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Stolen iPod, thousands of photos returned to rightful owners
VERNON - It must have been quite a surprise for a pair of B.C. residents to see their picture posted on the news last week. A pleasant surprise, given the circumstances. Police released the photo after seizing what they believed to be a stolen iPod during a recent arrest. They found thousands of photos of the...
Do you know these people? Police recover stolen iPod loaded with thousands of photos
VERNON - Mounties are searching for the owners of an iPod containing one thing that’s irreplaceable in most thefts: photographs. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says the iPod was seized during an arrest and is believed to have been stolen from the Greater Vernon area. “RCMP are in possession of the iPod, and would like to...
Vernon RCMP investigating more poppy donation thefts
VERNON - Police in Vernon are looking into new reports of stolen Remembrance Day poppy donations. The Vernon RCMP announced today, Nov. 9, an arrest had been made in connection with a Nov. 2 poppy donation theft at Bosley’s pet store, but Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police are also investigating two other similar thefts. On Nov....
Thievery at scrap metal yard in Lumby
LUMBY - Thieves made off with a large haul of scrap metal in Lumby last week, and while not exactly gold, the material was quite valuable. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says the large quantity of scrap copper pipe stolen from a scrap metal yard on Trinity Valley Road the night of Oct. 13 was worth...
Research vessel stolen from remote North Okanagan lake
VERNON - Police in Vernon are on the lookout for a university’s stolen research vessel. The boat, a 12-foot aluminum Crestliner with no motor, was moored in Kaiser Bill Lake, just south of Lavington, but was stolen sometime between Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says. The boat belongs to the University...
Construction sign heist hits North Okanagan highway
LUMBY - Police are scratching their heads after numerous traffic signs went missing from a highway construction project in the North Okanagan. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says Controlling Traffic Limited has reported roughly 30 signs stolen from an area on Highway 6 between Lumby and Lavington where paving work is being done. The signs, which...
Two arrested for series of Kelowna vehicle thefts
KELOWNA – Two men have been charged with multiple offences relating to what police call a series of vehicle thefts in Kelowna this month. On Sep. 6 the Kelowna RCMP Street Enforcement Team with the assistance of a police dog arrested two men for possession of break-in instruments and theft of motor vehicles. Kody James...
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...
Custom trike and trailer stolen from Kelowna home
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man is offering a $5,000 reward for information that reunites him with his cherished and unique three-wheeled motorcycle that was stolen over the weekend. Ron Berthelette bought the customized Boss Hoss trike from Texas ten years ago. He says it’s one-of-a-kind, due to it’s custom paint and rear section designed to...
Stolen food, car, identification lands jail time
KAMLOOPS – A man arrested for a raft of charges in several different cities will…
Kelowna women rescues dog being pulled behind moving vehicle
"WE ALMOST THREW UP WE WERE SO SCARED." OKANAGAN – Four friends from Kelowna were driving on Road 22 in Oliver last Friday night when they saw something they couldn’t believe: A puppy, less than two months old, being pulled behind a moving vehicle. “It was one of those really small lane roads,” says one...
Vernon thief caught on video not who victims expected
VERNON - Police are looking into an odd theft committed by what appears to be an unexpected culprit — an elderly woman. Footage captured by a Vernon couple’s surveillance camera shows what looks to be an elderly woman making off with a patio table shortly after 6 a.m. on April 3 in the area of...
Man arrested for powering licensed grow-op with stolen electricity
CHERRYVILLE - Police found something wasn’t quite right at a licensed medical marijuana grow-op in Cherryville. RCMP say officers were already aware of the legal, 1,200 plant operation in the North Fork Road area, but had suspicions the operator was stealing electricity. Police executed a search warrant at the property March 17 and arrested one...
Serial gas thief on the loose in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS – Someone began siphoning gas from vehicles in Westsyde last weekend and police are now on the lookout for the gas thief, or thieves. According to Cpl. Cheryl Bush she is aware of five vehicle owners who have come forward to report they had fuel drained from their gas tanks on Feb. 15. She adds...
How a community saved Christmas for young family robbed of presents
KELOWNA – The Beston family Christmas tree is surrounded by presents again, thanks to an outpouring of support from the community. Jason and Jenny Beston, the parents of a family that was robbed of cherished personal items and presents just days before Christmas, say they have been overwhelmed with gifts from the community over the...
$20,000 worth of pro camera equipment reported stolen
KELOWNA – An early morning break and enter has cost a Kelowna camera store close to $20,000 in professional equipment. The theft happened at Lens and Shutter on Harvey Ave. around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. Store manager Jaime Paniagua says he found out about the theft when the security company called and told him three...
Forged prescription for painkillers lands accused in jail for one day
PENTICTON - A local man who pleaded guilty to using a forged prescription got off with a one-day jail sentence and never had to leave the Penticton Courthouse. Alexander Milne, 60, was caught on March 3, 2014 trying to get a prescription filled using a forged document. Milne, who suffers from an auto-immune deficiency had...
Vernon RCMP investigate gun theft
VERNON - Police are appealing to the public for information about a break-and-enter over the weekend. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a report of a break-and-enter in the 9500 block of Highway 97. An entire gun safe containing 17 rifles and five handguns was stolen from a shed...
Vernon RCMP seek victims of early morning theft from vehicles
VERNON - If items went missing from your car overnight, there’s a chance police have both the culprit and your belongings. Just before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, police were called to the 900 block of Waddington Drive, where two employees caught a man rummaging through a staff vehicle. The suspect was flipping through papers and...
Kelowna man allegedly driving stolen car arrested for theft and weapons
KELOWNA - It started with a mounty locating a stolen car outside a Bernard Avenue residence Wednesday night and ended with the arrest of a Kelowna man who faces a number of potential theft and weapons charges. A Kelowna RCMP officer was patrolling a known problem residence in the 700 block of Bernard Avenue at...
Surrendered dog in animal cruelty case stolen from SPCA
PENTICTON - One of the dogs under the care of the SPCA following an animal cruelty investigation in Vernon was stolen Wednesday night. South Okanagan/ Similkameen branch manager Corinne Ross says staff arrived Thursday morning to feed the dogs and realized one of the surrendered carlin pinschers was gone. “Someone had taken wire cutters and...
Have you seen this alleged guitar thief?
KELOWNA – RCMP are looking for the man who stole a guitar from a Kelowna music store almost two months ago. Police say a $700 lap steel guitar was stolen from Wentworth Music, 1634 Harvey Ave. in mid-August. Const. Kris Clark says police have released images of the suspect from the stores’ surveillance video because...
Neighbour posts videos of alleged thief breaking into vehicles
KAMLOOPS - A resident of Juniper Ridge is doing his own police work by taking advantage of some surveillance video and social media. The security cameras on Mark Lane’s home have caught images of a man stealing from his neighbour’s vehicles along Similkameen Place. Lane has posted the videos to his Facebook page and YouTube...
Two men charged following stolen car investigation
VERNON - An investigation into stolen cars and property has led Vernon RCMP to the arrest of two men. The men were in possession of stolen property, arrested and charged this past weekend following an investigation according to an RCMP press release. Tim Ross, 20, was charged with four counts of theft over $5,000 and...