assault causing bodily harm, three counts of failing to comply with a release order and uttering death threats." --
-- "'Vaccination rates for certain diseases are low in some of the most common countries of origin, with rates hovering around 50% for polio as an example. And many people who recently arrived in NYC have lived in or traveled through countries with high rates of TB,” Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan added." --
-- "A house fire at Grand Avenue and Dalesford Road in Etobicoke that killed 64-year-old Toronto resident Melinda Boon last month has been ruled a homicide, according to Toronto Police. Dusan Ludvig, 81, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fire." --
-- "One of the final two victims killed when gunshots broke out at a 'Sweet Sixteen' celebration in Dadeville, Alabama, on Saturday has been identified as Corbin Dahmontery Holston, 23, who was arrested in February last year for possessing a pistol without a permit. Holston had been held in Coosa County Jail but was released on a $6,500 bond. Police have not revealed any information on the suspect other than to say the shooter is no longer a threat to the community." --IN OTHER DIVERSITY NEWS...
-- "Jiffy Lube people like: 'ah shiet, here we go again'" --APPARENTLY RACISM CAUSES TRAFFIC FATALITIES TOO...
"We lose about 40,000 people every year to roadway fatalities. It’s a level that is comparable to gun violence. And we see a lot of racial disparities. Black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents are much more likely to lose their lives."
ST. LOUIS, MO -- "In a natural continuation of its push for diversity and celebration of transgender lifestyles, Anheuser-Busch has announced the company will be replacing the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales with cows that identify as and dress like horses. 'We're absolutely certain that everyone in the country will be excited to follow the journey these proud horses embark on to discover their true inner species.'" --
At least 26 people searching for valuable truffles in the Syrian desert have been killed by the Islamic State group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. ISIS militants have repeatedly preyed on those searching for the fungus, with more than 150 people killed this year.
-- "A British teacher claims she was left 'humiliated' after being ordered to apologise to 11-year-olds at a £20,000-a-year private girls' school – after her class complained that she had said 'good afternoon, girls.'" --
-- "The OPP’s Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad said a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for 24-year-old Jasean King who breached his statutory release conditions. King is serving a three-year sentence for several convictions including trafficking drugs and uttering threats to cause death or harm." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...
Charged with 18 offences including trafficking in stolen goods over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and identity theft are Paramjeet Singh, 23, of Vaughan, Sameer Rathaur, 21, of Brampton, Atif Heral, 43, of Toronto, and Asif Rasool, 48, of Mississauga.
-- "Toronto Police say they’ve located one person without vital signs following a reported fight at a west-end apartment building at Queen Street West and Lisgar Street." --
-- "Hundreds of teenagers stormed the streets of downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, attacking bystanders and sending panicked tourists running from the sound of gunfire. Police say a 6-year-old boy was shot in the arm near the Chicago Loop and a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg." --
-- "CBC correspondent for Kitchener-Waterloo, Anam Latif is being cited for allegedly breaching the public broadcaster’s code of content by slamming a competing news outlet for having 'all white' editors. 'I worry for all the brown kids,' she continued." --
-- "Police have charged two brothers, Sebastian & Kye Lucchessi in connection with the sex trafficking of two 15-year-old girls in Toronto. Police believe there may be more victims." --Meanwhile... back in the hood...
-- "One person was rushed to hospital following an early Sunday morning stabbing in Scarborough at Kingston and Galloway roads." --
-- "A local National Guard member, Josiah Ernesto Garcia is facing federal charges after he reportedly sent his resume to a website called 'Rent-A-Hitman.' From Feb. 20 to March 13, Garcia reportedly sent multiple follow-up emails to the website owner because he had not heard back after submitting his resume." --IT GETS BETTER...
-- "Garcia later agreed to do a phone interview after an FBI Undercover Employee contacted him on April 3, the complaint said. During the interview, Garcia allegedly said he would be comfortable taking fingers or ears as trophies or performing torture at a client’s request." --Check out the website here.
-- "A man is dead after being shot at 79 Clearview Heights, in the area of Trethewey and Black Creek drives on Saturday afternoon." --
UPDATE: Identified as 38-year-old Tola Paul of Kitchener.
NO GUN... NO PROBLEM...
