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Kamloops Theft

Kamloops RCMP searching for owner of tin with sentimental jewelry

KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for the owner of a unique tin containing what appears to be sentimental jewelry after recovering the items following an arrest at the end of December. Two men were taken into custody on Dec. 28 for a break and enter at a compound on Cariboo Place, Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a...

UPDATE: Suspect identified after theft from firefighters’ charity

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops firefighter took it upon himself to locate a man he suspects of stealing from a warehouse full of donated items heading to the less fortunate in Nicaragua and says he managed to convince him to talk to police.  Kamloops Fire Rescue firefighter David Sakaki, who regularly makes volunteer trips abroad to...

Two teens arrested following armed robbery in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Two teens have been arrested following an armed robbery that took place in downtown Kamloops early Sunday evening. An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman allegedly entered a vehicle on St. Paul Street West where two other teens were seated around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, and presented knives before demanding phones and...

Bandits break-in to Bikini Bills in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Thieves shattered a downtown store window with a fire extinguisher last night, Dec. 29, and made off with three swimsuits from a display. “It could have been a lot worse,” Bill Sanesh, owner of Bikini Bills on Victoria Street, says. Sanesh says he received a phone call from the RCMP around 7 a.m....

Theft highlights true meaning of Christmas for Kamloops business-owner

KAMLOOPS - A local business-owner whose store was broken into and her Christmas presents stolen is happy to report her family managed to have one of their best holidays yet despite the setback. Diane Stetar, who owns the Aberdeen store A Favor to Remember had several items along with her four children’s Christmas presents lifted...

Kamloops party store crushed by Christmas thieves

KAMLOOPS - At a time when the holidays are about gifting, a local business-owner was targeted by thieves who stole multiple items from her store, along with her four children’s Christmas gifts. Diane Stetar says thieves robbed her Aberdeen store, A Favor To Remember, the evening of Dec. 15 by entering through a construction site....

Searching for suspects after two Kamloops thefts

KAMLOOPS - Two separate thefts earlier this fall remained unsolved and Crime Stoppers is now appealing to the public for help in identifying the suspects. On Oct. 17, a male entered Interior Hobby and Crafts on Tranquille Road and left with a remote controlled helicopter he did not pay for. The suspect is 5’9” with...

Teller at Kamloops bank under house arrest for stealing thousands from employer

KAMLOOPS - A former Bank of Montreal teller will spend the next four months under house arrest after stealing more than $16,000 from his employer to gamble at the casino. David Somyos Hammond, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of theft over $5,000 today, Nov. 26, in Kamloops Provincial Court. Hammond, a Thompson Rivers University...

Help identify this woman using a stolen bank card in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Three weeks after Crime Stoppers asked for help identifying a fraud suspect, RCMP are still looking for the woman. On Sept. 18 someone broke into an elderly couple’s vehicle at McArthur Island Park and stole a wallet. A stolen bank card was then used at Walmart and RCMP say the woman has been captured...

Employee bear sprayed by shoplifter in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A loss prevention officer attempting to stop a shoplifter was bear sprayed outside a Kamloops drug store this morning. Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP says the male suspect was leaving the Cooper's Foods store on Lansdowne Street around 11:15 a.m. with goods that had not been paid for. When the loss prevention...

Two men arrested in connection with Kamloops pizza delivery driver car-jacking

KAMLOOPS - Two people accused of stealing a Kamloops pizza delivery driver’s car earlier this month were arrested after allegedly stealing a second pizza delivery driver’s vehicle in Grand Forks, B.C. Sgt. Darren Oelke with the Trail RCMP says in a media release two suspects approached the driver and robbed them of their cash and...

Kamloops gas station target of overnight break and enter

KAMLOOPS - Cash, cigarettes and lottery scratch tickets were stolen during an overnight break and enter at a North Shore gas station. The theft happened some time overnight after a suspect or suspects pried open the locks at the Chevron gas station on Eight Street, Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP says in a media...

Kamloops computer store out $1,000 in product and a door following morning theft

KAMLOOPS - A computer store is out one door, a few refurbished computers and a bit of cash after thieves backed their car into the store’s window in a break and enter early this morning. Gary Johnston, the owner of Josto Technologies and Computers, says he got a phone call from the resident living above...

Early morning theft from Kamloops computer store

KAMLOOPS - RCMP were called to a theft in progress at a local computer store early this morning. Sgt. Bob Fogarty says RCMP were called around 4:15 a.m., Monday, Aug. 17, to a break, enter and theft in progress at Josto Computers on Hillside Drive, where they found the store extensively damaged. Fogarty says the...

Mandolin melody cut short after thief’s quick nab

KAMLOOPS - Garry Armstrong expected to play his mandolin for seniors on the North Shore yesterday, but couldn’t after it was stolen just moments after he arrived at the Chartwell Kamloops Retirement Residence on Tranquille Road. Armstrong set his instrument and an amp down near the front of the building while he entered the through...