Mountie claims mental illness when wife was shot
By Tony Blais, QMI Agency

RCMP Const. Tirth Sehmbi in undated frame grab from Youtube.

EDMONTON – A former RCMP officer accused of shooting his wife to death at their Edmonton home is seeking to be found not guilty as a result of being mentally ill at the time.

Tirth Sehmbi, 39, is charged with second-degree murder in the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Kaur Sehmbi.

In Court of Queen’s Bench Friday, defence lawyer Mike Danyluik said an agreed statement of facts would be submitted in the case on Sept. 17 and the matter would then proceed to a contested hearing to decide whether or not Sehmbi should be found not priminally responsible.

In earlier court proceedings, Sehmbi could be seen visibly shaking as he sat handcuffed and shackled.

RCMP Const. Tirth Sehmbi in undated frame grab from Youtube.

Sehmbi has been held in custody at Alberta Hospital and there have been previous court orders for psychiatric assessments to determine whether he was a potential candidate for a not criminally responsible finding.

The 30-year-old victim was found dead in the southeast Edmonton home the couple shared with their two young sons. The boys were not home at the time of the death. 

Toronto's 15th homicide of 2012-Paul Fitzgerald Benn

Fatal shooting victim identified
CBC News Posted: May 5, 2012 10:04 AM ET Last Updated: May 5, 2012 6:18 PM ET

Toronto police have identified the victim of Friday’s fatal shooting in the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood.

Police say Paul Fitzgerald Benn, 38, was shot “multiple times” outside a housing complex at 70 Cather Cres., near Lawrence Avenue West and Allen Road. Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots just after 7 p.m. Friday.

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause. Photograph by: Les Bazso, PNG

Two fatal shootings in Metro Vancouver in as many days prompt outcry from families, police
Politicians, victim’s mom call for public release of gangster information, posters
By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun May 4, 2012

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause.
Photograph by: Les Bazso , PNG

Two fatal shootings in two days have politicians and a victim’s mom calling for police to publicly release more information about violent gangsters who threaten community safety — including posters with their photos.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was working Thursday night to identify a man shot to death in a Surrey basement suite near 124th Street and 70th Avenue.

The slaying came just a day after notorious Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema, 43, was executed in a drive-by shooting in front of his parents’ home on East 61st Avenue.

 By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

Jerrell Ervin Shephard

A young man accused of shooting a boy at the Dartmouth Sportsplex bus terminal on New Year’s Day has elected to be tried by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge and jury.

Jerrell Ervin Shephard, 18, of no fixed address, made the election Thursday, when he appeared in Dartmouth provincial court with lawyer Alfie Seaman.

Shephard faces 16 charges, including attempted murder and two counts of discharging a firearm with the intent to wound or endanger the life of a person.

Judge Frank Hoskins booked three consecutive Fridays in the fall – Sept. 21, Sept. 28 and Oct. 5 – for a preliminary inquiry.

Shephard, who has not applied for bail, will remain in custody at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth.

A 16-year-old boy from Porters Lake was shot twice Jan. 1 at about 12:30 a.m. after an argument with a young man who wanted to buy a bargain-store earring he was wearing. One of the bullets struck the boy in the head. The other hit him in the chest.

Police announced Jan. 3 that they were looking for Shephard, who grew up in Lakeside outside Halifax. He was arrested Jan. 6 at the office of a Dartmouth lawyer who brokered his surrender to police.

Man slain in Montreal was druger dealer in Ottawa
By MEGHAN HURLEY, Ottawa Citizen April 24, 2012

OTTAWA — A man shot to death outside Montreal on Saturday night was an alleged cocaine dealer in the Ottawa area.

Wasseem Gebara, 32, was shot to death in a parking lot attached to a condominium in Brossard just before 11 p.m. Saturday.

Gebara, who was shot several times, was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been made.

Reached at their Ottawa home Tuesday afternoon, Gebara’s family asked for privacy.

According to court records, Gebara was acquitted of gun charges in 2005 after a Superior Court justice found that police made him wait six hours after his arrest to speak to a lawyer.

A 2008 Superior Court decision says that Gebara was arrested at gunpoint on Nov. 3, 2005 after his car was boxed in on Othello Drive by Ottawa police drug unit officers.

Gebara was forced to the ground, handcuffed and arrested for cocaine trafficking. He was carrying $390 in cash at the time, and the smell of freshly burned marijuana came from his car.
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Yama Mokhtarzada, 22, of Toronto faces 57 robbery and firearm-related offences after a series of robberies on Friday and on April 13. (CBC)

7 Toronto women robbed at gunpoint in an hour
CBC News Posted: Apr 20, 2012 10:18 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 20, 2012 10:14 PM ET
Police are investigating after seven women on their way to work in downtown Toronto were robbed at gunpoint in separate instances likely by the same man early Friday morning.

There are no reports of violence or injuries, and Toronto police said they were all robbed by a man between 6:20 and 7:30 a.m.

All the victims described the suspect as white, between 20 and 30 years old, five feet 10 inches tall with short spiky black hair.

He smelled of alcohol and cigarettes with a red stain on one hand and he had a black handgun, the victims said.

Police set up a command post shortly after 9 a.m. at 777 Bloor Street West, close to Christie Street and are looking for the suspect.

They said all five of the robberies occurred in that area, and they are investigating two other armed robberies south of Bloor Street.

Police had earlier said they believed the robberies occurred over a much larger area of the city, but have since revised that information.

Toronto Police Sgt. Barry White said in each of the robberies, the women did the right thing by not resisting and handing over the money.

“The easiest thing and the safest thing to do is give what the person is asking for, let them get on their way and call us.”

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 Arrest made in string of brazen armed robberies
CBC News Posted: Apr 21, 2012 11:19 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 21, 2012 5:34 PM ET
Yama Mokhtarzada, 22, of Toronto faces 57 robbery and firearm-related offences after a series of robberies on Friday and on April 13. (CBC)
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The Toronto police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a series of brazen armed robberies that targeted women as they walked to work.

Yama Mokhtarzada, 22, of Toronto faces 57 robbery and firearm-related offences stemming from street robberies that occurred in various downtown locations yesterday and on Friday, April 13.

Police say a total of 12 robberies were committed during which a man with a handgun demanded money from pedestrians. A total of seven robberies were reported downtown in the space of an hour during Friday’s rush hour.

Police are still seeking a second person in the robberies who they believe served as the driver. He is described as a Middle Eastern man, 20 to 25 years of age. Police believe he was driving a black, four-door sedan.

Because the crimes happened all across the city, several police divisions are involved. Police believe there may be more victims and are urging them to come forward.