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Suspects in Merritt car-jacking face assault charges in court

MERRITT - Two suspects arrested after an alleged car-jacking turned into a police standoff at a Merritt hotel are in court today. Samantha Kathleen Vleeming, born 1990, and Cory Claudio Battilana, born 1984, were arrested Nov. 25 after police followed up on a report of an attempted car-jacking at gunpoint. A man allegedly offered two...

Kamloops Cannabis Society increases security after armed robbery

KAMLOOPS - A local compassion club is upping its security after staff were robbed at gunpoint last week. The director of the Canadian Safe Cannabis Society Carl Anderson says he’s "disgusted" by the robbery and notes staff members are coping with help from Kamloops RCMP Victims’ Services branch. Around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, a suspect carrying...

Police in Vernon investigate another incident involving gunshots

COLDSTREAM - Mounties are investigating a confrontation in Coldstream which allegedly led to gunshots being fired in a front yard. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police were called out to a barn in the 6400-block of Highway 6 in Coldstream about 1:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 3 for a report of multiple shots fired in a...

Gun complaints lead to arrest in Aberdeen McDonalds parking lot

KAMLOOPS - A man with a gun standing in the Aberdeen McDonalds parking lot led to an arrest this morning. Local RCMP officers responded to the Aberdeen McDonalds at 8 a.m. today, Sept. 25 after receiving several complaints from people who witnessed a man with a gun standing in the restaurant’s parking lot. Const. Jason...

Police identify suspect in shooting case

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are on the lookout for a 26-year-old man believed to be involved in a shooting that put a second man in hospital Friday, March 6. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says investgators from the Serious Crime Unit have determined there was an "altercation" between two men at a North Shore residence Friday night, adding both...

Man in custody after firearm complaint

KAMLOOPS - Police have a 19-year-old man in custody after following up on a report of a distraught male with a firearm this afternoon. The incident occurred on the 1800 block of Tranquille around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the investigation is ongoing because police...

Police seek information in bizarre Kelowna handgun incident

KELOWNA - Police are looking for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a pair of Okanagan residents and then offered to help them change a tire. The strange incident happened Nov. 4 around 12:30 a.m. at the Willow Park Church parking lot at 439 Highway 33, states a release from the Kelowna RCMP....

Vernon RCMP on the lookout for armed robber

VERNON - Police are turning to the public for help locating the suspect in an armed robbery. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the Interior Savings Credit Union on 32 Street was robbed by a man with a gun around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The police dog team...

Cross border trip turns sour for American visitor

PENTICTON - An impulsive cross border visit by an American student last July proved costly after he failed to tell Canadian Border Services agents about a weapon he was carrying. Cole Reid Phillips pled guilty to a Canada Customs Act charge of smuggling firearms and possession of a restricted firearm, in a plea entered by...

Westside shooter threatened man and his young son

KELOWNA – The encounter lasted only a few minutes but left a strong impression on Mark Langmead and his 11-year-old son. “It was very disturbing,” he told Justic Ian Josephson in the B.C. Supreme Court trial of accused Westside shooter Michael Ellis Tuesday. “(My son) was very upset. He was extremely quiet and refused to...