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Vernon Arsons
Vernon firestarter lands three-year sentence for 2014 arson spree
VERNON – A former Salmon Arm school teacher-turned-spree-arsonist got almost three years in prison today…
Alleged Vernon arsonist ordered to stand trial on rash of fires from 2014
VERNON – A former school teacher in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District has been ordered…
Alleged Vernon arsonist now also facing child porn charges
VERNON – Charges are piling up for a Vernon man accused to setting fires in…
UPDATE: Vernon man charged with arsons submitted photos to news outlets
HOME UNDER POLICE GUARD VERNON – Police have arrested and laid a series of arson…
Suspicious fires in Vernon now at 77 in past two years
VERNON – If you paid attention to the news during the past couple of years,…
Vernon man sentenced for setting fire outside pet shop had history of arson
LIGHTING FIRES MADE HIM FEEL BETTER VERNON – In sentencing a Vernon man to three…
Mystery continues for Vernon’s rash of arson cases, despite recent arrest
VERNON – A series of suspicious fires in Vernon is not being pinned on a…
Charges no longer being pursued against man accused of Kal Park arson
VERNON - A conviction is no longer being pursued against a North Okanagan man facing arson charges in connection to a fire in Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park last summer. Justin Rees, 24, was charged with one count of arson damaging property following the June 12 fire near Juniper Bay. At the time, authorities said the...
Two suspicious fires under investigation in Vernon
VERNON - Police are taking two separate suspicious fires in Vernon very seriously. At this point, investigators can’t say if the pair of fires are connected, but RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says these types of cases ‘take a very high priority’ at the detachment, particularly in light of a string of high profile unsolved arsons...
NEWSMAKERS 2014: String of arsons go down as worst in recent memory
THIS WEEK, INFONEWS.CA IS COUNTING DOWN THE TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR. TODAY: NUMBER THREE VERNON - Authorities called it the worst fire-setting spree in recent memory, and with the close of 2014, we still don’t know who’s responsible. Over 20 fires were set across the city this past year, beginning in late spring...