Project Folkstone focused on a “criminal organization” involved in a cross-border gun smuggling operation that specialized in trafficking illegal guns

Project Folkstone focused on a “criminal organization” involved in a cross-border gun smuggling operation that specialized in trafficking illegal guns in the GTA. Police said that criminal organization was smuggling guns into Canada from the U.S., along with various drugs including cocaine, marijuana and heroin.David Barker, 39, of Windsor, is charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, weapons trafficking and commission of an offence for a criminal organization.Jason Tompkins, 35, of Windsor, is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, commission of an offence for a criminal organization, importing firearms and trafficking...

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Russians are on trial in the United States in at least three separate cases involving gun crimes

Russians are on trial in the United States in at least three separate cases involving gun crimes, including a waiting-room murder, a Kalashnikov-armed gang of thieves and a repeat-offender bank robber.Oregon prosecutors are struggling to solve a mysterious murder in which a Russian-speaking unlicensed dentist is accused of shooting another Russian-speaking man believed to be his patient.
Viktor Gebauer, 79, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of Viktor Merezhnikov, 47, whose body was found in a chair in what prosecutors are calling a makeshift waiting room at Gebauer's home in Gresham, Oregon, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.Deputy district attorney Chris Ramras said a motive for the Feb. 18 shooting has not been established. "We may never know," he was quoted as saying.He...

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Christopher Tres Cadejuste, of the 500 block Oak Hill Lane, allegedly fired the gun at the victim

Christopher Tres Cadejuste, of the 500 block Oak Hill Lane, allegedly fired the gun at the victim, the ex-boyfriend of Cadejuste's girlfriend, after the two men had a physical altercation in 700 block of Edgar Drive around 9:16 p.m., according to police.The men were arguing about an previous altercation between the victim and Cadejuste's girlfriend, according to police.Cadejuste, 17, has been charged as an adult with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property, according to court records.His is being held without bond at the Wicomico County Detention Center and has a District Court hearing scheduled for March ...

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