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Kamloops Robbery

Brocklehurst robbery victim hit with bear spray

KAMLOOPS - Two people were bear sprayed in a cell phone robbery Wednesday evening in Brocklehurst. A female bear sprayed another female and stole her cell phone around 7:40 p.m., Aug. 5, in the area of Parkcrest Avenue and Schreiner Street. A male witness tried to go after the suspects and was bear sprayed as...

Armed robbers target guest at Best Western in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating after a man staying at the Best Western was robbed by a trio armed with a baseball bat this morning. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says RCMP received a call of a robbery in progress around 7 a.m. at the hotel on Columbia Street West. The victim, who was not injured in...

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...

Robbery at Westsyde pharmacy

KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for a man who demanded money and prescription medications at a Westsyde pharmacy Saturday afternoon. Sgt. Joe Morrissey says a man wearing a black motorcycle helmet demanded money and drugs from an employee at Cooper’s Foods pharmacy and then took off on a motorcycle around 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 9....

Search on for North Shore robbery suspect

KAMLOOPS – A man who produced a knife in a robbery at a North Shore convenience store this morning is on the run and RCMP are now looking for help in finding the man. Police officers are searching for a male suspect after the Mac’s Convenience Store on Tranquille Road was robbed before 5 a.m....

Man wields syringe in North Shore robbery

KAMLOOPS – An employee at a convenience store was threatened with a syringe during a robbery Tuesday morning. Around 9 a.m. a male entered the Cornerstone Market on 12 Street, presented a syringe to the clerk and demanded cash. The clerk was not harmed and the suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of money....