Friday January 29 2016
The
Leader
▲ Eagles will miss BCHL playoffs 9
▲ Opera academy coming to Delta 15
▶ UN MEMBERS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KILL BACON BROTHERS
TWO MORE CHARGED IN GANG WAR MURDERS JEFF NAGEL
Two more alleged UN gang members are now charged with conspiring to murder the Bacon brothers and their Red Scorpions associates during what police say was an all-out gang war in 2008-09. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced the murder conspiracy charges against 32-year-old Troy Tran, of Vancouver, and another unnamed 31-year-old man, whose identify has been withheld. They’re accused of plotting with other UN gangsters to take out a series of rivals, including the Red Scorpions’ Kevin LeClair, killed at a grocery store parking lot in Langley in 2009, and Jonathan Barber, slain in Burnaby in 2008 by mistake because he was installing a stereo in a car owned by a Bacon brother. The two men are also charged with conspiring to murder the three leaders of the opposing gang – Jonathan, Jarrod and Jamie Bacon. continued on page 7
▶ FUN ON THE FIELD Delta Coastal Selects’ Rowan Childs (left) goes down after colliding with Karnveer Athwal of Surrey FC Pegasus during a U16 boys’ soccer game Saturday at South Surrey Athletic Park. BOAZ JOSEPH
PROPERTY TAX BILLS EXPECTED TO CLIMB
▶ $88 MAY BE ADDED TO THE AVERAGE HOME IN SURREY; DELTA TAB ALSO TO JUMP ABOUT $75 KEVIN DIAKIW
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Supt. Dwayne McDonald holds a photo of Conor D’Monte, the alleged leader of the UN gang who is still at large and wanted. BLACK PRESS
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Surrey and Delta residents should brace for an increase in their property taxes this year as respective councils grapple with how to balance the budgets.
Surrey Coun. Tom Gill told The Leader Tuesday the finance committee has met to discuss some of the city’s capital plans and costs, and how those can be met. He said he’s planning a 3.9-per-cent property tax increase. That amounts to
$70.28 in taxes added to the average home worth $671,000. Add to that a one-per-cent road levy ($18.02), and the hike becomes $88.30. The levy was introduced in 2007 as a temporary five-year measure. It has increased by one per cent since then and now represents $110 for the average home.
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