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Pepper Spray
iN VIDEO: Kamloops business owner pepper-sprayed while trying to stop alleged thief
A Kamloops business owner got a blast of pepper spray last week after trying to…
Custodian pepper sprayed while confronting Kelowna thief
KELOWNA – When trying to confront a thief, a Kelowna custodian was pepper sprayed last…
No supper at Vernon’s Upper Room Mission due to pepper spray incident
VERNON – The Upper Room Mission was forced to evacuate today after someone discharged pepper…
Kamloops carjacker pepper sprays three, escapes with car
KAMLOOPS – Police are searching for the man responsible for pepper spraying three people and…
VIDEO: Man with hatchet tasered and pepper sprayed by Kamloops cops
KAMLOOPS – A bystander waiting for a bus captured on video a police confrontation with…
Kelowna suspects arrested for pepper spraying local bus driver
KELOWNA – Several people have been arrested and the search is on for one more…
Man arrested after pepper spraying Rayleigh homeowner, stealing truck
KAMLOOPS - One suspect is in custody after he allegedly stole a pickup truck before pepper spraying a home owner in Rayleigh today, Jan. 6. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for Kamloops RCMP, says police received a report around 7 a.m. about a Dodge pickup truck stolen from a location on Royal Avenue overnight. Shortly...
Clerk pepper sprayed in Kelowna robbery
KELOWNA - Early Sunday morning a man entered the Mac’s Convenience Store on Richter Street demanding cigarettes before pepper spraying the clerk and fleeing the scene. Cpl. Joe Duncan with the Kelowna RCMP says they received the call around 2:30 a.m., May 24, that a man had robbed the Mac’s Store in the 2100 block...
Arrest made in Vernon corner store armed robbery
VERNON - Police arrested a man who allegedly pepper sprayed a corner store employee and made off with cigarettes and cash. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk said officers identified the suspect as a 19-year-old Vernon man and arrested him the afternoon of Jan. 8. The man is expected to appear in court Jan. 9 to answer...
Pepper-sprayed patron at Vernon Rec Centre
VERNON - A man was peppered-sprayed in the changeroom at the Vernon Recreation Complex Wednesday night and police are still searching for a suspect. Staff called RCMP at roughly 9:15 p.m. Nov. 26 to report the incident. When Mounties came to investigate, they were told the suspect ran out the back door of the complex....
No victims, no charges in Vernon pepper spraying
VERNON – Vernon RCMP haven’t been able to find the victims of a pepper spraying spree just south of downtown Sunday evening. Police say they responded to a report of three men and two women pepper spraying people in the 3600-block of 27th Avenue at around 5 p.m. Officers arrested four people and took them...