18-year-old Winnipeg gang associate — once accused of beating a stranger to death on the street during a chance encounter — is now being charged in a near-fatal stabbing whilefree on bail from the initial at tack. Paul Cherewick, 30, died on May 24, 2008, nine days after he was beaten with a baseball bat following an argument with a 16-year-old stranger. Police arrested the teen — who is linked to the Manitoba Warriors street gang — days later and charged him with second-degree murder. The youth was released on a $10,000 surety and several conditions, including a nightly curfew, in 2008. The same accused, now 18, was arrested on Jan. 1 after allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man following a Winnipeg house party. The victim was taken to hospital in critical condition but has since been deemed stable. The teen, who remains in custody, has been charged with aggravated assault and breaching his youth bail conditions.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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