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CTV News
9 hours ago
- CTV News
Convicted murderer who changed his name dies in B.C. prison
The Mission Institution in Mission, B.C., is seen from the air in 2019. (Pete Cline / CTV News Vancouver) Warning: This story contains disturbing details. A convicted murder has died of 'apparent natural causes' in a federal prison in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, according to the Correctional Service of Canada. Ryan Brady died Sunday at Mission Institution, a medium-security prison in Mission, B.C., the CSC said in a news release Tuesday. At the time of his death, the 59-year-old was serving a life sentence that began on April 1, 1986. The CSC did not specify the conviction that led to Brady's sentence, but news reports from 2010 in the Coast Reporter indicate that Brady was known as Darren Kelly at the time of his crimes. According to the Sunshine Coast newspaper, Brady, né Kelly, abducted a three-year-old girl named Genoa 'Genni' May from a motel in Davis Bay in December 1985, while her parents were sleeping just two metres away. He raped and murdered the child, whose body was found along a logging road the following day. Brady was arrested a week later and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, receiving an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. He remained behind bars for the rest of his life. The CSC said Brady's next of kin has been notified of his death, and the Correctional Service of Canada will review the circumstances surrounding it, as the service does with all in-custody deaths.
Vancouver Sun
5 days ago
- Vancouver Sun
Convicted murderer who escaped prison north of Montreal captured by police
MONTREAL — A convicted murderer who escaped from a Quebec prison nearly three weeks ago was recaptured early Friday in Montreal, Correctional Service Canada said. They said Lory Bill Germa was apprehended by the Montreal police at around 7:45 a.m. The 69-year-old escaped from the Archambault Institution north of Montreal on July 5. Staff at the prison's minimum-security unit reported him missing after noticing he was absent during an inmate count. Germa was serving a sentence after a 1992 conviction for first-degree murder. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Ontario Provincial Police issued a news release after the escape saying Germa might be in southwestern Ontario. Montreal police said Friday in a news release that they had arrested a suspect who matched Germa's description 'in connection with two robberies that occurred on July 19 and 22 in the Ville-Marie borough.' While they did not name him, they said the suspect was 69 years old and had escaped from prison on July 5. Police said the suspect appeared at a downtown bank on July 19 and allegedly robbed the branch of $400 after handing an employee a threatening note. He later returned to the branch three days later and allegedly made off with $500, some of it in marked bills, police said. Police added that the suspect was charged with theft on Friday afternoon and would be returned to Archambault Institution. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .
CTV News
5 days ago
- CTV News
Escaped convicted murderer robbed 2 banks before being recaptured: Montreal police
Lory Bill Germa has been arrested after escaping from a prison near Montreal. (@OPP_WR/X) Police say a convicted murderer who escaped from a minimum-security prison in Quebec earlier this month also robbed two banks in Montreal during the nearly three weeks he was unlawfully at large. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says Lory Bill Germa, 69, was arrested by Montreal police at about 7:45 p.m. Friday. On July 5, he escaped from the Archambault Institution, a federal prison about 40 kilometres north of Montreal. Prison staff reported him missing after noticing he was absent during an inmate count. Germa had been serving a life sentence for first-degree murder for a crime committed in 1992. Montreal police allege he committed two robberies prior to his arrest on Friday. They say on July 19, he went to a financial institution on Guy Street and handed over a threatening note demanding money before fleeing on foot with $400 in marked bills. Then, on July 22, he returned to the same bank and threatened an employee at the counter who handed him $500. He then fled. Police say he will be returned to the prison into CSC custody. The correctional service said in a statement on Friday that it is conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the escape. 'Ensuring the safety and security of its correctional institutions, staff, and the public remains the highest priority of the Correctional Service of Canada,' CSC said. Montreal police are reminding the public to not defend themselves if they are a victim of a robbery and to hand over money to minimize the risk of being hurt. They also say people should call 911 to give police a suspect description and details on where they fled. With files from The Canadian Press
CTV News
21-07-2025
- CTV News
Saskatchewan prison officials seize cache of meth in Prince Albert penitentiary
The men's maximum security unit of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Sask., is shown in a Jan. 23, 2001 photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Thomas Porter) Officials at a federal prison in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan say they've seized a sizeable cache of methamphetamine. In a news release on Monday, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) thanked its vigilant staff members for seizing packages containing the contraband — methamphetamine they say could be worth up to $150,750 inside the institution, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. 'The police have been notified and the institution is investigating,' the CSC said in the news release. 'The [CSC] uses a number of tools to prevent drugs from entering its institutions. These tools include ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates, and visitors.' Prison officials say they're heightening security measures to keep banned items out of the institution 'in order to help ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone.' CSC has a tip line that allows people to share anonymous information about potential illegal activities in its institutions. The phone number is available on its websites.
CTV News
16-07-2025
- CTV News
Correctional officer stabbed in the face at B.C. maximum-security prison, union says
Kent Institution in the Fraser Valley of B.C. is seen in this file photo. (CTV) A correctional officer was stabbed by an inmate at B.C.'s only maximum-security federal prison on Monday, according to his union, which described the incident as a random attack. John Randle, the regional president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers for the Pacific Region, told CTV News the inmate used a handmade weapon to stab the officer in the jaw below his ear. He said to the union's knowledge, the officer and inmate didn't have any issues with one another before the assault. The Kent Institution staff member was taken to hospital and is now recovering at home. 'The physical injury itself will heal. It always sucks to have a stab wound in your face, you don't know what the scarring is going to be like, but it's really the psychological, emotional stuff that we're working with him on now,' Randle said. In a statement regarding the incident, Correctional Service Canada said the assailant was identified and 'the appropriate actions will be taken.' According to Randle, the inmate was moved to a 'structured intervention unit,' which replaced 'administrative segregation' units after that type of solitary confinement was abolished in Canada in 2019. He said the union is pushing for the assailant to be transferred to the 'special handling unit' in Quebec, the highest security facility in the country which is reserved for inmates that are deemed too dangerous for other maximum-security prisons. The Agassiz RCMP and the institution are investigating the assault. The CSC said it will review the circumstances of the incident and 'take the appropriate measures' to prevent a similar one in the future. 'The safety and security of institutions, their staff, and the public remains the highest priority in the operations of the federal correctional system,' it wrote in its statement Tuesday. It's possible the accused will be charged and go to court, but Randle said Crown counsel often decline to prosecute when the suspect is already in prison, citing a lack of public interest. He said he wants to see inmates held accountable for their actions in prison. 'When they do this stuff, there's no consequences,' Randle said. 'It's concerning, because eventually that inmate will be released into society. If he thinks that those actions are allowed to occur while in prison, how's he going to act when he's back on the street?'
