Jessica Wallace

KAMLOOPS - A man allegedly impersonating police near Chase has laid low lately, but the search continues for the one responsible for shaking community trust in the real police. "Trust is really important," said Chase RCMP Cpl. Mark Skotnicki. "It definitely goes to the more serious level of impersonation." Two vehicles were pulled over in...

KAMLOOPS - Jury selection began today for a Kamloops man charged with second degree murder. Torbin Alec faces the murder charge following the death of a Tk'emlups Indian Band member stabbed to death at a party downtown in July 2012. RCMP and emergency services were called to the Columbia Street home around 3:30 a.m. on...

KAMLOOPS - A vehicle that fled from police last night was stopped abruptly in Sahali by a spike belt that took out three tires. Kamloops RCMP trapped a 24-year-old male who was arrested last night in relation to impaired driving related charges after a vehicle fled multiple times from police. The first flee came after...

KAMLOOPS - Changes have been ordered following a review of the local prison that turned up multiple health and safety breaches. Three senior WorkSafe B.C. inspectors completed a compliance assessment of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre from Sept. 23 to 26, as part of a review of the nine jails in the province. A report...

KAMLOOPS - A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday for inappropriate sexual activity with two girls half his age. Adrian Peters was sentenced in Kamloops provincial court for charges of sexual assault and sexual interference of a person under 16 for events dating back to 2011 in Kamloops. According to the Crown,...

KAMLOOPS - The other half of a pair of identity thieves busted in June near Barriere with a large quantity of stolen goods was sentenced to house arrest yesterday in B.C. Supreme Court. Matthew Arthur Stuthard was brought in to sit next to his common law partner and criminal accomplice, Mandy Burton, to deal with...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who admitted to killing his father won't be granted parole from his life sentence in jail for 12 years. Jaipreet Singh Toor, 46, sat with his head down for much of his sentencing today after pleading guilty to second degree murder in September. The plea came after he stabbed his...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' biggest and busiest mall has been a little emptier than usual and some are starting to worry about their businesses. Stop for a snack and you'll notice a large plot remains vacant, formerly home to Baskin Robbins in the food court. Not too far away, former Extreme Pita also sits empty. It's...

KAMLOOPS - A 29-year-old identity thief caught with over 1,000 illegal identity cards in the summer was handed three years in prison today in Kamloops Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegan said today that Matthew Arthur Stuthard has an 'incredible criminal record' including another conviction for identity theft in 2010 that sent him to...

KAMLOOPS - An Alberta man was arrested yesterday after an 'indecent act' at an elementary school yesterday morning. Around 11:30 a.m., Kamloops RCMP was called after a man was spotted near Lloyd George School with his pants pulled down in a vehicle near the school. While the man did not make any contact with students,...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are recommending multiple charges after one man forced another into a home with the use of weapons earlier today. Police responded to reports at a residence on Shuswap Road where one man allegedly had a knife and club and forced another man into the residence. A 40-year-old man was taken into police...

KAMLOOPS - A Sharpe Lake rancher who was sentenced earlier this month for killing her neighbour's dog asked the court today for three more months to apologize to her neighbour. Ruth Robinson was ordered to do so as part of the conditions set out in her conditional discharge after she was convicted for one count...

KAMLOOPS - A 62-year-old Clearwater man has been handed jail-time after wandering around drunk and naked in public one too many times. "This is the tenth time you've been before the courts for these types of offences," said Kamloops Provincial Court judge Chris Cleaveley. Michael Goller pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of nudity in...

KAMLOOPS - The teen responsible for putting a Mackenzie man in hospital with an induced coma has pleaded guilty to multiple charges. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named under the Canadian Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to several charges including possession of a dangerous weapon, aggravated assault, mischief and uttering threats. The charges came...