May 7, 2012
Jarrod Bacon was sentenced to 12 years in prison on May 4, 2012, in B.C. Supreme Court. Bacon’s conviction follows the conclusion of CFSEU-BC’s E-Pintle investigation in November of 2009. "We are very satisfied with this success and will continue in our efforts to get violent criminals off the streets," says CFSEU-BC Chief Officer Dan Malo. Bacon has been in custody since his arrest. His sentence includes time served with the remaining time set as seven years and two months. Bacon’s co-accused Wayne Scott was also convicted, but his sentence will be heard at a later date.
May 1, 2012
CFSEU Clarification - Kensington Park gang arrests - ISER sentenced on two CFSEU files, one for five-and-a-half years and the second for two years.
A man arrested by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia on several gun charges was sentenced on April 26, 2012, to five-and-a-half years in prison.
The five-and-a-half year sentence ISER received was consecutive to a two-year sentence he received on March 21, 2012 on another CFSEU-BC file which included charges of possessing a rifle and uttering counterfeit money.
May 1, 2012
Two men, prohibited from possessing firearms, have been charged with possessing firearms.
On April 13, 2012, members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia stopped a Pontiac Montana van in New Westminster. Officers noted a strong odor of fresh marijuana and arrested the occupants for possession of a controlled substance.
A further search revealed a hidden compartment inside the vehicle. Two loaded hand guns, a 9 mm Glock and Sterling .25 mm were located inside a secret compartment and were seized by police.
April 26, 2012
Police investigators running an operation targeting people committing violent home invasions on Vancouver Island, caught a group of suspects in the act.
Officers with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia and the West Shore RCMP had recently initiated a joint forces project to suppress the violence associated with home invasions.
On April, 24, 2012, police observed a group of males entering a semi-rural residential property in Langford. Uniformed members with the West Shore RCMP were immediately dispatched to the scene and arrested three men. Police seized body armour, a Baby Browning 9mm Luger, a Smith & Wesson revolver, sledgehammer, duct tape and masks. The men are facing charges ranging from robbery with a firearm, break and enter, possession of firearms, obstruction, impersonation, and wearing a mask with the intent to commit an indictable offence. Officers entered the Langford property to ensure the safety of possible occupants, but no one was located inside.
April 16, 2012
Aleksandar Radjenovic has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for his role in a gun trafficking ring based out of the Royal Sportsman gun shop, a business he co-owned. Radjenovic, sentenced March 2, 2012, is currently serving an 18-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder following a guilty plea in 2009. The gun trafficking sentence was reduced to four years, to be served consecutively to the 18 years he is already serving. Both convictions resulted from investigations by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British Columbia.
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