Jessica Wallace
Have you seen Brooklynn Durning?
UPDATE - 9:20 a.m. April 18, 2013 Kamloops RCMP are reporting that a girl who went missing yesterday has been located. Brooklynn Durning has been found safe and sound. 5:30 p.m. April 17, 2013 Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for a 12-year-old girl who ran away from school earlier...
RCMP seeking help locating Kamloops man missing since February
RCMP are asking the public for help in locating a 57-year-old Kamloops man who has been missing since February. RCMP are saying that Paul Martin Loewen has not been seen since Feb. 19. One of his friends indicated that Loewen was unhappy, not working at the time and wanted to find 'a better place to...
No criminal record for assaulting guest of Sun Peaks
UPDATE - 5:35 p.m. April 16, 2013 A Sun Peaks hotel owner was found guilty today of assaulting a guest last year but won't see it on his criminal record. Provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison granted Manfred Kurt Kasprzik a conditional discharge because of the circumstances surrounding the assault, including the victim's provocation. Kasprzik was...
Local mechanic banned from driving for three years
Cars may be the subject of his day job, but a Kamloops mechanic won't be in the driver's seat for the next three years after a decision today in Kamloops Provincial Court. Charles Jeffrey Watson was convicted today of driving while impaired, driving while prohibited and failing to appear. Watson, a local mechanic, was handed...
Arrest made after alleged lunchtime robbery at Canadian Tire
UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. - April 15, 2013 Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect for uttering threats at a North Kamloops gas bar earlier today. A man called RCMP alleging a male had approahced him and threatened to shoot him on 8th Street around lunchtime today. A press release issued by Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward...
Multiple weapons seized during late night arrest
A 33-year-old male who was picked up late last night with multiple weapons in his possession is expected to face multiple charges in Kamloops courts today. He was arrested around midnight at a residence on Norview Road. "This is a result of an ongoing police investigation," said Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward in a press...
Family of missing woman pleads for information to reignite investigation
The family of a Kamloops woman who went missing last year from her downtown home is pleading for information one year later. Sandra Lynn Wilson, 42, was reported missing to Kamloops RCMP on April 6, 2012 and despite RCMP efforts, she has yet to be located. Wilson was last seen leaving her Fifth Avenue and...
Breaking down borders; RCMP program ships fugitives out of B.C.
A fugitive recently sent half way across the country on outstanding warrants is part of an ongoing effort by local RCMP to maintain accountability and community safety. The B.C. Fugitive Return Program takes individuals residing in B.C. with outstanding warrants in other provinces and ships them back out for prosecution. The program is funded by...
Windows pried open into two Brock homes yesterday
Kamloops RCMP are warning the public of multiple break and enters that occured in Brocklehurst yesterday. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said culprits forced their way into two homes on the 1900 block of Fleetwood Avenue during the day yesterday by prying open windows. "The police are requesting for homeowners to keep an eye out...
Charges dropped for one, three to stand trial for jail sex scandal
Two RCMP officers and a jail guard will stand trial after allegedly watching and failing to intervene on two women performing sexual acts in city cells while in police custody. Cpl. Kenneth Brown, Const. Stephen Zaharia and jail guard David Tompkins will stand trial facing one count each of breach of trust after a preliminary...
Head-on collision in Knutsford kills one passenger
UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. April 8, 2013 By Jessica Wallace Kamloops RCMP are awaiting a driver who remains in critical condition from a deadly car accident to help piece together the events that lead to the crash. Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said an investigation is ongoing into cause of a head-on collision on Highway 5A...
Former teacher and convicted sex offender headed back to jail
A former Kamloops teacher and convicted sex offender is headed back to jail for having sex with a minor. Brett Anthony Nelson, 52, will serve two years less a day in prison and three years probation after pleading guilty today in B.C. Supreme Court on charges of sexual interference of person under 16 and breach...
Investigation into suspicious fire on hold
WAITING FOR LAB DATA ON CAUSE OF FIRE The investigation into a 'suspicious' fire is on hold as RCMP await lab results from the scene. The information will help determine the cause of a fire that extensively damaged a rooming house complex at 331 Seymour St. W around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, March 30. "The next...
Environment Canada; April showers in the forecast
It's cold, it's hot, it's cold again – if you're not happy with the weather in Kamloops, wait 15 minutes.
Cause of suspicious fire still unknown
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. April 4, 2013 By Jessica Wallace The landlord of a rooming house that caught fire Saturday night is saying he had recently handed one tenant an eviction notice. "The joys of being a landlord," said Michael Fane. "They hadn't paid their rent." Fane said he hasn't heard from the tenant since he...