jimintoronto
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That is the working title for a book that I am working on. Over the course of my working life I have been involved in a number of different criminal cases, ranging from arson, violent radical political activists, biker gangs, and a 1981 Toronto murder case. Plus some interesting roles as an Ambulance Officer, Private Investigator, a repo man, a security dog trainer, and a small town radio show host.
I will be working with a published Canadian author, who has 4 novels in his catalogue.
Each chapter will be a stand alone story, that I experienced and was involved in. These will be true crime events.
A sample. In 1980, I was employed by Metro Toronto Ambulance as an Ambulance Attendant. My partner was Rick Graham. One night we were sent to a "unknown trouble call " at a high rise motel down by the shore of Lake Ontario, which was called The Seaway Towers. Upon arrival at room 312, Rick and I found 3 men in the room, two of whom were dead of gunshot wounds. The third man was also shot in the head, but he was conscious and able to speak.
It turned out the 3 men were Italian mob guys from Montreal, who had come to Toronto to buy a large amount of near pure heroin. They had a suitcase full of cash. The sellers had shot them, and ripped off the money. We checked the 2 men who weren't breathing, and decided to move the third man to a local hospital. As we were leaving, a Toronto Police SGT arrived. We told him there were 2 obviously dead men in the room. We left headed to St Joes emergency, which was 5 minutes away.
At the ER, the wounded man told Police that he knew the shooters , who were also from Montreal, and he described the probable get away car they might be driving , heading back to Montreal. Toronto Police sent a message to the Ontario Provincial Police, who managed to stop the car, at the last exit before entering Quebec.
About a year later Rick and I were called as Crown witnesses, at the trial of the 3 shooters. The wounded man also testified, and they were convicted and sentenced to twenty years in prison. In a case of irony, the surviving wounded witness was shot and killed later in a bungled bank robbery in Montreal. He was shot and killed by Montreal Police.
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I will be working with a published Canadian author, who has 4 novels in his catalogue.
Each chapter will be a stand alone story, that I experienced and was involved in. These will be true crime events.
A sample. In 1980, I was employed by Metro Toronto Ambulance as an Ambulance Attendant. My partner was Rick Graham. One night we were sent to a "unknown trouble call " at a high rise motel down by the shore of Lake Ontario, which was called The Seaway Towers. Upon arrival at room 312, Rick and I found 3 men in the room, two of whom were dead of gunshot wounds. The third man was also shot in the head, but he was conscious and able to speak.
It turned out the 3 men were Italian mob guys from Montreal, who had come to Toronto to buy a large amount of near pure heroin. They had a suitcase full of cash. The sellers had shot them, and ripped off the money. We checked the 2 men who weren't breathing, and decided to move the third man to a local hospital. As we were leaving, a Toronto Police SGT arrived. We told him there were 2 obviously dead men in the room. We left headed to St Joes emergency, which was 5 minutes away.
At the ER, the wounded man told Police that he knew the shooters , who were also from Montreal, and he described the probable get away car they might be driving , heading back to Montreal. Toronto Police sent a message to the Ontario Provincial Police, who managed to stop the car, at the last exit before entering Quebec.
About a year later Rick and I were called as Crown witnesses, at the trial of the 3 shooters. The wounded man also testified, and they were convicted and sentenced to twenty years in prison. In a case of irony, the surviving wounded witness was shot and killed later in a bungled bank robbery in Montreal. He was shot and killed by Montreal Police.
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