![]() ![]() November 1992: A Spanish vessel led a U.S. He was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1994 for his part in the operation. Jimmy Melvin Sr., then of Spryfield, was among the 10 charged. It's believed the drugs had been offloaded from a Panamanian vessel. October 1991: Police seized about 3.5 tonnes of hash from a truck on Highway 103 near Chester. with murder, but he was acquitted in June 1991. Police later charged Spryfield drug dealer Terry Marriott Sr. April 25, 1988: Arnold ( Smiley ) Joseph Bailey is fatally shot on a Halifax street in what police believe was a drug-related shooting. ![]() Here's a brief history of these two notorious families: 17 when shots were fired at him outside a Spryfield pizza joint. ), 48, has been sentenced to a total of 22 and three months of federal time and is still on parole. The patriarch of the Melvin family, James Edwin Melvin ( a.k.a. But he's also beaten the rap a number of times. ) has racked up a total of 32 years, nine months and 26 days of federal time for drugs and other offences. Since 1968, Terrance Cyril Marriott ( a.k.a. It's believed that some members of the Melvin and Marriott families are feuding, but no one's speaking publicly about what sparked the violence.īack in the day, some of these players made money and a name for themselves - together. 18 shooting in front of the IWK Health Centre in south end Halifax, the day after a related shooting at a Spryfield pizza joint, prompted police to throw what they've called unprecedented resources at the problem. Jeff Carr, Halifax Regional Police spokesman.Ī Nov. ![]() "I think the two incidents that occurred in very public places took this to a level that we haven't seen before, said Const. Four of the killings were connected to the drug trade.īack then, it was drug dealer killing drug dealer behind closed doors.īut this is a whole new era, with the second generation bringing the violence to the front door of a local children's hospital. In November 1998, Halifax witnessed a string of five murders in 10 days. ![]()
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