Both English and French media based in Quebec are reporting today that the interception of BlackBerry messages between Raynald Desjardins and Vittorio Mirarchi (another co-accused) was instrumental in the Montagna murder investigation. One radio station in Montreal actually states that retrieval of messages from Montagna's BlackBerry was helpful.
Blackberry may have given up clues in Montagna murder Posted By: Andrew Peplowski 1/5/2012 6:10:00 AM
The BlackBerry owned by murdered mob boss Salvatore Montagna may have been a silent witness to his murder.
La Presse reports Surete du Quebec investigators managed to retrieve messages from the device which led them to laying murder charges against Raynald Desjardins.
Sûreté du Québec investigators accessed BlackBerrys: report BY JAN RAVENSBERGEN, THE GAZETTE JANUARY 5, 2012 9:07 AM
MONTREAL – A spokesperson for Quebec’s provincial police Thursday morning refused to confirm or deny a media report that investigators obtained access to a series of encrypted BlackBerry messages during their probe into the Mafia-style slaying of Salvatore Montagna.
“We do not reveal our investigation methods,” Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Ronald McInnis said.
No spokesperson for Research in Motion (RIM), which operates the Blackberry smartphone service, could immediately be reached at company headquarters in Waterloo, Ont., to confirm if a court order was involved or if the company co-operated.
Warrants for interception of communications in the Montagna case remained sealed.
