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Vernon firestarter lands three-year sentence for 2014 arson spree
VERNON – A former Salmon Arm school teacher-turned-spree-arsonist got almost three years in prison today…
Castanet reporter faces criminal charge for publishing banned info
KELOWNA – A reporter for Okanagan news outlet Castanet is facing a criminal charge for…
Vernon judge gives prolific thief second chance
VERNON – A prolific offender will have a chance to get his life back on…
Accused pleads guilty in Vernon roof surfing accident that killed friend
VERNON – A man involved in a tragic "roof surfing" car accident nearly three years…
Kelowna society for disabled claims book-keeper stole millions
KELOWNA – A Kelowna agency that supports developmentally disabled youth and adults says it was…
Identity thief sentenced to 10 months in prison
VERNON – A man who stole a car and bundle of IDs and credit cards…
Car theft suspect caught in Penticton out on bail
PENTICTON – A Penticton man, who allegedly stole a vehicle in Kelowna and subsequently assaulted…
Why a Lake Country man got probation for smashing dad’s head with a bat
KELOWNA – He fractured his own father’s skull with an aluminum baseball bat after a…
South Okanagan woman finally sentenced for 2015 drug conviction
KELOWNA – A South Okanagan woman tried to use the fact that she fled from…
Man who shot, wounded his own threatening tenant in West Kelowna facing lengthy jail term
KELOWNA – An aging West Kelowna man could spend more than four years in prison…
Curtis Sagmoen gets absolute discharge for mischief
VERNON – Curtis Sagmoen was given an absolute discharge on a mischief charge in Vernon…
Reduced sentence for Vernon man caught rummaging through car
VERNON – A Vernon man who was arrested two years ago by a citizen —…
Judge sentences Vernon driver to four months in prison for ‘dangerous, crazy behaviour’
VERNON – A Vernon man who fled from police by car and by foot, even…
Man gets house arrest for drunken Penticton assault
PENTICTON – A Fort St. John man will serve an eight-month conditional sentence for the…
South Okanagan kidnapping trial gets even weirder
PENTICTON – The trial of Afshin Maleki Ighani adjourned yesterday after three days of testimony…
Kamloops RCMP officer pleads guilty to assaulting a man in handcuffs
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops RCMP officer has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection…
Victim’s fuzzy memory challenged on witness stand in Penticton kidnapping trial
PENTICTON – A kidnapping trial underway in B.C. Supreme Court in Penticton took an unexpected…
Gunshots fired during arrest of man on trial in Penticton for kidnapping
PENTICTON – Testimony today from one of the officers involved in the arrest of a…
No one was innocent in $2 million Kelowna fraud case
KELOWNA – Greed got the better of both the victim and the man who took…
Bait car thief sentenced in Vernon
VERNON – A man who fell for a bait car was sentenced to over a…
Okanagan man sentenced to over three years for child sexual abuse
VERNON – An Okanagan man is facing almost four years in prison after pleading guilty…
Kelowna couple who got legal advice from toy lion denied appeal
KELOWNA – A Kelowna couple with a history of erratic and fervently-religious behaviour had their…
North Okanagan man heading to prison for ‘predatory’ actions toward young girl
VERNON – A 39-year-old North Okanagan man who says "troubled girls (are) his specialty" will…
Kelowna man charged with murder released again
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man awaiting trial for the 2013 murder of Theresa Neville is…