Last week we had exclusive details about the St Boniface car thief who was detained by citizens and got called 'vigilantes' for defending a mother and child, and of the altercation at the Stand with Israel rally and the anti-Semitic hate literature displayed at the University of Manitoba by Hamas sympathizers.
We also explained the dual reasons behind the WRHA announcement that after-hours emergency surgeries at the Seve Oaks Hospital were being cut; and heard from Mike Sutherland of the Winnipeg Police Association about the aftermath of the west-end chase of a suspect who ran from a car that was pulled over, and when cornered pulled out a handgun and shot himself in the head in front of stunned officers.
The dead man was connected to a house on Manitoba Avenue which was raided the next day, where police found 5 guns and arrested 5 men and also made arrests in connection to an armed invasion last week of a Selkirk Avenue home.
This weekend the Winnipeg Free Press crime reporter, Mike McIntyre, revealed the name of the Simcoe suicide victim, Daniel Joseph Van Den Bosch, his criminal past and his long-standing addiction to crystal meth.
While going over that story yesterday, we repeated the question from last week: why wasn't the driver of the car charged for driving away from the scene when the cops ran after his passenger?
Unexpectedly we got a caller who gave a shocking reason: he 'ratted' out the gang house on Manitoba and numerous other gang-bangers -- and was let go.
In what was the most explosive call ever on TGCTS, she said she was DJ's best friend, that he wanted to kick his habit, and discussed at length the local Meth problem that the Provincial government has been claiming, is under control.
Here is a link to the KICK-FM web page that has the interview with the caller, as well as the entire show from yesterday.
http://www.kick.fm/2009/01/glimpse-into-world-of-meth-addiction.html
