Niagara Falls
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Twenty Kilos Out of Four Addresses and a Ring Leader Named in the Release: Niagara’s Major Drugs and Gang Unit Charges Five, and the Sixth — Matthew Russell, Wanted on Nine Counts Including a Loaded Gun — Has Been Outstanding Since June (August 31, 2026)
The Niagara Regional Police Service republished its region-wide drug trafficking file as Update 1 on Monday, August 31, 2026, to say that one accused remains outstanding more than two months after the takedown. Matthew Russell, 33, of Thorold is wanted on nine counts, five of them firearms offences including possession of a loaded regulated firearm…
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Forty-Two Days, Three Vehicles and Six Hundred Kilometres: Josta MacNeal Is Arrested in Montreal by the SPVM on a Second-Degree Murder Charge in the Mitchell Snoddon Killing, and Maaroof Bangi Is Still Out There (August 27, 2026)
The Niagara Regional Police Service published Update #7 in the Mitchell Snoddon homicide on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Josta MacNeal was arrested that day in Montreal by the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal and will be returned to Niagara to face one count of second-degree murder. Snoddon, 35, of Niagara Falls was…
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A Speeding Toyota Corolla on Thorold Stone Road at Twenty Past One in the Morning and a Replica Glock in the Cabin: Niagara Police Charge Noah Mandula, 18, of Welland With Four Selling Counts Across Four Drugs — Then Release Him on an Undertaking (Originally Reported August 25, 2026)
This file was first published by the Niagara Regional Police Service on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 and is not a story that broke today. At approximately 1:20 a.m. that morning, 2 District (Niagara Falls / Niagara-on-the-Lake) uniform officers on proactive patrol on Thorold Stone Road in Niagara Falls observed a Toyota Corolla travelling at a…
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A Loaded Glock 36 in a Lundy’s Lane Hotel Room, Held by a Man Already Under a Weapons Prohibition: Niagara’s 2 District Street Crime Unit Charges Antonio Iuliani, 30, and Ashley Lepera, 34, With Fifteen Counts Over 833 Grams of Fentanyl (August 26, 2026)
Niagara Regional Police published this file on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The 2 District Street Crime Unit began an investigation into drug trafficking in Niagara Falls in August 2026 after detectives observed a male suspect behaving in a manner consistent with trafficking. Detectives obtained a search warrant for a hotel room on Lundy’s Lane. On…