-- "A man was stabbed in downtown Toronto near Dundas St. W. and Chestnut St. early Saturday but is expected to survive. Police have not released details on potential suspects." --
-- "Toronto police say a Montreal man, 36-year-old Guerdy Philistin is wanted in connection with an assault on a woman in east Toronto." --
-- "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the latest weapons donation April 11 at a news conference after meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Trudeau said Canada would send 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns, and 2.4 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine." --
-- "When the people who ordered the pizza confronted the neighbors who ate the pizza, yelling turned to gunfire. As many as 30 rounds were fired during the fight, and five people, including two 14-year-old boys, were shot." --
-- "WPATH’s decision to include eunuch in its Standards of Care 8 was met with intense criticism. The chapter defines eunuch as 'the oldest recognised gender outside the binary,' and even goes so far as to claim that children can identify as eunuch." --
-- "Eric Stewart, a Florida State University professor has reportedly left his $190,000-a-year position at the school after being accused of fabricating data to make racism against black and Hispanic Americans seem more common than it actually is." --
-- "A man is dead following a shooting near the intersection of Bloor Street West and Delaware Avenue on Friday night. The suspect or suspects allegedly fled the scene in a dark sedan." --
LATEST TORONTO MURDER UPDATE: Identified as 24-year-old Munawar Warsama
THE WILD, WILD WEST...
-- "The victim of a fatal shooting in Calgary earlier this week has been identified as 23-year-old Omarr Jamal Cameron-Bramwell from Edmonton. Cameron-Bramwell had an extensive history of assault, weapon and robbery charges." --NO GUN... NO PROBLEM...
-- "A man is in hospital following a stabbing in Toronto’s downtown core at Dundas Street West and Chestnut Street early Saturday morning." --
It was just after 9 p.m. when Fodor said she discovered Leah St. Jean, 32, lying face down, in the fetal position, next to the bed in a bedroom in suite 908 at 500 Murray Ross Pkwy., which Fodor also shared with her boyfriend, Soreeysa Abdi" --.And...
-- "Calgary police have identified the victim of a shooting on Wednesday night as 23-year-old Omarr Jamal Cameron-Bramwell of Edmonton." --
-- "'We continue to be a strong supporter of UN peacekeeping,' Trudeau said during a news conference in Regina on Thursday. But after having already given itself an extension last year on an initial five-year deadline, the government says it now has until March 2026." --
Luxury lingerie brand Honey Birdette defended their use of 'non-binary' model Jake Dupree saying they 'support the LGBTQ+ community, women, and anyone who wants to feel fabulous in our lingerie.'RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE... Billionaire Elon Musk stirred the pot on Friday ...
-- "'Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life,' Musk tweeted." --
-- "Just a week after he was gunned down outside a Chilliwack cemetery, Sujjad Ali Jalal was laid to rest about 10 metres from the grave of his younger brother. Less than three years earlier, Jalal’s younger brother Amar — then just 19 — was shot to death in East Vancouver and laid to rest in the scenic Chilliwack cemetery." --TALES FROM THE CRYPT...
-- "He stabbed his wife Arianna Goberdhan 17 times just 20 days before she was due to give birth to their daughter, killing them both. Want to be his penpal?" --RIDE THAT ROCKET...
-- "A warrant for Theoran Yellow Old Woman, 28, has been issued in connection with a brazen daytime shooting on a bus travelling through downtown Calgary earlier this week." --This is not the Canada that I grew up in.
-- "Jamil Wong, 32 – who police said also goes by the nicknames 'RBC' and 'Royal'—was arrested on Thursday and charged with a number of offences, including trafficking in persons and receiving 'material benefit resulting from sexual services.'" --
-- "A violence-themed musical broadcast on Palestinian Authority television called to 'fight Israelis everywhere with blood and stones,' as Palestinian violence continues to escalate during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan." --
-- "A fourth suspect, a boy who can’t be named because he was 17 years old at the time of the killing is now charged in the deadly 2022 shooting of 24-year-old Toronto man Jaron Williams." --I'm so old I remember stab-free public transit.
-- "Saying that McGill University has exhibited 'continued indifference toward its violent, colonial and racist origins,' the Tribune has dropped the name of McGill from its masthead." --From the comments...
