HUNTER: Young guns turning Ontario streets into rivers of blood
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ITEM: Goderich. A boy, 13, has been charged with first-degree murder in the July slaying of a 12-year-old girl.
ITEM: Markham. Three boys — two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old — are persons of interest in the kidnapping and murder of realtor Yuk-Ying (Anita) Mui, 56.
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ITEM: Two teens — aged 15 and 16 — are charged with first-degree murder in the July slaying of Sulakshan Selvasingam, 28. The young guns are also accused in a slew of shootings for hire.
ITEM: RCMP arrested and charged a GTA youth for alleged terrorism ties, including counselling another person to commit a terrorist act.
Gangland and terror Fagins are bird-dogging pubescent criminal talent to do their dirty work.
And it’s a smart play: The kiddos get pocket spending money, light-as-a-feather sentencing, and a criminal justice system comprised of suckers who want to go easy on them.
As long as they keep it zipped, these young killers will then walk out of the joint with super-cred on the streets. That is until they get sent back to prison or end up in the morgue.
And remember, their identities are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Over the past two years in Toronto, youth firearm arrests have soared by a shocking 161%, according to police data released in July. Cops are blaming the ramped-up gunplay on gangs recruiting kids.
But we hear nothing from the feds or the self-appointed “experts” on all manner of youthful violence. They want more of the same.
In Policy Options magazine last October, two academics suggested it would be super cool to raise the age in the Youth Criminal Justice Act to 20 or — to hell with it — let’s make it 22 or 24.
They argue young killers aren’t mature enough to do the big time that big crime typically calls for.
The problem I have with this rationale is that for every kid in front of a judge on a murder beef crying poor me, there are tens of thousands from similar circumstances who work, go to school and never pick up a gun.
“It’s pretty out of control right now,” one homicide detective said. “And we have to sit by and watch, helpless to do anything when they’re released on bail or are back on the streets in just a few years.”
And remember, this is not the stuff of schoolyard brawls where Bobby hits his head and dies.
The presumed murder of Yuk-Ying (Anita) Mui was a targeted affair, YRP detectives said. It was not spur of the moment.
Let’s look at those disturbing details.
Her remains were discovered near Parry Sound on Aug. 12. She had been incinerated and homicide detectives don’t appear to have any doubts that she was murdered.
Mui vanished on Aug. 9 and her white 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 SUV was discovered in the Finch Ave. E. and Warden Ave. area in Toronto. Her charred remains were found around 230 km north of the city.
The youthful trio then allegedly went to town with Mui’s credit cards.
“All three young offenders are persons of interest in this homicide investigation, but their exact involvement as to what they did … is being investigated,” Det.-Sgt. Dave Gill told reporters on Thursday.
One 17-year-old boy from Whitby was hit with a slew of firearms charges along with possessing property obtained by crime. That kid and another 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, both from Toronto, have also been charged with fraud under $5,000.
Two of the three are out on bail as if to underscore these horrors. The third boy goes to bat next week.
If I were a betting man I’d slap my money down on a trifecta for the Young Guns.
That’s just the way it is.
@HunterTOSun
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