Bank Robbery
Kamloops man sentenced for robbing Kelowna bank
KELOWNA – A Kamloops man who told a Kelowna bank teller he had cancer before…
UPDATE: Serial B.C. bank robber sentenced to seven years in prison
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – Shaun Cornish spent weeks robbing banks across western Canada, now he…
Serial bank robber pleads guilty to four counts of robbery
KAMLOOPS – A man accused of robbing banks across Western Canada has pleaded guilty to…
Man charged in Salmon Arm bank robbery
SALMON ARM – A man who told a bank teller "there would be trouble" if…
Arrest made in Kelowna bank robbery
KELOWNA – An arrest was made over the weekend in connection with a robbery at a Bank of Montreal in Kelowna two days before Christmas. Tayler Verhaegen, 23, has been charged with one count of robbery. RCMP Const. Kris Clark says the arrest was made after a man stole an undisclosed amount of cash from...
2015 TOP STORIES: Major crimes across the B.C. Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - This year had no shortage of crime stories, with the RCMP launching several major investigations and the courts wrapping up cases from previous years. Here is a summary of some of the top crime stories of 2015. In August, a man was found dead in Vernon’s Polson Park. Police have kept mum on...
Robbery starts in bank, ends in bathroom
WEST KELOWNA - RCMP have arrested two men in connection with the robbery of the CIBC branch on Louie Drive in West Kelowna yesterday afternoon. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Joe Duncan said in a press release that a man walked into the bank at 2000 Louie Dr. on Monday, April 13, threatened a teller and demanded...
Serial bank robber taunts police with another robbery
VERNON – A man police allege is on a three-province robbery spree has likely hit his ninth bank just one day following an inter-provincial news blitz warning the public about him. According to a release from RCMP, the Dawson Creek RCMP responded to a hold-up alarm at a local financial institution Wednesday just before 4...
Police hunt for Kelowna bank robbery suspect
KELOWNA - Police need help identifying a suspected robber who was caught on a surveillance camera yesterday shortly before a heist at the Bank of Montreal in the Capri Mall. The lone male suspect entered the Harvey Avenue mall at 3:35 p.m. armed with a knife, according to an RCMP media release. He then secured...
UPDATE: Bank robbery suspect turns himself in to Kelowna RCMP
KELOWNA – A man wanted in connection with a Kelowna bank robbery turned himself into police Thursday night. Rory Richard Feeney, 31, was identified as the man who allegedly demanded money from a teller at the downtown branch of the TD Bank on Tuesday, according to RCMP. Police say no weapon was used, no one...