Source:The Spec
August 07, 2010
Joey Coleman
The Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton Police have charged one of their own after Oxycocet tablets were stolen from a locked drug deposit box at police headquarters.
The drugs went missing on July 23.
Nine-year veteran Andrew Pauls, 32, is facing two counts of theft of property valued under $5000, one count possession of property valued under $5000, possession of drugs, and breach of trust.
Pauls was released and will appear in court on September 2, 2010.
He has been suspended from duty with pay.
The investigation was conducted by the Hamilton Police Service with the assistance of an outside police force.
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Conviction stands for Peel cop who stole cocaine
Source: Toronto Sun
BRAMPTON — Somewhere in the GTA, some very fortunate cocaine smugglers are thanking their lucky stars.
The bad guys narrowly escaped an RCMP drug sting that instead ensnared at least one dirty Peel Region cop, with another two officers now suspended and under investigation.
The surprising revelation that Peel Regional Police Sgt. Marty Rykhoff and Const. Warren Williams are also facing possible criminal and Police Service Act charges related to the case came at the sentencing hearing for former Const. Sheldon Cook, who was convicted in June of stealing 15 bricks of what he believed was real coke.
The Mounties didn’t exactly get the men they were aiming for.
The local cops believed they’d stumbled on a huge drug smuggling scheme in November 2006 when a frightened courier delivered his suspicious cargo to their doorstep.
The driver had panicked after a mysterious customer wanted him to deliver a truckload of mangoes from the airport to a dark and deserted yard with no loading dock. Instead, he took the load straight to police.
Finding bricks of white powder hidden under the fruit, Cook and the other cops believed they’d uncovered a massive cocaine shipment. Instead, they’d unknowingly landed in the middle of Operation Ocaper, an RCMP sting which had intercepted 146 kilos of coke bound from Peru to Toronto and replaced it with bricks of phony drugs embedded with GPS tracking devices.
But instead of tracking the drugs to the GTA smugglers, imagine the Mounties’ surprise when they not only got detoured to a Peel police station, but 44 of the one kilo bricks mysteriously went missing after officers got their hands on the errant load.
Cook was arrested by the RCMP a few days later after the signal led them to his Cambridge garage, where 15 bricks of the phony coke were found hidden in his Sea-Doo.
Justice Casey Hill rejected Cook’s contention that he knew they were fake drugs and had been told to take them home for safekeeping only to be framed later by his superiors, Williams and Rykhoff.
But on learning late last month from Crown prosecutors David Rowcliffe and Anya Weiler that their two key witnesses are now under police investigation themselves, Cook’s lawyer Patrick Ducharme demanded a mistrial, or at the very least, a reopening of the trial.
The judge refused both requests, saying that no matter what happens with the investigation into Williams and Rykhoff, it wouldn’t affect his conclusion that Cook was also guilty.
Hill said he’d been highly critical of both officers in his judgment and was very careful in what he believed of their testimony.
In fact, it was the judge’s harsh words for both cops during his verdict in June that led to their suspension and the launch of an internal affairs investigation two days later.
“As shocking as it may be to many, in my view, the two principal Crown witnesses, both sworn police officers, must be treated as suspect or tainted witnesses,” the judge had said in his 141-page decision.
He accused Williams of perjury, saying he lied to the court because of a “dangerous and warped code” of not snitching on a fellow officer.
The judge was even more scathing when it came to Rykhoff, saying he not only lied during his testimony but it was also “likely” that he “did remove” a box of the fake cocaine from the courier truck.
The judge noted that eight of the slit-open bricks were found in a dumpster 2.8 miles from Rykhoff’s home and that the Crown’s submissions admitted it “was probable that Rykhoff was involved with the accused in skimming a number of bricks of suspected cocaine from the bad guy’s load.”
This is the same officer, court heard, who was docked five days pay for pretending to be sick when he was actually partying it up at a college football game in Halifax the day after he was involved in the “drug” seizure.
It all sounds like a page torn out of the old Keystone Kops comedies, except the only ones laughing are the lucky drug smugglers who didn’t get stung.
Cook’s sentencing hearing continues next month.
