The latter is currently detained, following a first charge relating to crimes of sexual nature, but the investigation has established he also allegedly assaulted a second victim.

Investigators have reason to believe Cauvier may have made other victims, with different attack strategies.

The Facts

Initially arrested on Oct. 10 for attempted kidnapping, the suspect is now accused, in two different cases, for the following offences: kidnapping, sequestration, sexual assault, assault with a weapon, death threats and attempting to administer narcotics to its victims.

He allegedly approached them in outdoor parking lots to attempt to drug them, abduct them and physically assault them.

Although his action plan is similar (for each victim), investigators aren’t ruling rule out the hypothesis he could have used different schemes with other victims.

It’s also likely that he’s been active for many years in a larger sector of Laval, and the North Shore.

Anyone who would have been a victim of Cauvier, or has information about this file, can communicate, confidentially, on the SPL info line at 450 662-INFO (4636) or 911, mentioning the file. LVL-221001-007. (C.P./IJL)

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The major operation, related to urban firearm violence in recent months, is being deployed in collaboration with the police forces of Montreal, Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Jérôme and Longueuil.

About 150 police officers are working on that case, carrying out the various interventions, some of which are taking place in Montreal, Saint-Jérôme and Deux-Montagnes.

That’s the result of an investigation, initiated in August as part of the Centaur project, in which the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are also taking part.

At the SPL, it’s the Organized Crime Division that’s involved in the operation, which has already been helpful, since narcotics and firearms would have already been confiscated.

A more complete report of the operation, which is still in progress, will be presented later.

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The fire allegedly occurred around 4:40 a.m. in a commercial complex, on Curé-Labelle Boulevard, located a bit north of Cartier Boulevard.

Once at the scene, Laval’s firefighters and police officers found that the small strip of garden adorning the front of the Nuits de Beyrouth restaurant had flamed.

An object would have also been thrown against the shop window, but the fire would have extinguished itself, even before the arrival of emergency services on site.

Laval’s police indicate that this wouldn’t be the first event of that kind to occur at the location.

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L’article Another Suspicious Fire Targeting a Chomedey Restaurant est apparu en premier sur Courrier Laval news.

911 was alerted around 7:46 a.m., witnessing gunshots in this small commercial complex located along Highway 440, south side, between Industriel Boulevard and Highway 15.

When SPL patrol officers arrived at the scene, a man was lying on the floor of the parking lot. His death was confirmed at the scene. The victim is said to be a 66-year-old man.

He would have died of his injuries, after being hit by more than one bullet, in this new episode of violence linked to a firearm in Laval.

Vehicle in Flames

Later, around 8:47 a.m., 911 received a call reporting a burned vehicle on 71st Avenue, just east of Lachapelle Bridge, in Chomedey.

That car was possibly set on fire by the suspect(s) in the homicide that occurred earlier in the morning.

At least one suspect would then have scampered off on foot toward Montreal, with Montreal’s police having been made aware of that development affecting its territory.

Arriving on the scene at 8:53 a.m., Laval firefighters brought the fire under control in just a minute, before transferring the investigation to the SPL; an investigation which should now be taken over by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).

Organized Crime

Around 10 a.m., we learned the victim would be called Vincenzo Armani, a man known to the police.

Therefore, the investigation was transferred to the SQ because of a probable link with organized crime.

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L’article Man Shot Dead in Front of a Ceramic Shop est apparu en premier sur Courrier Laval news.

While we initially feared for health, the 46-year-old man and father of the two children who died yesterday, was to appear for the first time in the Court of Quebec today.

For what’s about the accusation of assault, it would have been inflicted on the mother of the children, a 45-year-old woman, who was subsequently transported for a severe nervous shock.

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It was 7:30 p.m. when the SPL arrested the suspect in a residence, with the help of the tactical intervention group of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.

This woman has a history of violent crime.

She is expected to appear at Laval’s courthouse this afternoon. She is facing charges of hit and run, causing death and manslaughter.

Yesterday afternoon, the SPL had already spotted the suspicious vehicle sought for almost a week. The vehicle was a grey Hyundai Accent. The SPL spotted it on Rivière-des-Prairies’s territory, before seizing it.

Facts

Several calls were made to 911 last Sept. 15, at 7:50 a.m., concerning an event involving two vehicles that occurred on the service road of Highway 15 (north), at the height of Souvenir Boulevard.

The victim, a 53-year-old man, was reportedly hit head-on by a vehicle, which subsequently left the scene.

When arriving, police officers found the victim on the ground, in critical condition. The person was quickly transported to a hospital. The victim was kept in artificial life temporarily, pending a possible organ donation, before the death was finally confirmed on the morning of Friday, Sept. 16.

Anyone with information about the event can communicate confidentially on the SPL info line at 450 662-INFO (4636) or 911, mentioning the file LVL 220915 016.

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L’article Fatal Hit and Run: The Suspect Arrested est apparu en premier sur Courrier Laval news.

It was approximately 21:30 p.m. when that new case of armed violence broke out near the 1ère Rue, in that sector of Laval-des-Rapides, located a little east of Highway 15.

On the spot, officers from the Service the police de Laval (SPL) found a man lying on the ground, he who was shot.

His death was pronounced at the scene. His age and identity are still unknown, as a security perimeter has been erected pending the investigation of crimes against the person and forensic identification specialists from the SPL.

It’s the fifth murder to occur in Laval in 2022. An attempted murder also occurred on Wednesday, July 20, near Sainte-Dorothée.

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L’article Man Shot Dead in the Middle of the Street in Laval-des-Rapides est apparu en premier sur Courrier Laval news.