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One arrested, one in critical condition after ‘fall’ from Kelowna balcony
One man has been arrested and another is in critical condition in a hospital after…
Hells Angels prospect re-arrested in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A 30-year-old Kelowna man, who was a Hells Angels prospect, has been re-arrested…
‘Extremely dangerous’ man wanted for allegedly beating autistic man has Kelowna connection
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant out of Mississauga, Ont. for allegedly beating an…
Good character doesn’t excuse Vernon man from paying the price for “vicious” night club assault
VERNON – The Court of Appeal has upped the jail sentence for a young Vernon…
Kamloops man released from jail after assaulting girlfriend’s former partner
KAMLOOPS – A man who pleaded guilty to beating up his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend will be…
Kamloops man in hospital with suspected gun shot wound
KAMLOOPS - An investigation is underway after a man was assaulted and sent to hospital with what police believe is a gun shot wound Friday night. Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Michael Buxton-Carr says a 27-year-old Kamloops man is at Royal Inland Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, including a suspected gun shot wound, suffered during an aggravated...
No appeal for man convicted of assaulting woman, biting her labia
PENTICTON - Brian Douglas Louie will remain behind bars for the completion of a 2.8 year sentence after losing his appeal on Jan. 20. Louie was convicted of aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm for a violent attack on a woman in 2012, during which he bit off a piece of her labia during...
Sharing a cell with a dangerous offender: “A threat that goes right down into my core”
PENTICTON - Two RCMP officers recalled a 2011 assault of a young woman at a second-hand store, during the dangerous offender hearing and sentencing of David Bobbitt today in Penticton Supreme Court. Cpl. Jill Wrigglesworth was called to Dave’s Second Hand Shop on Ellis St. the night of July 31, 2011 after the car of...
BOBBITT: Doctor says victim suffered life-threatening injuries
PENTICTON - The victim of an aggravated and sexual assault incident on July 31 2011 suffered life-threatening injuries, an emergency doctor said today during the dangerous offender hearing and sentencing of Penticton man, David Bobbitt. Dr. James Atkins treated the victim in the early morning of July 31, 2011, shortly after her arrival to the...
Bobbitt hearing could extend into the new year
PENTICTON - The dangerous offender hearing for David Bobbitt may continue into the new year after a Supreme Court Justice ordered a recall on a witness whose whereabouts are unknown to the court and police. Defence lawyer Jim Pennington applied for the right to further question the witness who testified earlier in the hearing that Bobbitt...
Penticton man keeps long-term offender status, appeal denied
PENTICTON - Wilfred Charles Baptiste will keep his criminal designation as a long-term offender after his appeal to have the designation removed was dismissed. Baptiste did not think he fit the long-term offender criteria and appealed to have the designation removed. The appeal was dismissed by Justice Wilcock in Penticton Supreme Court on Sept. 23,...
Man charged with aggravated assault that left victim with serious head injuries
VERNON - A charge has been laid in connection with a violent assault that sent a man to hospital with a fractured skull. Lucas Slizak, 23, faces a charge of aggravated assault in relation to a Sept. 21 incident at Monashee’s Bar and Grill. The victim, a 23-year-old Vernon man, was allegedly punched, kicked in...
Punched, kicked in the head and left unconscious at a bar
VERNON - A Vernon man was allegedly punched, kicked in the head and left unconscious at a local bar Sunday night and police need help with the investigation. Police are still trying to put the pieces together after the aggravated assault at Monashee’s Bar and Grill. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says officers were dispatched to...
Another example of the horrors of drug addiction: judge
KELOWNA - An admitted drug addict who brutally attacked another admitted drug addict pled guilty to aggravated assault and has been sentenced to two years in prison. James Andrew Miklik, 37, punched Margitt Laverentz 4 times after he felt she had “shorted” him on a drug deal and wasn’t happy with her response to his...
Victim’s mother gives emotional testimony in dangerous offender hearing
PENTICTON - The mother of a sexual assault victim in the dangerous offender sentencing hearing for David Bobbitt recalled the summer night her daughter went missing for hours, tortured by the man who held her captive. Her daughter hadn't shown up to work or dropped off her then 22-month-old son at his grandparents’ house to...