Read Mandel Wednesday through Saturday. michele.mandel@sunmedia.ca or 416-947-2231
BRAMPTON — Somewhere in the GTA, some very fortunate cocaine smugglers are thanking their lucky stars.
The bad guys narrowly escaped an RCMP drug sting that instead ensnared at least one dirty Peel Region cop, with another two officers now suspended and under investigation.
The surprising revelation that Peel Regional Police Sgt. Marty Rykhoff and Const. Warren Williams are also facing possible criminal and Police Service Act charges related to the case came at the sentencing hearing for former Const. Sheldon Cook, who was convicted in June of stealing 15 bricks of what he believed was real coke.
The Mounties didn’t exactly get the men they were aiming for.
The local cops believed they’d stumbled on a huge drug smuggling scheme in November 2006 when a frightened courier delivered his suspicious cargo to their doorstep.
The driver had panicked after a mysterious customer wanted him to deliver a truckload of mangoes from the airport to a dark and deserted yard with no loading dock. Instead, he took the load straight to police.
Finding bricks of white powder hidden under the fruit, Cook and the other cops believed they’d uncovered a massive cocaine shipment. Instead, they’d unknowingly landed in the middle of Operation Ocaper, an RCMP sting which had intercepted 146 kilos of coke bound from Peru to Toronto and replaced it with bricks of phony drugs embedded with GPS tracking devices.
But instead of tracking the drugs to the GTA smugglers, imagine the Mounties’ surprise when they not only got detoured to a Peel police station, but 44 of the one kilo bricks mysteriously went missing after officers got their hands on the errant load.
Cook was arrested by the RCMP a few days later after the signal led them to his Cambridge garage, where 15 bricks of the phony coke were found hidden in his Sea-Doo.
Justice Casey Hill rejected Cook’s contention that he knew they were fake drugs and had been told to take them home for safekeeping only to be framed later by his superiors, Williams and Rykhoff.
But on learning late last month from Crown prosecutors David Rowcliffe and Anya Weiler that their two key witnesses are now under police investigation themselves, Cook’s lawyer Patrick Ducharme demanded a mistrial, or at the very least, a reopening of the trial.
The judge refused both requests, saying that no matter what happens with the investigation into Williams and Rykhoff, it wouldn’t affect his conclusion that Cook was also guilty.
Hill said he’d been highly critical of both officers in his judgment and was very careful in what he believed of their testimony.
In fact, it was the judge’s harsh words for both cops during his verdict in June that led to their suspension and the launch of an internal affairs investigation two days later.
“As shocking as it may be to many, in my view, the two principal Crown witnesses, both sworn police officers, must be treated as suspect or tainted witnesses,” the judge had said in his 141-page decision.
He accused Williams of perjury, saying he lied to the court because of a “dangerous and warped code” of not snitching on a fellow officer.
The judge was even more scathing when it came to Rykhoff, saying he not only lied during his testimony but it was also “likely” that he “did remove” a box of the fake cocaine from the courier truck.
The judge noted that eight of the slit-open bricks were found in a dumpster 2.8 miles from Rykhoff’s home and that the Crown’s submissions admitted it “was probable that Rykhoff was involved with the accused in skimming a number of bricks of suspected cocaine from the bad guy’s load.”
This is the same officer, court heard, who was docked five days pay for pretending to be sick when he was actually partying it up at a college football game in Halifax the day after he was involved in the “drug” seizure.
It all sounds like a page torn out of the old Keystone Kops comedies, except the only ones laughing are the lucky drug smugglers who didn’t get stung.
Cook’s sentencing hearing continues next month.
Read Mandel Wednesday through Saturday. michele.mandel@sunmedia.ca or 416-947-2231
Friday, July 30, 2010
Two and half years Paid Vacation for Ottawa Police Constable Harinderpal Mamak
Source: Ottawa Police
29/07/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:15am
(Ottawa) – Earlier today, Retired Deputy Chief Terence Kelly who was overseeing the Police Services Act charges against Ottawa Police Constable Harinderpal Mamak rendered a decision requiring the officer to resign within seven days or face dismissal.
