Ken MacDermid

Suspect Shot In Vaughan Home Invasion Has Over 45 Charges, Since 2020 A male suspect is facing charges after being wounded during an attempted armed home invasion in Vaughan early Tuesday morning. According to York Regional Police, officers were called to a residence near Carrville Woods Circle and Crimson Forest Drive at approximately 12:50 a.m. on March 17, 2026, following reports of a shooting. Investigators say multiple suspects, at least one of whom was armed with a firearm, forcibly entered the home. During the incident, an occupant retrieved a legally owned and properly stored firearm and fired at the intruders, prompting them to flee the scene. Police said the suspects were last seen leaving the area in a black pickup truck before officers arrived. No residents inside the home were physically injured. A few hours later, authorities were notified that a man suffering from a gunshot wound had been dropped off at a hospital in the Toronto area. Investigators later determined the individual had been injured during the Vaughan home invasion and was transported to hospital shortly afterward. Police have since laid charges against the injured suspect, Trestin Cassanova-Alman, 24 of no fixed address Cassanova-Alman Criminal History July 2020 -Charged with possession of fentanyl, cocaine and crystal meth for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime October 2020 -17 charges for Five violent armed robberies and an armed carjacking where an eight-year-old girl was taken with the stolen vehicle. December 2025 -Charged in "Project Wrangler" with several offences including conspiracy to commit murder, robbery with violence, instructing the commission of an offence for a criminal organization, conspiracy to commit indictable offences, breach of probation and participation in a criminal organization March 2026 -Charged with Robbery with a Firearm, Disguise with Intent and Breach of Probation Order

I know Silicon Valley startups don't want to hear this..... But the combination of someone in the trades with deep domain expertise and Claude Code will run circles around your generic software. I talked to Cory LaChance this morning, a mechanical engineer in industrial piping construction in Houston. He normally works with chemical plants and refineries, but now he also works with the terminal He reached out in a DM a few days ago and I was so fired up by his story, I asked him if we could record the conversation and share it. He built a full application that industrial contractors are using every day. It reads piping isometric drawings and automatically extracts every weld count, every material spec, every commodity code. Work that took 10 minutes per drawing now takes 60 seconds. It can do 100 drawings in five minutes, saving days of time. His co-workers are all mind blown, and when he talks to them, it's like they are speaking different languages. His fabrication shop uses it daily, and he built the entire thing in 8 weeks. During those 8 weeks he also had to learn everything about Claude Code, the terminal, VS Code, everything. My favorite quote from him was when he said, "I literally did this with zero outside help other than the AI. My favorite tools are screenshots, step by step instructions and asking Claude to explain things like I'm five." Every trades worker with deep expertise and a willingness to sit down with Claude Code for a few weekends is now a potential software founder. I can't wait to meet more people like Cory.

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