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Man who attacked sheriff, corrections officer escapes lengthy jail sentence

KAMLOOPS — A local homeless man narrowly avoided a lengthy federal prison sentence for his attacks on peace officers and making a threat against a witness. Matthew Charles David Hein, 28, pleaded guilty to three charges in Kamloops Provincial Court today, Oct. 29. All the offences occurred while Hein was serving a sentence at Kamloops...

Inmate bites guard at Kamloops jail

KAMLOOPS - An officer at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is still off work after sustaining a bite from an inmate during an assault Saturday evening.  A statement from the Corrections branch of the Ministry of Justice says the inmate was being removed from his cell on April 25 when he bit the guard. RCMP...