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Assault rifle, silencer seized during Kamloops traffic stop
KAMLOOPS – Multiple people have been arrested and firearms have been seized after a traffic…
Shots fired in North Okanagan neighbourhood lead to massive gun seizure, arrests
ARMSTRONG – RCMP have seized a huge cache of firearms after responding to reports of…
Man at centre of North Okanagan standoff with police facing charges
COLDSTREAM – Police say a 33-year-old man is facing numerous charges in connection to a…
Case against Silver Creek man Curtis Sagmoen will go to Supreme Court
VERNON – A Silver Creek man accused of threatening a woman with a gun has…
Reports of possible firearms in Penticton attract police attention
PENTICTON – Penticton police responded to two separate calls about people brandishing suspected firearms last…
Vernon man convicted of numerous gun and drug charges hopes to limit time behind bars
VERNON – Lawyers continue to spar in Vernon court over a fit sentence for a…
Polson Park shooter handed nine years in jail
VERNON – A Vernon man will spend the next several years in jail for his…
Harsh jail term sought against culprit in 2014 Vernon shootout
VERNON – A stiff jail sentence is being sought in relation to a 2014 Vernon…
UPDATE: Lengthy jail term sought for Vernon man to send message amid rising gun violence
UPDATE: DEFENCE CALLS FOR IMPROMPTU ADJOURNMENT VERNON – The Crown is sending a strong message…
Kamloops Mountie wasn’t in the wrong when she questioned man at traffic stop: Appeals court judge
KAMLOOPS – A Supreme Court judge has overturned a decision to acquit a Kamloops man…
Judge to decide what evidence will be used against Kamloops couple after charter rights breached
KAMLOOPS – It's been more than two years since Kamloops RCMP raided the home of…
Hunters with loaded guns in vehicles worry Kamloops area conservation officers
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops hunters need to heed the law when they’re driving with their guns,…
More firearms surrendered in Kelowna during gun amnesty than anywhere else in B.C.
KELOWNA – The Kelowna gun amnesty program resulted in the most police service calls and…
Man arrested with multiple guns after highway accident near Merrritt
MERRITT – RCMP arrested a man with multiple guns last week after an accident on…
Guns, thefts and fire keep Chase RCMP busy
CHASE – Firearms violations and thefts kept Chase RCMP busy over the past two weeks.…
Penticton man pleads guilty to transporting illegal firearms through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Penticton man who paid two teenagers to drive him and a trunk full of guns to the Fraser Valley before being chased throughout Kamloops’ Aberdeen neighbourhood won’t be out of jail until late next year after receiving his sentence today, Dec. 7. Nicolas Stephen Galbraith, 29, was supposed to have his trial...
Federal prison for three of four convicted in Cherry Creek break and enter
KAMLOOPS - Four men who stole firearms and cash from a home before running from police in a high speed car chase which prompted an emergency mine closure were sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, May 20. Ellwood Bradbury, 24; Gopal Figueredo, 22; and Anees Mohammed, 23 were sentenced to three years in federal prison...
Alleged thief’s guns were within reach during RCMP chase
OSOYOOS - RCMP arrested the armed driver of a 'getaway' vehicle that made it to Osoyoos following an alleged break and enter in Midway, B.C., January 23. In a media release, Mounties say the 2003 Dodge Dakota was stolen from Grand Forks. It was then driven to Midway where Daniel Wayne Miller, 43, of Cranbrook...
Intoxicated Vernon teen caught with drugs, revolver and bullets
VERNON - A Vernon teenager spent Christmas with RCMP after getting caught with a 375 Magnum revolver and various drugs. It was roughly 9:10 p.m. Dec. 25 and the intoxicated 16-year-old was creating quite a scene in the area of Highway 6 and Pottery Road. “The man was walking in and out of traffic on...
Search for firearms leads mounties to Lumby grow-op
LUMBY - Police went looking for illegal firearms at a Lumby residence earlier this month and turned up what they call a dangerous, albeit legally licensed marijuana grow-op instead. Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce said police executed a search warrant Dec. 12 at a residence in the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue looking for firearms. The...
Oliver man to serve weekends for assault with a weapon
PENTICTON - An Oliver man who entered a home in Okanagan Falls and beat the residents with a crow bar because of an alleged sexual assault, will spend 90 days in jail every weekend until his 90 days are up. Robert David Delve, born in 1979, pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a...
Vernon RCMP investigate gun theft
VERNON - Police are appealing to the public for information about a break-and-enter over the weekend. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a report of a break-and-enter in the 9500 block of Highway 97. An entire gun safe containing 17 rifles and five handguns was stolen from a shed...
Penticton man sentenced to five years in prison for sex assault
PENTICTON - A local man was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual and aggravated assault. Darren MacDonald, 42, appeared in Penticton Supreme Court via video conference from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre where he has been in custody since Aug. 11, 2013. He pleaded guilty this...
RCMP find guns and drugs in Highland Motel room
PENTICTON - Three people were arrested for drugs and possession of weapons on Saturday night at the Highland Motel after police were called to calm down a party. Police first spotted a sawed-off shotgun inside the room. After an investigation of the room, police seized additional weapons, a large quantity of MDMA (Ecstasy), other illicit...