Marshall Jones

Police have charged three people in a string of organized and well-executed commercial break-ins over the past month used to target primarily Apple iPads and MacBooks. After arresting five people and charging three of them, Kelowna RCMP have a better idea of how the group was operating. RCMP spokesperson Const. Kris Clark said police believe...

A Kelowna man who was involved in one of the most heinous stabbing deaths in recent Kelowna history is going back to jail for more work with a knife. Michael Shane Mattes, 26, was one of three young men who beat and stabbed 57-year-old Kenneth Scully to death in January, 2005. Scully had just retired...

A Kelowna man with a long history of violence against women in his life will spend another nine months in jail for assault and threats to kill. Brandon Oril Topping, 31, has been in and out of prison for years, most significantly when he let his temper get the better of him in 2004 while...

A West Kelowna Apple reseller store is temporarily closed after a major break and enter on the weekend. Gord McOrmond, owner of Simply Computing stores in Kelowna, Kamloops and throughout B.C. says the store will remain closed at least until it can be secured. "We are not sure yet what we are doing," he said...

Police say a 36-year-old Kelowna man is under investigation for impaired driving after flipping his truck and running from the scene in West Kelowna Sunday. The accident occurred around 2:24 p.m. near on Byland Road near Home Hardware. The 1990s Toyota pickup truck went off road left, flipped onto its roof and slid along a...

While Buddy Tavares has had his last words in the trial of the RCMP officer who delivered the kick seen around the world, his civil suit remains far behind. Tavares wrapped up his evidence in the assault causing bodily harm trial of Const. Geoff Mantler on Tuesday. Outside court, a clearly agitated Tavares refused to...

An overnight fire has destroyed four businesses at Burtch Plaza. Kelowna Fire Dept. was called shortly after 1 a.m. for smoke and flames coming from the strip mall at 1470 Harvey Ave, says Platoon Capt. Tim Light. Initial crews arriving reported heavy smoke coming from the roof area above units 5 and 6. Fire crews...

Kelowna Mounties have turned their focus to the downtown sex trade in recent weeks and arrested buyers, not sellers. Kelowna RCMP General Investigation Section and Downtown Enforcement Unit teamed up earlier this month as "part of a continued initiative by the Kelowna RCMP to reduce crime in Kelowna." They arrested eleven men for Communicating for...

An 18-year-old West Kelowna girl has been found guilty of manslaughter in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt. The jury returned around 2:20 p.m. today, having deliberated since Friday and found her guilty of manslaughter. Jurors rejected the more serious charge of second-degree murder. A hush came over the 50 or so spectators as...

Reduced ambulance service at Big White this winter will mean increased service to the Central Okanagan, according to the Superintendent for North Okanagan District of B.C. Ambulance Service. Norm Matheson says the service in this area was inspected closely because of concerns raised elsewhere, like West Kelowna. They opted to yank a remote on-call service...

The young woman accused of stabbing 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt to death told a B.C. Supreme Court jury that she did not kill her and pinned the blame on another girl. Before a packed but hushed courtroom Tuesday and under brisk cross-examination from Crown Counsel Murray Kaay, the defendant denied her alleged role in Hyatt's death....

Update: 1:29 p.m. Before a packed courtroom Tuesday morning, the girl accused in the Ashlee Hyatt murder trial tearfully told a B.C. Supreme Court jury that she did not stab 16-year-old Hyatt to death. The girl, whose name along with the identities of many others at the June 2, 2010 drinking party cannot be named...