-- "God forbid any of these woke softies meet a person with the last name McGill ----- they'd have to find a safe space, curl up in the fetal position, then tweet out their eternal outrage to their comrades, just to remind everyone how virtuous they are." --SPECIAL RULES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE...
-- "The mother of a seven-year-old girl who died in Laval at the start of 2021, under circumstances that remain somewhat of a mystery, will serve no jail time for failing to come to her daughter’s aid. The woman is originally from Afghanistan and entered into an arranged marriage before she came to Canada." --
-- "Notice where the blame for all of this is directed: Not towards the Trudeau Foundation. Not towards Justin Trudeau for his refusal to protect Canada from China’s interference. Not towards China’s efforts to subvert our institutions. No, Butts focuses his attention on those who are discussing events, rather than those actually responsible." --MAYBE THEY EXPERIENCED IT DIFFERENTLY?
-- "There have been claims of intimidation and cover-up, but Justin Trudeau wants you to ignore all of that, not to ask any more questions and simply understand this is all because conservatives hate charities." --
-- "An 'armed and dangerous' Markham man, Wei Hang Shi, 25, is wanted for multiple offences including forcible confinement and assault by choking after a 'violent' assault was reported to officers, York Regional Police say." --
-- "A mysterious participant in the women's section of the Kenya Open Chess Championship in Nairobi, Kenya was exposed as a male impostor and removed from the tournament. The player, whose identity was not made public, admitted to the cheating and said it was motivated by financial problems." --
-- "A confused, gaffe-prone Joe Biden has mistaken a national sports team, the 'All Blacks' with the notorious 20th-century British paramilitary organisation known as the 'Black and Tans' While on his grand tour of Ireland." --AND THE BEAT GOES ON...
A former Obama administration staffer, Mike McCormick, is blowing the whistle on the Biden family's business dealings, accusing President Biden of being involved in a 'kickback scheme' in connection with his son Hunter's overseas business dealings while he was Vice President.
-- "Ahmadi Rohullah, 18, has been arrested and charged after posting an online threat indicating that a shooting would take place at a high school in Brampton on Thursday." --
-- "Wesley Graham Nyarko, 27, who allegedly waited naked outside a Toronto restaurant just before the noon-hour for a group of minors to leave, before chasing them and sexually assaulting a young girl Wednesday has been arrested, police say." --And then there's this evil freak.
-- "Documents tabled in Parliament detail 214 examples of the Trudeau government asking for social-media content to be removed between Jan. 2020 and Feb. 2023." --
-- "Justin Trudeau's $48-million study into the 2020 Portapique, N.S. mass shootings blames the bloodshed on the race of the white 'perpetrator' and suggests violence prevention is more effective than imprisoning violent offenders." --
-- "RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say a 17-year-old victim has died from his injuries after he was stabbed while aboard a transit bus in the city. No arrests have been made. This is the second serious stabbing in two weeks aboard a transit bus in Surrey, although the first victim, whose throat was slashed on April 1, is now recovering at home." --And...
-- "One person was injured Tuesday after a stabbing onboard an Eglinton West bus, Toronto Police say." --And...
-- "One man is in hospital in serious condition after a shooting on a Calgary Transit bus parked parked outside the Central Library on 3rd Street." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...
A Richmond Hill youth has been injured in a stabbing at Richmond Green Secondary School on Leslie Street, police say.
BERLIN -- "German officials seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish after police stopped a van that had entered the country from Belgium, authorities said Wednesday. The 31-year-old driver, an Ivorian citizen, faced a criminal complaint for traffic offenses and unauthorized entry because he entered the country without papers or a driver’s license." --
-- "Two men, Abdullah-Akhound Khawaja, 29, of Milton and Francisco Mejia-Chavarria, 27, of Edmonton, Alberta, have been arrested and approximately $1 million worth of illicit drugs seized by police in Halton Region following a six-month-long drug trafficking investigation known as 'Project Guild.'" --Are we really thinking this through?
OTTAWA -- "More than 300 people from Afghanistan arrived in Canada on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Afghans resettled since the Taliban takeover of that country to more than 30,000, the federal government said." --Afghanistan... that sounds so familiar.
