Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends

Explore news, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Mayor Gregor Robertson’s foster son wanted on drug, weapons charges

    By VIVIAN LUK | Vancouver Province – Thu, 29 Dec, 2011
    See more videos

    Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has urged his foster son to turn himself in Richmond RCMP after a warrant was issued for the 21-year-old’s arrest.

    Jinagh Farrouch Navas-Rivas, who lived with Robertson’s family for two years ending in 2009, faces two counts of trafficking in controlled substances in Richmond and in Vancouver, as well as one count of manufacturing or transferring a firearm. The charges were laid in November and early December.

    Robertson, who is vacationing with his family in Hawaii, said he only found out about the charges against his foster son on Thursday. He and his wife have three other children.

    “I am disappointed to hear that Jinagh is wanted by the Richmond RCMP and I urge him to turn himself into the police immediately,” he said in a written statement Thursday. “Out of respect for the ongoing investigation, I will refrain from commenting further at this time.”

    Robertson said Navas-Rivas has been on his own since June 2009.

    Leslie James Miller, Willie Sing Cheung Truong, Vinh Hoang Le, and Pui Kwok Ma face the same drug charges as Navas-Rivas. The alleged offenders are in their early 20s with the exception of Ma, who is 47.

    Le is facing 14 counts of drug trafficking that date back to June 2011.

    Miller was previously charged with possessing a restricted firearm with ammunition. He also pleaded guilty to charges of assault that stem from a dispute involving several other men that turned violent at a 2005 New Year’s Eve party in West Vancouver. He was given credit for three months served in prison, and was put on probation for a year.

    A Richmond RCMP spokesman said details about Navas-Rivas’ case will be provided on Friday.

    vluk@theprovince.com

    twitter.com/vivluk

    What do you feel about this article?

    Loading...
     

    There are no comments yet

    [ [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], '27013743', '0' ], [ [['keyword', 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]

    News for You

    • Rare whale caught on film for first time
      Rare whale caught on film for first time

      Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.

    • Boy, 9, charged in shooting of third-grade classmate

      PORT ORCHARD, Washington (Reuters) - A 9-year-old Washington state boy accused of bringing a loaded handgun to third-grade, where it went off in his backpack and critically wounded a classmate, was charged on Thursday with assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. Meanwhile the 8-year-old victim, Amina Kocer-Bowman, was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, one day after suffering gunshot wounds to her arm and abdomen. ...

    • Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine
      Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - While Mexico grapples with relentless drug-related violence, a group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world's most notorious narcotics: heroin. Researchers at the country's National Institute of Psychiatry say they have successfully tested the vaccine on mice and are preparing to test it on humans. The vaccine, which has been patented in the United States, works by making the body resistant to the effects of heroin, so …

    • Actor who had role on "Seinfeld" shoots self

      CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Character actor Daniel von Bargen, who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows including "Seinfeld" and "Malcolm in the Middle," was hospitalized after shooting himself in the head at his Cincinnati-area condominium, authorities said Wednesday. Von Bargen, 61, told a Cincinnati-area emergency dispatcher on Monday that he had shot himself in the temple with a .38-caliber pistol at his home and could not open his left eye. ...

    • Grandmother, stepmother charged with running girl to death

      BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Two Alabama women were accused of murder on Wednesday for allegedly killing a young girl by forcing her to run for three hours without stopping, authorities said. The running was apparently a punishment for Savannah Hardin, 9, who died on Monday at Children's Hospital in Birmingham from dehydration and low sodium, a condition common in marathon runners, according to Natalie Barton, Etowah County, Alabama Public Information Officer. The child was apparently forced to …

    • Huge rare pink diamond found in Australia
      Huge rare pink diamond found in Australia

      Mining giant Rio Tinto said it has unearthed a "remarkable" 12.76 carat pink diamond in Australia, the largest of the rare and precious stones ever found in the resources-rich nation.

    • Obama expresses 'deep regret' over Koran burning
      Obama expresses 'deep regret' over Koran burning

      US President Barack Obama sent Afghan President Hamid Karzai a letter of apology over the burning of copies of the Koran overseen by a US officer at a US military base, Karzai's office said Thursday.

    Search