His decision followed a Police Services Act trial that began on February 11, 2008, where the officer plead not guilty. On September 22, 2009, Mr. Kelly found Cst. Mamak guilty of one count of insubordination and one count of breach of confidence.
The Professional Standards Section of the Ottawa Police laid the two Police Act charges following an internal investigation. On December 12, 2007 Cst. Mamak was charged with one count of Insubordination (without lawful excuse, disobeyed a lawful order pertaining to access of CPIC) and one count of Breach of Confidence (without lawful excuse did divulge information retrieved from CPIC system knowing that it is his duty to keep secret) under the Police Services Act.
During the proceedings, Chief Vern White sought the dismissal of Cst. Mamak from the Ottawa Police given the seriousness of the charges and the importance of maintaining public trust and confidence. Today, Chief White noted: “We accept the decision and will act upon it pending the outcome of any appeals.”
Cst. Mamak, who has been suspended from duty with pay since December 12, 2007 has the right to appeal the decision, within 30 days, to the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC). The Ottawa Police Service has no right to appeal in these matters, and as such, will accept the sentencing decision and will act upon it accordingly.
CONTACT: Media Relations Section
Telephone: 613-236-1222, ext. 5366
Ottawa Police Service/Service de police d'Ottawa
www.ottawapolice.ca
29/07/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:15am
(Ottawa) – Earlier today, Retired Deputy Chief Terence Kelly who was overseeing the Police Services Act charges against Ottawa Police Constable Harinderpal Mamak rendered a decision requiring the officer to resign within seven days or face dismissal.
His decision followed a Police Services Act trial that began on February 11, 2008, where the officer plead not guilty. On September 22, 2009, Mr. Kelly found Cst. Mamak guilty of one count of insubordination and one count of breach of confidence.
The Professional Standards Section of the Ottawa Police laid the two Police Act charges following an internal investigation. On December 12, 2007 Cst. Mamak was charged with one count of Insubordination (without lawful excuse, disobeyed a lawful order pertaining to access of CPIC) and one count of Breach of Confidence (without lawful excuse did divulge information retrieved from CPIC system knowing that it is his duty to keep secret) under the Police Services Act.
During the proceedings, Chief Vern White sought the dismissal of Cst. Mamak from the Ottawa Police given the seriousness of the charges and the importance of maintaining public trust and confidence. Today, Chief White noted: “We accept the decision and will act upon it pending the outcome of any appeals.”
Cst. Mamak, who has been suspended from duty with pay since December 12, 2007 has the right to appeal the decision, within 30 days, to the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC). The Ottawa Police Service has no right to appeal in these matters, and as such, will accept the sentencing decision and will act upon it accordingly.
CONTACT: Media Relations Section
Telephone: 613-236-1222, ext. 5366
Ottawa Police Service/Service de police d'Ottawa
www.ottawapolice.ca
Friday, July 23, 2010
Toronto Police Officer Charged
Source: TPS
Broadcast time: 15:49
Friday, July 23, 2010
Public Information
416−808−7100
A Toronto Police Service officer has been arrested and charged.
Constable Abdullah Khalid, 29, with one year of service, is a member of 43 Division.
It is alleged that:
− in June 2008, the accused provided fraudulent documents to a financial institution for a homeowner's mortgage.
He has been charged with:
1) Attempt to Obtain Credit by False Pretences,
2) Conspiracy to Commit an Indictable Offence.
He is scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall, on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, room 111, at 11 a.m.
Broadcast time: 15:49
Friday, July 23, 2010
Public Information
416−808−7100
A Toronto Police Service officer has been arrested and charged.
Constable Abdullah Khalid, 29, with one year of service, is a member of 43 Division.
It is alleged that:
− in June 2008, the accused provided fraudulent documents to a financial institution for a homeowner's mortgage.
He has been charged with:
1) Attempt to Obtain Credit by False Pretences,
2) Conspiracy to Commit an Indictable Offence.
He is scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall, on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, room 111, at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
OPP officers' case delayed
Source:Barrie Examiner
Posted By SHAWN GIILCK, QMI AGENCY
The court case against the two Collingwood OPP officers charged with assault has been put off until Aug. 17.
