Gun For Hire – Gangland Files

August 27, 2026

The Crown Asked for the Bracelet to Come Off Him and Go Back on the Cell Door: A Superior Court Judge Dismisses the Bail Review and Zara Jabbi Stays on House Arrest in the U.S. Consulate Shooting (August 27, 2026)

Reported Thursday, August 27, 2026 by Global News at 11:58 a.m. An Ontario Superior Court judge dismissed the Crown’s bail review Thursday morning, and Zara Jabbi, 19, remains at liberty on house arrest with GPS monitoring. This is a follow-up to the Gangland Files briefing of August 25, which covered the Crown’s application when it…

August 25, 2026

Six Counts, House Arrest and a GPS Bracelet: The Crown Asks a Superior Court Judge to Undo the Bail of Zara Jabbi, 19, in the U.S. Consulate Shooting, With a Ruling Due Thursday (Originally Reported August 24, 2026)

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This file was first reported on Monday, August 24, 2026 by Global News and is not a story that broke today. A Crown prosecutor spent Monday in front of a Superior Court judge arguing that Zara Jabbi, 19, should never have been let out. Jabbi is one of two men Toronto police allege fired on…

August 17, 2026

‘If the Car There Need the Hit Squad’: A Crown Factum Puts the Project South Murder Plot on Signal, With Aliases, Prices and a Split of the Money (August 17, 2026)

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Court documents filed by Crown prosecutors last month and reported publicly for the first time Monday describe how the alleged hit that triggered the Project South police corruption case was contracted out over the encrypted messaging app Signal. According to the factum, suspects using aliases circulated a headshot, a home address and a vehicle photo…

August 12, 2026

Niagara Bank Robbery Charges Pull ‘Gun-for-Hire’ Suspect Jayon Burgher Into a Fourth Police Jurisdiction (August 12, 2026)

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Niagara Regional Police charge Jayon Burgher, 18, Brandon Brown, 22, and a 17-year-old in two failed bank robberies — extending the alleged footprint of a suspect already tied to Toronto’s ‘gun-for-hire’ shooting probe across four Ontario police services.

August 6, 2026

Const. Marc Pinizzotto Slaying: Gun-for-Hire Suspect Nicholas Bennett Appears in Court from Hospital Bed

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19-year-old Nicholas Bennett appears in court from his hospital bed charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Toronto Police Const. Marc Pinizzotto during a tactical raid.