Andrew Forajter, 26, threw £876 cash out of a window

Andrew Forajter, 26, threw £876 cash out of a window, but it was recovered by officers sent to search his house in Repton Road, Middlesbrough, on February 20 last year. Officers found a number of rocks of cocaine in the house, including on the top of a television and in a drawer, all ready wrapped, with a total street value of £650. A quantity of cannabis, worth £35 on the street, was also found. Prosecuting at Teesside Crown Court, Richard Wilson said police also found a list of names, seven mobile phones, a roll of clingfilm and a knife. Forajter, who admitted possession of cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply, said he had been dealing for three months and made £40 a day profit. He said he was in debt to an individual who set him up to deal drugs as a way of repaying the money. The court heard how Forajter, who made full and frank admissions to the police, was in breach of a previous suspended sentence for a different crime. He was now drug free after previously using cannabis. The judge, Recorder Ian Thorp said Forajter was a straight forward street-level dealer, but a "vital cog in a wheel" in the drugs venture. He jailed him for three and-a-half years.

Read more...

Harjinder Singh Sandhu, 28, and Puneet Singh Chhina, 26, were killed here last May and their bodies were found in the trunk of their car

Harjinder Singh Sandhu, 28, and Puneet Singh Chhina, 26, were killed here last May and their bodies were found in the trunk of their car in Pickering city near Toronto. man has been arrested on charges of killing two Sikh men of the Toronto area last year.Police said Friday that they have arrested John Le, 38, of Durham on the outskirts of Toronto for allegedly killing the two men. He faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, forcible confinement and use of firearms in the crime, police said, adding that more arrests were likely soon. Though police said the killings had the pattern of a gangland-type hit, it is speculated that the Sikh men were killed over some unpaid cocaine debt. Investigations have revealed that the two men had gone together May 4 last year for a meeting in north Toronto where they were killed. Their bodies were dumped in the trunk of their car and driven to Pickering city outside Toronto. After leaving their bodies in the vehicle, the killers escaped in another vehicle. The bodies were discovered next day. Police were able to track the route taken by the killers from the cell phones of the victims. From the DNA of the alleged killer found on the bodies of the victims, police were able find clues leading them to the suspect last month. A possibly unpaid cocaine debt might have led to the crime because 28-year-old Sandhu was facing drug charges for smuggling 30 kg of cocaine – valued at $3.8 million – into Canada from the US in his truck in 2007. Chhina too was a truck driver but out of work at the time of his murder.
Their alleged killer was remanded to custody by court Friday.

Read more...

Julio Amezcua Cabrera, 26, is accused of gang-motivated attempted murder

Julio Amezcua Cabrera, 26, is accused of gang-motivated attempted murder for the 7:30 p.m. shooting just outside Watsonville city limits near Holohan Road. His bail is $750,000.No one was shot that evening, but a stray bullet whizzed through the window of a passing car, deputies said. The intended target was a 28-year-old Watsonville man with a history of gang affiliation, prosecutor Charlie Baum said.Cabrera's brother, 34-year-old Evaristo Amezcua Cabrera, faces charges of assault and battery, witness intimidation and gang involvement stemming from the same incident, Baum said. His bail is set at $35,000.In Heather Morse's Watsonville courtroom Friday, public defenders Ted Meneice and James McMillan appeared for the defendants. The case is due back in court Tuesday.Baum said he expects a bail motion and possible pleas then. He added he would oppose any bail reduction due to public safety concerns.Patrick said more witnesses would help solidify their understanding of what happened that evening."We would love to talk to those witnesses," he said. "This is a shooting in public; it's a priority."Watsonville police arrested the Cabreras near Hall and Pini roads, records show. They listed their occupation as construction workers.Another man arrested shortly after officers were summoned to the scene has not been charged and his role is still being investigated, authorities said.

Read more...