Provincial Const. Jeremy Shiffman, 38, a five-year member of the OPP, and Provincial Const. Ashley Plumb, 26, a three-year member of the OPP, have each been charged with assault following an incident involving a woman on the Black Ash Trail.
According to police, on the morning of June 1, a 34-year-old Collingwood woman was out walking along the Black Ash Trail. At the same time, two people -- a man and a woman -- were running along the trail when a physical altercation occurred between them and the woman.
Shiffman and Plumb appeared briefly in Collingwood's Ontario Court of Justice Tuesday.
The two officers were charged on June 17 following an investigation by the OPP's Professional Standards Bureau. They have been assigned to administrative duties.
The Crown Attorney's office has not yet provided Plumb and Shiffman with disclosure, a legal representative said. Each officer is represented by a different lawyer.
The case was bound over until Aug. 17 at 9:30 a.m. to allow time for the disclosure to be provided.
In legal terms, disclosure is the presentation of all evidence collected by the police and the Crown Attorney's office pertaining to the case to the defence lawyers. Providing that material is mandatory
Posted By SHAWN GIILCK, QMI AGENCY
The court case against the two Collingwood OPP officers charged with assault has been put off until Aug. 17.
Provincial Const. Jeremy Shiffman, 38, a five-year member of the OPP, and Provincial Const. Ashley Plumb, 26, a three-year member of the OPP, have each been charged with assault following an incident involving a woman on the Black Ash Trail.
According to police, on the morning of June 1, a 34-year-old Collingwood woman was out walking along the Black Ash Trail. At the same time, two people -- a man and a woman -- were running along the trail when a physical altercation occurred between them and the woman.
Shiffman and Plumb appeared briefly in Collingwood's Ontario Court of Justice Tuesday.
The two officers were charged on June 17 following an investigation by the OPP's Professional Standards Bureau. They have been assigned to administrative duties.
The Crown Attorney's office has not yet provided Plumb and Shiffman with disclosure, a legal representative said. Each officer is represented by a different lawyer.
The case was bound over until Aug. 17 at 9:30 a.m. to allow time for the disclosure to be provided.
In legal terms, disclosure is the presentation of all evidence collected by the police and the Crown Attorney's office pertaining to the case to the defence lawyers. Providing that material is mandatory
Sunday, July 18, 2010
If it looks like a tax, chances are it is a tax
Source: Ottawa Sun
Home / Comment / Editorial
William Shakespeare once wrote that a rose by any other name is still a rose. The same could be said about the new eco fee that the provincial government snuck in on July 1 by taking advantage of the din around the implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). If it looks like a tax, and hurts like a tax, chances are it is a tax, no matter what the minions in Toronto say.
The reaction to the eco tax (we will not call it a fee, that is just nonsense) has been slow in developing, primarily because of the way it was snuck in, without prior debate or knowledge of opposition MPPs so they could at least vigorously question it during question period. Only now, two weeks later, are people starting to feel the sting of this eco tax, and are starting to scream loud enough to wake up their MPPs.
Consider this: On more than 5,000 everyday products you purchase, there is now an eco tax that ranges from 20% to 40%, and more in some cases.
Ostensibly, this is to cover the cost of recycling these products or their containers by a nearly anonymous group called the Ontario Stewardship Council, an unelected, unaccountable group of lobbyists and tree-huggers with little care how their tax will impact on middle-income and elderly Ontarians. A simple bottle of Javex bleach, on sale in many stores last week for 99 cents, cost you $1.52 before you left the store after 15 cents for the HST and 38 cents for the eco tax were added at the cash.
This affects a wide range of products, everything from electric razors and toothbrushes, to batteries, to sunblock, flashlights, detergent ... you name it, and the province will be digging into your pocket for the recycling fee (eco tax) it says it needs to dispose of its remains safely ... despite the fact municipalities already tax you for recycling and disposal.
This should get your blood boiling, not just for the underhanded way it was implemented, but for the simple fact that it is precisely what is meant by the term "taxation without representation," which is illegal under the British North America Act. There was no discussion, no feedback, no due process.
Is that a democracy?
