Man arrested for committing indecent acts near the Okanagan Rail Trail

A 32-year-old Lake Country man has been arrested after Vernon RCMP were called on Sunday, Aug. 16 about a man behaving erratically near the three kilometre mark of the Okanagan Rail trail along Kalamalka Lake.

Witnesses were concerned about his inappropriate behavior at around 2 p.m. when many families with young children were using the trail.

“Our officers located the man in the bushes and confirmed the observations of the witness,” Cpl. Tania Finn, media relations officer for the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP, said in a news release. “The man was found committing an indecent act and was arrested.”

The man is facing charges of committing indecent acts and was released. He is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics