A suspect in the brazen daytime shooting in Montreal of a 39-year-old woman with alleged ties to organized crime has been arrested in Ontario, police said Wednesday. The Crown prosecutor’s office confirmed Joel Richard Clarke was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Claudia Iacono. Jean-Sébastien Caron of the Montreal police’s major…

Montreal-area police say they are working with law enforcement agencies in Canada and the United States to determine whether a man newly linked to a 1975 cold case may have been responsible for other unsolved murders. Investigators in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, said Tuesday that DNA evidence establishes with certainty that Franklin Maywood Romine…

Montreal police say they’re investigating the second arson attack in just over two weeks at a business in the city’s St-Laurent borough. Police spokeswoman Const. Caroline Chèvrefils says multiple windows were broken at the business and it appears that more than one incendiary device was thrown inside. Chèvrefils says police have recovered one of the…

The greater Montreal area has witnessed a notable increase in arsons in recent months, with restaurants, cafés and vehicles the frequent targets. Police and other law enforcement experts say most of the fires are likely tied to extortion attempts by organized crime. “The first common denominator is there’s probably organized crime involved,” André Gélinas, a…

A brazen daylight shooting of a Montreal salon owner has Mafia experts calling out the ruthlessness and arrogance of organized crime in the city. Montreal police on Tuesday found a woman shot dead in a car that was still running and had collided with a building. Multiple reports identified the victim as Claudia Iacono, 39,…

Montreal police are investigating two shooting deaths that occurred within less than twelve hours of each other. Police responded to a call around 3 a.m. about a 28-year-old man shot dead behind an apartment building in the north-end borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The man’s killing occurred less than 12 hours after the brazen daytime shooting of…

Montreal police say eight people have been arrested in a major operation linked to the alleged drive-by shooting death of a teenager last month. Police say 175 officers with several police forces are participating in search and seizures connected with the death of an 18-year-old in the east-end Montreal borough of Anjou on March 19….

A coroner’s report into the 2017 death of a man killed by Montreal police says officers put themselves in danger and provoked the use of force. Police were unprepared when they arrived at the home of Koray Kevin Celik on March 6, 2017, in the Montreal neighbourhood of Île-Bizard, coroner Luc Malouin said in his…

Montreal police say a suspect accused in a violent break-in at a downtown mosque is facing more charges. Cory Anderson, 32, is charged with assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and mischief stemming from an incident early Sunday at the Al-Omah Al-Islamiah mosque. A national Muslim group released surveillance videos that appear to show someone…

Montreal police say a 32-year-old man is facing a mischief charge after allegedly smashing his way into a downtown mosque early Sunday morning. Const. Véronique Dubuc says investigators don’t believe the incident was a hate crime, adding that the suspect will appear in court at a later date. A national Muslim group posted surveillance videos…