Ponzi trial of former talk-radio star Craig Carton - Convicted

Former WFAN morning show host Craig Carton was found guilty on all fraud charges he faced in connection to a Ponzi ticket brokering scam. Carton could face as much as 45 years in prison at sentencing. The money he stole went to pay personal expenses, including his large gambling loans. Carton blew big bucks at casinos -- even borrowing money from loan sharks to fund casino trips. His defense admitted in closing arguments that he had lied to investors about how their money would be used.

Carton had maintained complete innocence leading into the trial, arguing that it was not a crime as long as he intended to eventually refund the money.

Former sports talk-radio star Craig Carton used his high-profile position to get people to invest with him and then cheated them, prosecutors said. Carton, the longtime host of a morning drive-time talk show with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, was charged last year with using false statements to raise $4m from investors. Carton ran up millions in losses with two casinos, plus a debt of $825,000. According to authorities, Carton and co-defendant Michael Wright ripped off investors of as much as $4.6m in the Ponzi scheme.

"I'm not pleading to anything because I firmly believe that when the facts come out you'll see that I was running a legitimate legal business. I think my case stands up on its own merit." said Carton.

Dave 'Shaky' Atwell - HA police informer

Between 2005 and 2007, Dave 'Shaky' Atwell acted as a police informer, “ratting” on his fellow members of the Hells Angels in downtown Toronto. Wearing a wire, he gathered evidence that helped convict 15 men, mostly on drug trafficking charges. Atwell became a sergeant-at-arms of the Angels’ downtown Toronto chapter.

He became one of the highest-ranking members in the world to co-operate with the law.

His information lead to 169 charges against 31 people linked to the Hells Angels, as well as the seizure of $3 million in drugs, cash and property. Atwell, now 52, is living under a different name and says those who were convicted are now out of jail. His book is entitled "The Hard Way Out: My Life with the Hells Angels and Why I Turned Against Them." Atwell knows that the people he betrayed may still have an eye out for him but that the club has likely moved on and are focused on money.

Atwell was paid handsomely for working with the cops. In total, he netted about $450,000.

Leuze-en-Hainaut residents not overjoyed with HA clubhouse - Update

Leuze-en-Hainaut is in Belgium. It is home to a new chapter of the Hells Angels, opened 6 months ago. Residents in the area have complained of the noise and increased sense of insecurity. All prefer not to be identified. They complain of motorcycles at 2:00am and how the gang arrives in convoy, slamming doors and shouting. When approached they hurl obscenities and threats.

About a thousand people including 450 Hells Angels attended the funeral of Nyssen.

A trial for some 10 gangsters has concluded in Liège. 70 policemen were posted to Liege for the murder trial of victim Jean-François Nyssen. The Hells Angel died after being stabbed several times in the throat. 'Frédéric D' rode with Mongols and Black Pistons to Oupeye to attack the Hells Angels. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

The Outlaws have a strong presence in Belgium.

The Hells Angels have eight chapters in Belgium. The first was created in 1997 in Ghent.

Georgian Criminals flood Europe as 'asylum seekers'

In 2016, the EU and Georgia entered into a visa waiver agreement, and Georgians may now reside for up to 90 days at a time within the Schengen area without a visa. Since then, several countries have experienced a sharp increase in the number of asylum seekers from the former Soviet republic.

Danish police found a four-fold rise in Georgian asylum seekers was followed by a five-fold increase in crimes committed by Georgians. Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia warned this winter of a steadily increasing number of Georgian asylum seekers, who simply used the waiting period in the asylum system to commit crime in Germany.

A shadow economy, nepotism, and extreme corruption have always existed in Georgia. It is not a coincidence that Georgians constitute the majority of all thieves-in-law in the world.

No "Italian cafés" for Jonathan Mignacca - Parole Board

In the end he was left with a prison term of six years and seven months.

Jonathan Mignacca, 33, appeared before the Parole Board of Canada last week. In September 2011, Raynald Desjardins and Mignacca’s cars were parked in a way that allowed them to talk to each other while still in their vehicles. A hitman emerged from a nearby wooded area and opened fire on both vehicles using an AK-47. Mignacca discharged a Glock pistol in reply, while Desjardins fled. One of the bullets fired by Mignacca during the exchange struck a Laval city bus that happened to be passing by.

In December 2016, Desjardins pleaded guilty to plotting to kill Salvatore Montagna and was sentenced to a 14-year prison term.

His release comes with conditions, including one that forbids him from “Italian cafés” — namely the hangouts for organized crime figures. According to the summary, Mignacca “fully understand(s) what is meant by Italian cafés.”

Raynald Desjardins's BMW after the 2011 shooting.

Meth Lab bust in Enderby

It’s been a week since police first arrived on rural Trinity Valley Road near Enderby, B.C. The usually quiet area has been overrun by cops. Nothing has been released but most suspect a Meth lab is being dismantled.

In May 2014 the same Trinity Valley Road property was busted with a meth lab. 6 were arrested.

The Glasgow Smile

'Sons of Anarchy' actor Tommy Flanagan was given a Glasgow smile when he was attacked outside a bar in Scotland.

A Glasgow smile is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile. It leaves a scar which causes the victim to appear to be smiling broadly.

It is usually performed with a utility knife or a piece of broken glass. The practice is said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1920s and '30s.