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Help identify these persons of interest in Kamloops assault case
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP need the public’s help to identify three suspects involved in an assault back in January. The assault occurred in the 500-block of Victoria Street, Jan. 10, 2015. Police were called to the area for a report of a male lying on the ground. RCMP discovered the victim had been assaulted...
Chase RCMP investigating thefts, mischief
CHASE - A generator, utility trailer and a truck were stolen in three different thefts in the last week of August and Chase RCMP are hoping the public can help. On Aug. 22, a new $3,000 red Honda EU 3000 generator was stolen from a campsite at Silver Beach in Seymour Arm. A few days...
Plan in place to support people evicted from Vernon motel
VERNON - Local organizations have a plan in place to support people evicted from the Green Valley Motel. Tenants must be out of the building by the end of the day today, Aug. 31, and Annette Sharkey from the Social Planning Council for the North Okanagan says local organizations, primarily the John Howard Society, are...
Man in hospital after rolling ATV near Vernon
VERNON - A 59-year-old man remains in hospital after rolling his ATV in the Lavington area east of Vernon Sunday. The rollover happened around 11:40 a.m., Aug. 30, in the Noble Canyon Road area, according to a media release. The man and his wife, both from Vernon, were going up a hill quite slowly when...
Foul play involved in body found in Polson Park
VERNON - Police are revealing more information about a man found dead last week in Polson Park. He has been identified as 42-year-old Jason Thomas Hardy, and police believe foul play was involved in his death. His body was found the morning of Aug. 26 in Polson Park. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says Hardy has...
Man arrested for groping store employee found not criminally responsible
KELOWNA – A 61-year-old man arrested for groping a female clerk at a downtown clothing store earlier this year won’t face any jail time as a judge ruled him not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder. Brian Edmund Spence was charged with two counts of sexual assault stemming from an incident which happened March...
Kamloops Rural RCMP deal with two separate vehicle crashes
CHERRY CREEK — Two people were sent to hospital after a collision on Highway 1 and Rodeo Drive near Cherry Creek today, August 26. Aird says three cars travelling in the fast lane were involved in the collision. The first, a blue Honda signalled to turn left. The second car in the chain made a...
Whereabouts of missing workers from Vernon remain a mystery
VERNON - Two months after going missing, four migrant workers last seen in the Okanagan still have not been located. The four men, from Mexico, were working at an orchard in Vernon before going missing in late June. According to the Vernon RCMP, they’d been in Canada for ten days before taking a cab from...
This one simple thing might have prevented one-third of stolen vehicles in the Central Okanagan
SHAPING UP TO BE A RECORD YEAR FOR VEHICLE THEFTS KELOWNA – RCMP are warning vehicle owners not to leave keys in their ignition after incidents of vehicle theft has spiked in the last year. Cpl. Joe Duncan of the Kelowna RCMP says in a release 23 vehicle were reported stolen between Aug. 1 and...
Missing woman with health concerns found
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - A missing Kelowna woman with health concerns has been located, according to RCMP. Brittany Nelson, 30, has been located and is safe and sound," Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a release sent one day after friends reported her absence. To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or...
Coroner identifies North Okanagan man killed in crash
SPALLUMCHEEN - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a North Okanagan man who died in a car accident last week. He was Matthew Jordon Maxime, 30, of Enderby, the Coroners Service says in a media release. Maxime was driving on Highway 97 near Eagle Rock Road in Spallumcheen, just south of Armstrong,...
Decision on Kelowna Mountie accused of assault expected in September
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – The judge in the trial of a Kelowna RCMP constable accused of assaulting an elderly bar patron will have to decide if the officer believed John McCormick was obstructing justice when he refused to leave Rose’s pub in downtown Kelowna last summer. Judge Gregory Koturbash heard final submissions in Kelowna Provincial...
Another break-in at a Tickleberry’s location
PENTICTON – For the second time this month, thieves have targeted one of the Tickleberry’s ice cream shops. This time the family-owned business’s location in Penticton was broken into. RCMP say Tickleberry’s on the Beach, the concession at Skaha Lake was broken into early this morning, Aug. 23. The safe was torn off the wall...
Grandfather wants to know what happened in ATV crash
LAKE COUNTRY - A grandfather is looking for answers after a serious ATV accident in orchard country left his grandson in coma. Kaiden Ross, 18, and an unidentified female passenger, also 18, were thrown from all-terrain vehicle they were driving the evening of August 12. The girl suffered minor relatively injuries but Ross ended up...
RCMP investigating suspicious fire at pizza shop
KAMLOOPS — A RCMP investigation is underway into a fire at a pizza shop which started after an accelerant was thrown through a broken window early this morning Firefighters extinguished the fire in the 400-block of Victoria Street around 5 a.m., Aug. 20. RCMP say investigators are still trying identify a suspect. If anyone saw...
UPDATE: 41-year-old woman located
UPDATE: 2:37 P.M., AUG. 18, 2015 RCMP say Tilley Powder has been located 'safe and sound.' 1:39 P.M., AUG. 17, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A woman last seen Tuesday in the downtown area of Kamloops has been reported missing by her family, who say it’s out of character for her to not be in contact. Tilley...
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...
Downtown stabbing sends one to hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A 23-year-old is being treated for serious injuries at Royal Inland Hospital after he was stabbed in a downtown parking lot Thursday evening. Around 7:20 p.m., Aug. 13, RCMP were called to the 7-Eleven on Seymour Street for reports of a stabbing. They found a 23-year-old male with serious, but non-life threatening injuries...
Two people injured in Lake Country ATV crash
LAKE COUNTRY - A Vernon teenager is in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after an all terrain vehicle crash in Lake Country Wednesday evening. The 18-year-old was driving a mini-ATV on Williams Road around 7:45 p.m., Aug. 12, when both the driver and passenger, an 18-year-old Vernon woman, were ejected. RCMP believe the vehicle experienced...
Man injured while free diving in Okanagan Lake has died
KELOWNA - A man who was critically injured while free diving near Paul’s Tomb on Sunday has died. The B.C. Coroners Service says 27-year-old Kevin John Stephens was free diving in Okanagan Lake and had submerged for several minutes before his girlfriend, also a free diver, brought him to the surface. “After several minutes she...
Body of missing Chase man found in river
KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old Chase man who went missing during the Kamloopa Pow Wow was found dead in the river on Sunday. Kamloops RCMP say Skyler Sampolio, who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 1, was found in the South Thompson River on Sunday, Aug. 9. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says there is no evidence of foul...
UPDATE: Kamloops boy located
UPDATE: 7:09 P.M., AUG. 10, 2015 RCMP say Bryston Krug has been located unharmed and has been reunited with his family. 2:01 P.M., AUG. 10, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A 12-year-old boy has once again gone missing and Kamloops RCMP are hoping the public will help locate him. Bryston Krug was reported missing Sunday evening, Aug....
Kamloops thieves caught, will face the music in court
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of dollars in music equipment was stolen on the weekend, but police quickly located the suspects and reunited the equipment with its owner. Thieves broke into a vehicle early Saturday morning, Aug. 8, and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment, according to Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP. Bush says police...
Accused in Brocklehurst robbery facing charges
KAMLOOPS - One of two people charged with robbery is in custody after a Brocklehurst robbery earlier this week. Chad Vincent Patrick Raedeke, born 1980, and Kathryn Hope Thomas, born 1987, were charged Aug. 5. Police arrested the suspects after a woman was bear sprayed around 7:30 p.m. before she had her cell phone stolen....