Chronic Offender

• Repeat violent offender released again in Vancouver

  On Wednesday, the 36-year-old was in Community Court in Vancouver, charged with failing to report to a probation officer just six days after his most recent sentencing in August. 

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  Oct 4, 2023
  
• ‘Not acceptable’: B.C. repeat offender sentenced to 1 day in jail for racist random attack

  Mohammed Majidpour, 35, struck the 19-year-old woman over the back of the head with a pole and hurled a racial slur at her as she walked downtown last September.

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  Aug 17, 2023
  
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• ‘Chronic offender’ busted with $40,000 in stolen art: Vancouver police

  Police say the accused has previously been convicted of more than 115 offences. He was arrested Saturday for the theft of two artworks from a Vancouver gallery.

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  Jan 3, 2023
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• B.C. man accused of stealing dozens of Christmas presents released from jail before the holidays

  An alleged porch pirate charged after Vancouver police seized thousands of dollars worth of stolen Christmas presents has been released from jail in time for the holidays.

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  Dec 23, 2022
• Charges against man in random attack raise troubling memories for Vancouver woman

  A criminal harassment charge against Mohammed Majidpour was stayed last year in relation to a video of him allegedly stalking Jamie Coutts. Now he's charged in a stranger assault.

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  Oct 7, 2022
• B.C. to boost mental health, addiction supports for inmates leaving jail

  B.C. is doubling the number of teams that work with recently released inmates by providing mental health and substance use supports.

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  Oct 3, 2022
• B.C.’s prolific offender review ‘too little, too timid, and too late’ say BC Liberals

  An expert review of B.C.'s chronic offender problem has delivered a report with 28 recommendations mostly focusing on mental health.

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  Sep 21, 2022
• Victoria business owner mulls closing downtown shop after repeated break-ins

  "It just boils your blood. It really pissed you off that this person is very comfortably doing this," owner Mandeep Rana told Global News.

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  Sep 7, 2022
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• Man who threatened to kill Vancouver pizza server arrested 4 times in 2 months

  Juan Serna had been arrested for an assault on June 19, about a month before he threatened to draw a knife on a Fresh Slice pizza employee who refused to give him an entire pie.

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  Aug 25, 2022
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• Kamloops’ outgoing top cop says police face ‘limitations’ in handling chronic offenders

  'You're going to see a lot of complaints from the public saying why aren't you doing more? Well, we often can't do a lot more than we are doing,' outgoing Supt. Syd Lecky said.

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  Aug 22, 2022