-- "The material created for a Math curriculum contains no numbers or formulas but rather focuses on 'identity, power and oppression.' This material was in line with the 'Identity Wheel,' which demonstrates how much 'power' one has based on how one identifies." --IT GETS BETTER... BY WHICH I MEAN WORSE
-- "Castro Gill, identifies as a 'non-binary Xicanx' and worked as the Ethnic Studies Manager for Seattle Public Schools from September 2018 until May 2020, when the Superintendent removed her from the position due to 'unprofessional behavior.'" --SWEET BABY JEBUS!
-- "She had a new name, a colorful world of villains, and an explanation for a lifetime of unhappiness. 'My name is Tracy Castro-Gill,' she proclaimed. 'I am Xicana, chingona, and pissed off.' In this world, she was the hero." --SPEAKING OF MATH...
-- "Beer colossus Anheuser-Busch saw its value plummet more than $5 billion since the company announced its branding partnership with controversial transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney." --
-- "Lawlessness is running amok in the Democrat-run cities, and no one can stay in business under those conditions. 'The simplest explanation is that collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago,' a Tuesday Walmart statement said. 'These stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year.'" --
-- "York Regional Police said two males, a 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man were rushed to a trauma centre after being shot early Wednesday morning at Islington Ave. north of Steeles Avenue in Vaughan. The suspect(s) are outstanding." --
-- "A Quebec lawyer, Louis Nadeau of Montreal, filed 'identical cut and paste' bogus claims for 41 refugees, showing 'gross and egregious incompetence' and causing a miscarriage of justice, according to a Federal Court judge. The case has sparked an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency." --
-- "An advertisement placed by an Indigenous artist in an Australian newspaper is asking for a volunteer 'of British descent' to donate their body to an art project upon their death. The ad, placed in The Age by Palawa artist Nathan Maynard, seeks a British body 'to sacrifice for past sins' made during colonization." --
-- "On March 15, Osama Ibrahim Sagaare, 20, who has been identified by the Edmonton Police Service as Usama Ibrahinadan, was on his way to work when he was fatally shot. they believe his death is related to the killings of Mohamed Fofanah, 20, and Mya Abialmouna, 21, on March 7." --IN OTHER TRIBAL CONFLICT NEWS...
-- "Mohssen Bayani, 47, of Richmond Hill, has been charged with assault and mischief in connection with a suspected hate-motivated incident at a mosque in Markham. Police do not believe that this incident is connected to another similar occurrence at a different mosque." --
One man was shot dead and three others injured in a 'targeted' attack outside the Stewart Funeral Home in Northeast Washington. The person whose funeral they were attending, Stephon Lamont Carroll, 24, had been shot dead at the end of March, DC Police Chief Robert Contee said.They do it here in Toronto as well.
-- "Moses Jacob Lopez, the suspect in the Easter Sunday stabbing murder of a Portland cab driver is a trans person with a history of threatening behavior. Days before the brutal murder in southeast Portland, the 30-year-old allegedly threatened another person with a weapon but was quickly released without bail." --
-- "Last weekend saw a rash of mass casualty attacks in Africa, with atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, and Nigeria claimed by the Islamic State and other terrorist groups." --
-- "If the Trudeau Foundation ceased to exist, would Canadians notice? It’s a question worth asking as the entire board of directors, including Justin Trudeau’s sister, resigned alongside their President and CEO on Tuesday morning." --THE WHEEL HAS BEEN GAFFED... AGAIN...
-- "Does not Mr. Johnston see that both the ties of friendship with the family, and his heading an organization exclusively set up to honour the Prime Minister’s father, are at the very least cause for a perception of conflict of interest?" --
-- "A man posing as a Police Officer, Toronto resident Ahmed Moustafa, 36, met a woman online and gained her trust before sexually assaulting her, Durham Regional Police allege." --MEANWHILE IN ACTUAL POLICING NEWS...
-- "Project Moneypenny leads to 42 arrests and 422 criminal charges in major cross-border firearms trafficking investigation." --
-- "'They've already done enough damage in one week to disrupt year-long sales projections,' said a beer-sales representative who works with national beer retailers such as Costco. 'You don't just make up those sales. People aren't going to drink twice as much Bud Light the following weekend to recover the lost business.'" --We may actually be reaching a tipping point here.
