courts

Kamloops man banned from courts after misrepresenting himself as lawyer: Law Society

KAMLOOPS - The Law Society of B.C. took action against over a dozen people falsely representing themselves as legal professionals this year, including a Kamloops man who is now banned from the courts. In a media release today, Nov. 30, the society provided the list of those prohibited from practicing law. Between March 1 and...

Man who deceived police, courts with fake name guilty of obstruction

KAMLOOPS - A man who told police and the court a different name than his own got away with it for a period of time, but it finally caught up with him when he was convicted of obstructing justice last week in Kamloops Supreme Court. During a street check in 2013 Eric Bradley Charlie, 31,...

Dial-a-dope dealer caught in undercover sting

KAMLOOPS - A local dial-a-dope dealer will see three and a half more months behind bars after pleading guilty in Kamloops Supreme Court to two counts of drug trafficking today, June 22. Adam Duhamel, 34, was arrested in May after investigators obtained his number and began texting him for drug deliveries in an undercover operation....

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...

Judge ignores jury recommendations, imposes lesser sentence on convicted murderer

KAMLOOPS - Convicted murderer Robert Donald Balbar, 42, will not be eligible for parole for 13 years after he was sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, but it's less time than he got the first time he was tried. After his successful appeal of his first trial, a jury found the accused guilty for a...

UPDATE: Matthew Foerster guilty for earlier attacks against women

KELOWNA - Seven years before Matthew Foerster murdered Armstrong teen Taylor Van Diest, he snuck into a young Cherryville woman’s home, knocked her head against a wall and told her to come with him. Details about the 2004 assault, and a subsequent attack involving a sex-trade worker in 2005, were revealed during a sentence hearing...

Developers sue after Salmon Arm property buy turns sour

SALMON ARM - A multi-million dollar lawsuit is underway after a trio of developers found out the property they bought in Salmon Arm wouldn’t be as profitable as they’d expected. Smart Centres Inc., Salmon Arm Shopping Centres Limited and Calloway REIT (Salmon Arm) Inc. are suing EBA Engineering Consultants, and three of its employees, over...

Want to be a correctional officer at the new Okanagan prison?

PENTICTON - B.C. Corrections is looking for South Okanagan residents interested in becoming correctional officers to work at the new prison when it opens in 2016. The Justice Institute and B.C. Corrections will hold information sessions in Osoyoos, Penticton and Oliver throughout October and November. There will be orientation sessions to provide an overview of...

Charges dropped for murderer Keith Wiens

PENTICTON - Crown Counsel dropped charges last week against an ex-RCMP officer who was found guilty of murdering his common-law wife in 2011. Keith G. Wiens, who is facing a life sentence in federal prison, was charged with breaching his restrictions. Crown prosecutor John Swanson, who was assigned the case, said he was not told...