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Drunk, stoned and lost in Enderby
ENDERBY – An inebriated 20-year-old man is lucky he didn’t freeze to death after getting lost in the Enderby area. Police were called to the home on Highway 97A around 4 a.m., Friday, Feb. 20 about a dispute between two men who had been drinking and using drugs. One of the men left the house...
RCMP search for a driver in bizarre crash investigation
VERNON – RCMP have a mystery on their hands after officers showed up at a car crash on Silver Star Road on the weekend to find the vehicle upside down and running, but no sign of the driver. The driver of a Toyota Corolla hit a power pole around 3:40 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 21. The...
RCMP helicopter permanently flying north
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Don't expect to see RCMP helicopters flying overhead as often going forward, a Kamloops-based RCMP helicopter will be handed over to the North District this April leaving only one to cover the entire district. “They’re moving the one from Kamloops to Prince George. (The district-level decision) was based on the fact that they...
UPDATE: Missing senior located
UPDATE: 5:08 P.M., FEB. 25 The man has been located and returned home safely. KAMLOOPS - An 80-year-old man has not been seen since he left his home earlier this afternoon and RCMP are asking for help in finding him. Gerald Fraser, who suffers from dementia and is hard of hearing, left his home around...
Mounties exhaust ground search in Samantha Paul investigation
KAMLOOPS - Mounties have wrapped up their search for clues in the death of Samantha Paul near White Lake and Campbell Lake but they aren't saying much about what they found. Cpl. Cheryl Bush said in a release today they discovered some skeletal remains which they believe are Paul's. She was reported missing in September...
Renewed call for information in decade old homicide case
KAMLOOPS - The body of Shana Labatte was discovered in the Mission Flats area in 2004 and RCMP are again asking for help from the public in solving the decade old case. Labatte’s body was discovered near a walking trail March 23, 2004 and RCMP were quick to say the 31-year-old had been murdered. At...
Meeting called to calm concerns about threatening letter found at schools
PENTICTON – While investigators try to figure who is behind the bizarre, threatening letter which forced some schools in the South Okanagan to go into lock down last week, RCMP and school district officials will try to calm concerned parents on Sunday. A stack of 30 copies of the letter threatening to harm students was...
Suspicious bag leads to firearm arrest
KAMLOOPS - One man is in custody and another expected to face charges after RCMP found a duffle bag with a loaded firearm inside. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says RCMP noticed two males, one carrying a duffle bag, along the frontage road in the 1800 block of East Trans-Canada Highway round 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19....
UPDATE: Three injured, one seriously, in Vernon head-on crash
VERNON – A three vehicle crash on Highway 97 just north of Vernon sent three people to hospital and closed the route in both directions for about three hours Friday afternoon. The crash happened around 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20 at the intersection of Highway 97 and Old Kamloops Road. Two cars and a semi...
Police took his stuff without a warrant, now he is fighting to get it back
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man went before a provincial court judge today with an unusual request—he wants his marijuana plants back. A Kamloops RCMP officer removed ten plants after she found them in Henry Rhode’s apartment while dealing with an unrelated matter involving his daughter, last summer. He was never charged, despite the fact his...
Lumby RCMP appeal to public after two thefts in less than a week
LUMBY - Police are reaching out for public assistance in solving two thefts earlier this month in Lumby. The first was a break and enter Feb. 8 at Tire Craft on Dyffryn Road. The alarm was set off, and when police arrived, they found the rear door had been forced open and money stolen from...
Salmon Arm man struck with metal pipe during bizarre altercation
POLICE APPEALING TO PUBLIC FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SUSPECTS VERNON - Mounties say a Salmon Arm man was attacked through his car window last week while stopped at an intersection. The unusual assault occurred last Wednesday, Feb. 11, around 9:15 p.m. in front of the Green Valley Motel on 25 Avenue. A 26-year-old Salmon Arm man...
Alleged thief fails again, and again, and then it gets worse
VERNON - First, an alleged thief failed to steal the goods and then it went downhill from there. Vernon RCMP brought in the dog unit to investigate a report of a theft of a trailer in progress at Silver Star Mountain Resort, Thursday, February 12. Mounties were called to parking lot "E" at 6:30 p.m.,...
Security tightened at ministry office
KAMLOOPS – Enhanced security, including locked doors and a security guard, was put in place at a Brocklehurst ministry office recently but officials are staying tight-lipped as to what led to it. The Ministry of Children and Families office on Southill Street had 'enhanced security' for an undisclosed period. “Based on information received by the...
Stolen ATVs lead RCMP to men from Osoyoos and Kamloops
OSOYOOS - Two men will face charges following the theft of two ATVs and the attempted theft of a UTV as well as an attempted break and enter in the Anarchist Mountain area between Feb. 11 to 14. A utility trailer was also taken from 62 Avenue according to an RCMP media release. They say...