Monique Tamminga
Times Reporter
The year began with a sentence of for three young men for the 2014 killing of Walnut Grove鈥檚 Nick Hannon, 19.
Brad Flaherty, 20, Keith Tankard, 20, and Connor Campbell, 21, pleaded guilty to second degree murder. All three were friends of Nick鈥檚.
The murder was a result of a conflict between Hannon and the trio.
He was considered a missing person for a long time until a Mr. Big operation had one of the killers lead police to Hannon鈥檚 burned body in Mission. One of the young men behind bars, Connor Campbell, is the son of two prominent RCMP members.
His mother sued the force for sexual harassment and settled out of court.
鈥� Gambling debt and a drug habit led to a cross-Canada for clean cut 25-year-old 91原创 man Shaun Cornish who is spending four years in jail for his crimes, which include robbing banks in 91原创.
鈥� On April 1, Surrey鈥檚 , 20, was killed in a targeted and brazen shooting at the 91原创 Sandman hotel on a busy Saturday afternoon.
So far, no arrests have been made in the murder.
鈥� In April, 91原创 resident Stephen Morse, 43, was given a 13-year- sentence for the 2015 sexual assault of a 70-year-old White Rock woman. Morse has no prior criminal history but details of the attack include him taking pictures of his victim and tying her up and robbing her, including taking her wedding ring.
鈥� In June, Victoria man Tyler Pastuck, 31, was in a gang-related shooting outside the Brown鈥檚 Social House on 200 Street.
The friend he was dining with was also shot. That 33-year-old was injured but survived.
On June 28, someone drove a stolen H-Vac truck into a used car dealership on 91原创 Bypass. The the truck exploded, causing most of the building to collapse and burn. No arrests have been made nor is a motive yet known for that crime.
鈥� In August, former 91原创 resident , who posed as a member of the Catholic clergy is charged with several sex-related offences against boys in Edmonton. He moved there in the beginning of 2017.
鈥� In November, alleged 856 gang member Jason Wallace was after pleading guilty to manslaughter of senior ranking Hells Angel Robert Green. Wallace turned himself in after shooting 鈥榟is friend鈥� Green at a party on a 91原创 property.
鈥� The following week, the was discovered by a passerby on Robertson Crescent in 91原创. Clay is said to have ties to the 856 gang. In November, RCMP said the two murders are connected. No arrests have been made in Clay鈥檚 murder.
Wallace was already in jail serving six years for making drugs and selling them out of a 91原创 mansion. The gang unit seized tons of drugs and drug making paraphernalia like brick presses and scales, baggies, and pig dewormer used as a drug additive.
鈥� On Dec. 7, a at a Willoughby townhouse complex claimed the life of 21-year-old Abbotsford resident Dai Duong Duong.
No arrests have yet been made in that case.