Home / Comment / Editorial
William Shakespeare once wrote that a rose by any other name is still a rose. The same could be said about the new eco fee that the provincial government snuck in on July 1 by taking advantage of the din around the implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). If it looks like a tax, and hurts like a tax, chances are it is a tax, no matter what the minions in Toronto say.
The reaction to the eco tax (we will not call it a fee, that is just nonsense) has been slow in developing, primarily because of the way it was snuck in, without prior debate or knowledge of opposition MPPs so they could at least vigorously question it during question period. Only now, two weeks later, are people starting to feel the sting of this eco tax, and are starting to scream loud enough to wake up their MPPs.
Consider this: On more than 5,000 everyday products you purchase, there is now an eco tax that ranges from 20% to 40%, and more in some cases.
Ostensibly, this is to cover the cost of recycling these products or their containers by a nearly anonymous group called the Ontario Stewardship Council, an unelected, unaccountable group of lobbyists and tree-huggers with little care how their tax will impact on middle-income and elderly Ontarians. A simple bottle of Javex bleach, on sale in many stores last week for 99 cents, cost you $1.52 before you left the store after 15 cents for the HST and 38 cents for the eco tax were added at the cash.
This affects a wide range of products, everything from electric razors and toothbrushes, to batteries, to sunblock, flashlights, detergent ... you name it, and the province will be digging into your pocket for the recycling fee (eco tax) it says it needs to dispose of its remains safely ... despite the fact municipalities already tax you for recycling and disposal.
This should get your blood boiling, not just for the underhanded way it was implemented, but for the simple fact that it is precisely what is meant by the term "taxation without representation," which is illegal under the British North America Act. There was no discussion, no feedback, no due process.
Is that a democracy?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Street Racing OPP officer # two for the month of July
OPP Const. Edward Phillipo, 39 is the second officer charged with stunt driving in the month of July.
Const. Edward Phillipo put his crusier into a a ditch and wrote it off, thankfully he only recieved minor injuries, his licence was suspended for seven days.
This is our tax dollars at work
Const. Edward Phillipo put his crusier into a a ditch and wrote it off, thankfully he only recieved minor injuries, his licence was suspended for seven days.
This is our tax dollars at work
OPP officer charged with Street Racing as result of crashed cruiser
Source: Miner and News
Posted By Lloyd Mack
THUNDER BAY - The Ontario Provincial Police reported Thursday it has charged one of its own for racing a cruiser while in early July.
The OPP Technical Collision investigator and members of the Northwest Region Highway Safety Division conducted an investigation following an early morning July 9 single vehicle crash on Highway 17 in the town of Screiber. At approximately 5:40 a.m. a Schreiber OPP vehicle travelling eastbound left the roadway. The officer was transported to McCausland Hospital in Terrace Bay by ambulance where he was treated for minor injuries and released. The cruiser was demolished in the collision.
As a result of the investigation, 22-year-old Provincial Const.Evan Winslow, who has been a member of the OPP for 14 months, was charged with race motor vehicle contrary to section 172(3)(i) of the Highway Traffic Act. The officer's driver's licence has been suspended for seven days. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Schreiber on Sept. 13.
Posted By Lloyd Mack
THUNDER BAY - The Ontario Provincial Police reported Thursday it has charged one of its own for racing a cruiser while in early July.
The OPP Technical Collision investigator and members of the Northwest Region Highway Safety Division conducted an investigation following an early morning July 9 single vehicle crash on Highway 17 in the town of Screiber. At approximately 5:40 a.m. a Schreiber OPP vehicle travelling eastbound left the roadway. The officer was transported to McCausland Hospital in Terrace Bay by ambulance where he was treated for minor injuries and released. The cruiser was demolished in the collision.
As a result of the investigation, 22-year-old Provincial Const.Evan Winslow, who has been a member of the OPP for 14 months, was charged with race motor vehicle contrary to section 172(3)(i) of the Highway Traffic Act. The officer's driver's licence has been suspended for seven days. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Schreiber on Sept. 13.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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No more taxes after HST...I promise!
They had No Choice!
They wore these or I took away thier toys for 7 days!
No kidding!
"Damn Street Racer"pays with Brusies
