Break And Enter

Thieves target performance auto shop in Kelowna

KELOWNA – A Kelowna auto shop was the victim of an early morning break and enter Sunday which cost the owners thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. An unknown number of thieves broke into Cutting Edge Auto and Performance on Highway 97 North, Sept. 20. A media release from Kelowna RCMP does not say how...

Kamloops Mounties on the hunt for break and enter suspects

KAMLOOPS – Extensive damage was done during three Kamloops and area break-ins early this morning and RCMP are looking for a suspect vehicle involved in all of them. Police say the Super Save gas station on Dallas Drive, the Super Save gas station in Savona and the Tobiano Golf Course on Holloway Drive were all...

Kamloops gas station target of overnight break and enter

KAMLOOPS - Cash, cigarettes and lottery scratch tickets were stolen during an overnight break and enter at a North Shore gas station. The theft happened some time overnight after a suspect or suspects pried open the locks at the Chevron gas station on Eight Street, Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP says in a media...

Break-in at famous Okanagan Falls ice cream parlour

“HORRIFIC DAMAGE” OKANAGAN FALLS – Someone broke into Tickleberry’s, the famous Okanagan Falls ice cream parlour, early this morning by ramming a SUV through a wall. Owner Kelsey Hoy says she got the call from her alarm company at about 4:20 a.m., Aug. 3, and raced to her shop to find the RCMP already there....

Early morning break and enter in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A victim awoke to an intruder stealing an iPad right off the nightstand beside her bed early this morning. Around 4:30 a.m., July 24, the victim awoke to someone walking out of her bedroom and once fully awake realized the suspect had taken the iPad from the nightstand right beside her bed before...

No jail for break and enters

KAMLOOPS - After breaking and entering two separate residential garages last year, a babysitter will serve his four-month sentence in the community rather than jail. Adam James Thomas McMillan pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Aberdeen homes last October. Crown prosecutor Camille Cook said the owner of the first house noticed items were moved...

Mother, son duo arrested in connection with Lumby drug rip

VERNON - A mother and son duo are facing charges after allegedly stealing medical marijuana plants from a licensed grower in Lumby. Lumby RCMP Cpl. Henry Proce says charges have been laid in connection with a March 27 drug rip on Grandview Avenue. “The suspects forcibly broke into a house and stole the marijuana plants...

Thieves steal $100,000 worth of computers from Kamloops store

KAMLOOPS – In what the manager of Simply Computing in the Sahali Mall describes as something out of the movies, thieves broke into his store and stole iPads and MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs overnight. Regan Hayes says he figures they took between $50,000 to $100,000 worth of electronics out of his storage room. He’s...

Crime spree nets Vernon man more time behind bars

VERNON - A Vernon man says he was denied detox services for the third time shortly before attempting to carjack a woman’s vehicle and breaking into a nearby home. David Arthur Bruno Sammartino, born in 1984, was sentenced in Vernon Provincial Court Wednesday, April 1, on two charges of breaking and entering, and one of...

Vernon Mounties catch well armed break-in suspect

VERNON – An eagle-eyed neighbour played a role in the apprehension of a break-and-enter suspect in Vernon on the weekend. The man noticed someone rummaging through his neighbour’s truck on Mt. Fosthall Drive, Sunday, March 15, and called police. RCMP say a person matching the suspect’s description was spotted on a bicycle near the 7-Eleven...

Suspect wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested thanks to good neighbour

KELOWNA – A break and enter attempt was thwarted by the quick actions of a local citizen Monday morning. According to a media release from Cpl. Joe Duncan, Kelowna RCMP responded to a report of a break and enter in progress at a home on the 1900 block of Abbott Street on March 9, 2015,...

Attempted break and enter leads to arrest

KAMLOOPS - A man has been arrested following an attempted break and enter at a North Shore apartment this morning. Kamloops RCMP responded to a report of a male breaking into an apartment on Carson Crescent just before 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says no entry was gained to any of the...

Stolen ATVs lead RCMP to men from Osoyoos and Kamloops

OSOYOOS - Two men will face charges following the theft of two ATVs and the attempted theft of a UTV as well as an attempted break and enter in the Anarchist Mountain area between Feb. 11 to 14. A utility trailer was also taken from 62 Avenue according to an RCMP media release. They say...

Suspects apprehended after break and enter in Valleyview

KAMLOOPS - Police arrested two suspects after seeing a male suspect climb out of the fenced compound at RTR Performance while following up on an alarm call at the business in Valleyview. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson with the Kamloops RCMP, says the investigation revealed that the suspect broke a window to gain access to...