18-year-old arrested after stabbing death near Islington subway station

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of Khadeem Antoine, 19.

Khadeem Antoine

Antoine was stabbed repeatedly in the chest late Thursday night and left to die near Islington subway station. As he lay bleeding he made a call to Jodie Foster, the mother of his 16-month-old son Elijah.

“Me and Khadeem were fighting a little bit before he got killed, so when he called it was really random,” said Foster. “He said ‘I got stabbed,’ and ‘I love you and I love Elijah.’ ”

Foster has Antoine’s name tattooed on her wrist, and he hers. She described him as someone who was “always laughing,” and who enjoyed spending time with his son.

Emergency crews found Antoine around 12:30 a.m. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Brian Mendonca, 18, of Mississauga, faces a charge of first degree murder in connection with the incident.

Mendonca was a friend of Antoine’s, according to Foster.

“He’s like a big elephant,” Gonzales said at the time. “He walks around, trots around, doesn’t know too much. He can’t get no better, and he smells like s—, man.”

Stevenson, Gonzales to fight with fists … and lawyers?
By Herb Zurkowsky, Postmedia News February 17, 2012

Adonis Stevenson (L) and Jesus Gonzales exchange words during the photo-op after the weigh-in at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Friday, February 17, 2012 for the main event of boxing card this Saturday night at the Bell Centre between Stevenson and Gonzales for the International Boxing Federation Intercontinental title.
Photograph by: Dave Sidaway , The Gazette

MONTREAL — Professional boxers are notoriously lousy actors.

They invariably yuk it up for the cameras and pretend to hate their opponents. And then, when the bout ends, they hug each other. It’s one of the best-known dichotomies of the sweet science.

Except this time.

Woman arrested after police bust distraction theft ring

By Jeremy Grimaldi

A Peruvian woman has been arrested in connection with a GTA fraud ring after police said the GPS tracking system on an iPhone led them to her whereabouts.
The 43-year-old, who is claiming refugee status in Canada, has been charged with 56 counts of theft and fraud and is in custody after having her bail request denied by a judge Jan. 26, police said.
According to Det.-Const. Scott Hunter, the fraud ring’s thefts reached “prolific proportions”.
In all, he estimates the ring stole $160,000 worth of property in the GTA, including Newmarket, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham during the past year.
They would enter supermarkets and restaurants, such as Milestones, Tim Hortons and Pickle Barrel, and execute distraction-style thefts, he said. “We were very happy to make this arrest.”

Javier Mauricio Castillo Cortes, a doctor, is charged with sexually assaulting two boys. (CBC)

Son asked if he was a ‘worthy person’ after assault
CBC News Posted: Jan 11, 2012 2:23 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 11, 2012 2:20 PM MT

A little boy asked his mother if he was still a “worthy person” after an alleged sexual assault by an Edmonton doctor, a judge was told Wednesday.

“Our lives changed. Our life was ruined,” the mother testified at the trial of Javier Castillo Cortes. “My husband is in a deep depression. My son is still seeing a psychologist.”
Javier Mauricio Castillo Cortes, a doctor, is charged with sexually assaulting two boys. (CBC)

El Salvador – Crime – 18th Street Gang Members Jackelin Martinez Gusman (L) and Luis Martinez Armas (R) wait at the Ilopango police station to be transferred to the minor's and woman's prison in San Salvador. Jackelin is 19 and a recent mother. She and her husband have been in the 18th Street gang for years. They were both arrested for extortion. Luis is 16 and was picked up for associating with a gang. He has been a member of 18th Street for three years. | Location: San Salvador, El Savador.

Montreal street gang’s rising ‘star’ deported
Adrian Humphreys Dec 5, 2011 – 8:32 AM ET

Téofilo Vasquez was convicted of stabbing a man in the Berri subway station in Montreal in 2008
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A violent, fast-rising member of a Montreal street gang — involved in robberies, stabbings, beatings, gunplay, turf wars and linked to an unsolved murder — has been ordered out of Canada as quickly as possible in order to maintain public confidence in Canada’s immigration control.

The 21-year-old member of a Montreal outpost of the 18th Street Gang, one of the largest and most violent U.S.-based gangs, flagrantly caused mayhem in his adopted city of Montreal while never becoming a Canadian citizen, the Federal Court of Canada heard.

Mojtaba suffered verbal and physical assault and cut to his throat

Gay immigrant who fled persecution assaulted at Toronto college
By Amy Chung, Postmedia News December 1, 2011

OTTAWA – An Iranian immigrant who came to Canada to find a safe haven says he’s been severely shaken after suffering a beating at a Toronto college that resulted in his throat being slashed.

Mojtaba, who asked that his surname not be published, says he was taunted over his sexuality during last week’s incident. It was a wrenching experience for the 29-year-old, who says he came to Canada in 2009 in part to escape the discrimination, violence and even torture he faced in his homeland.