Armed Robbery
Armed robbery at West Kelowna motel
WEST KELOWNA – Staff at the Super 8 motel in West Kelowna were held up early this morning by an armed man who got away with some cash. RCMP say the robbery happened at about 2:50 a.m., March 27, at the motel on Westgate Road. A man with a weapon and with a black t-shirt...
Armed robbery at Kamloops gas station
KAMLOOPS – The clerk at the Sahali Esso convenience store wasn’t hurt during an armed robbery this morning, but was no doubt left shaken. Kamloops RCMP say a man walked into the gas station at 915 Columbia St. around 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 20, pulled out a knife, grabbed the clerk, and demanded money and...
Customer injured trying to stop armed robbery
KELOWNA – Police are looking for a teenager who hurt a bystander while trying to rob the clerk at a convenience store on Bernard Avenue early this morning. RCMP Const. Kris Clark says the boy, who appeared to be around 17-years-old, entered the 7-Eleven at 1115 Bernard Ave. at around 1:55 a.m., Monday, March 9...
Serial armed robber strikes in three provinces
VERNON – A serial bank robber who struck eight banks in three provinces in less than two months has managed to elude police, who are now asking the public for help identifying him. The first robbery was Dec. 1 in Princeton, followed by seven other armed robberies in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. On Dec. 9...
TIMELINE: Bank robber strikes three provinces in two months
VERNON - A man police are calling a serial armed robber has stolen cash from eight different banks across three provinces in just 52 days, and police are worried he's not done yet. The first in a series of similar incidents happened at 2:50 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2014, when a man dressed in dark...
Man allegedly wields a hatchet during three Kelowna robberies
KELOWNA - Kelowna RCMP are looking for a single suspect after three local businesses reported last week they'd been robbed by a man wielding a hatchet-like weapon. The first incident happened Jan. 25 at 6:22 p.m. at Okanagan Video located at 431 Highway 33 west. Officers were told a man came in with a hammer...
Serial bank robber taunts police with another robbery
VERNON – A man police allege is on a three-province robbery spree has likely hit his ninth bank just one day following an inter-provincial news blitz warning the public about him. According to a release from RCMP, the Dawson Creek RCMP responded to a hold-up alarm at a local financial institution Wednesday just before 4...
Winfield 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint
LAKE COUNTRY - An armed convenience store robbery in Winfield overnight ended with a police chase and a suspect in custody. The 40-year-old man from New Westminster was allegedly wearing a mask when he entered the 7-Eleven at 9724 Highway 97 at 2:47 a.m. Jan. 21 with a rifle in hand. Police were told he...
Armed robber who took pizza delivery driver hostage has sentence reduced
KELOWNA – A Surrey man who shot at police and kidnapped a pizza delivery driver after robbing a Kelowna pawn shop three years ago had his sentence reduced last week. Devan Markcus Wong, now 21, was wearing a ski mask and carrying a loaded 9mm pistol when he walked into Premier Jewelry and Loans in...
Vernon RCMP on the lookout for armed robber
VERNON - Police are turning to the public for help locating the suspect in an armed robbery. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the Interior Savings Credit Union on 32 Street was robbed by a man with a gun around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The police dog team...
Kamloops Mounties nab suspect in two armed robberies
KAMLOOPS – A 43-year-old man is cooling his heels in police cells after he was arrested in connection with a pair of armed robberies in Kamloops on Friday afternoon. At about 1:45 p.m., the clerk at the Tranquille Market on Tranquille Road and 12 Street was held up by a man with a gun, according...
Four charged with robbery remain in custody
KAMLOOPS - The four men suspected to be behind last week’s armed robbery where police found the trunk of their vehicle full of guns, all remain in custody. Crown prosecutor Iain Currie confirmed outside of court that Anees Mohammed, born in 1991, Ellwood Bradbury, born in 1990, Gopal Figueredo, born in 1993, and Triston Wight,...
UPDATE: Four suspects arrested in armed robbery
KAMLOOPS – RCMP have now arrested all four suspects near the New Gold mine after responding to an armed robbery call in the Cherry Creek area. Const. Jason Epp, one of 22 officers at the scene says the alleged robbery, believed to be targeted home invasion, took place at a residence along the TransCanada Highway...
Crime stats on the rise as cops catch more criminals, RCMP
KELOWNA – Incidents of domestic violence and other crimes are on the rise in Kelowna, but it’s not because there are more bad guys out there, the good guys are just getting better at catching them, according to RCMP Superintendent Nick Romanchuk. In his regular report to city council, Kelowna's top cop said the city saw...
Armed robber gets away with cash and drugs
PENTICTON – A man wearing a disguise and armed with a gun held up the pharmacist and the pharmacist technician at the Medicine Shoppe pharmacy Thursday morning. The man walked into the pharmacy at 2210 Main St. just before 9:30 a.m. He demanded drugs and cash from the two women. They weren’t hurt and no...