Mistaken Identity

• Montreal, provincial police say 10 arrested in connection with pair of 2023 killings

  Six people were arrested in 24 hours in addition to four arrests announced last week in a pair of 2023 homicides. Police allege that nine of the 10 are members of a street gang.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2024
  
• Mom and 8-year-old son held at gunpoint after police mistake identity

  Shanice Stewart said she and her 8-year-old son were pulled over on the Sacramento, Calif. highway as she drove him to football practice.

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  Oct 25, 2023
  
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• Markham home invasion, extortion victims caught in case of mistaken identity: police

  "These were just innocent people that have nothing to do with what they are targeted for," Const. Lisa Moskaluk told Global News.

  Crime

  Aug 25, 2023
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• Surrey, B.C. homicide victim a case of mistaken identity, cousin says

  Aren Smith, 38, was killed on March 13 and was found in a parked vehicle in the 2300 block of 167A Street in Surrey, B.C., police said.

  Crime

  Mar 25, 2023
• Vancouver police notify watchdog after man shot with rubber bullets during mistaken arrest

  Police said they were acting on "reliable information" that a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was in Yaletown and believed to be armed and dangerous.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2023
• Shots fired at Delta, B.C. home, youth arrested

  A youth from Surrey, who is known to police, was arrested in the overnight shooting that police believe involved mistaken targets.

  Crime

  Dec 29, 2022
• N.B. family in ‘shock,’ alleges RCMP mistakenly told them their son was dead

  A New Brunswick family alleges the RCMP mistakenly told them their son was dead after a body was found in a public washroom outside Moncton City Hall earlier this week.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2022
• Mayorol mix-up: Texas woman named Regina Mayor mistaken for Regina’s mayor

  A Twitter mix-up last week had Texas woman Regina Mayor mistaken for the mayor of Saskatchewan's capital city.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2022
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• Regina man mistaken for creator of popular internet game ‘Wordle’

  Regina's Josh Wardle is being mistaken for a software engineer in Brooklyn, New York who shares his name and created the word game Wordle which has taken the internet by storm.

  Tech

  Jan 28, 2022
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• Mistaken identity suspected in Kelowna, B.C. home invasion

  On Oct. 5, just before 11:30 p.m., Kelowna RCMP responded to a home in the 1900-block of Pandosy Street in Kelowna.

  Crime

  Oct 6, 2021