Dale Habib pleads guilty to gun charges

Dale Habib, former president of the disbanded Kelowna Hells Angels puppet club the Kingpin Crew, faced six firearms charges and one drug charge. After a plea deal Habib was handed a one-year conditional sentence, along with a 10-year firearms prohibition. In July 2017, Habib pleaded guilty to assault. David Joseph Habib.

The Kingpin Crew sold drugs from Kelowna's 'Liquid Zoo' nightclub for many years, including cocaine through major operator Kevin Van Kalkeren. At some point the Habibs and the Kingpin crew lost the support of the Hells Angels. David Habib tried to sell the nightclub and building to a numbered company. An investigation revealed that one of the new owners was to be Hells Angel President Damiano Dipopolo. The Branch refused to transfer the liquor licence and the sale was unwound. The Habibs used Dipopolo's lawyer for their legal needs.

See ----->The Habib Brothers and the 'Kingpin Crew'
See ----->Kevin Van Kalkeren pulls 16 years

Leonardo Rizzuto wins appeal

The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected the Crown’s appeal of a lower court decision to exclude evidence seized from the home of Montreal Mafia boss Leonardo Rizzuto six years ago that resulted in him being acquitted on cocaine and firearms-related charges. The son of Vito Rizzuto was acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. A judge previously ruled that cops illegally wiretapped Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito lawyer’s office.

The men were arrested in 2015.

With the evidence from the wiretaps excluded, the only evidence that remained, in terms of supporting the search warrant, was a statement from a police informant.

Mob Wives star Drita D'Avanzo walks on gun, drug charges

The raid on the Staten Island home of Drita and Lee D’Avanzo on Dec 20 of last year yielded two loaded guns, several pounds of pot and illicit pain killers. Most of the 17 charges against the couple were dropped after mafioso Lee D’Avanzo pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon by a felon. D’Avanzo served time for bank robbery. He'll be sentenced in July. The reality TV show Mob Wives was canceled in 2016 after six seasons.