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Crime
Vernon police seize cache of weapons from sleepy driver
VERNON – A Surrey man woke up this morning in police custody after officers found…
South Okanagan kidnapping trial gets even weirder
PENTICTON – The trial of Afshin Maleki Ighani adjourned yesterday after three days of testimony…
New Kelowna RCMP unit arrests three theft ring suspects
KELOWNA – A newly formed Kelowna RCMP unit is basking in some initial success. Kelowna…
North Okanagan RCMP arrest suspect in credit card theft
ENDERBY – RCMP have nabbed half of suspected thieving duo in Enderby after a two-month…
Vernon fast food restaurant held up by man with syringe
VERNON – RCMP are on the hunt for a suspect after a robbery at a…
Man gets house arrest for drunken Penticton assault
PENTICTON – A Fort St. John man will serve an eight-month conditional sentence for the…
Second brush with the law for Olalla man results in charges
PENTICTON – An Olalla man who was recently the centre of a major police action…
North Okanagan RCMP use spike belt to stop stolen pickup
VERNON – Officers from Vernon and Lake Country worked together to catch a car theft…
Car theft suspect narrowly misses Penticton RCMP officers in escape bid
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP were successful in taking a man into custody after he attempted…
Judge sentences Vernon driver to four months in prison for ‘dangerous, crazy behaviour’
VERNON – A Vernon man who fled from police by car and by foot, even…
Accused in manslaughter case arrested after missing Penticton court appearance
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP have arrested a man following his failure to appear in Penticton…
Salmon Arm RCMP nab suspected thief after one-man crime spree
SALMON ARM – A man who stole a purse at the hospital in Salmon Arm,…
Vernon computer theft linked to Kelowna electronics grab-and-dash thefts
VERNON – Vernon RCMP are investigating an electronics theft with links to a similar Kelowna…
Man who shot, wounded his own threatening tenant in West Kelowna facing lengthy jail term
KELOWNA – An aging West Kelowna man could spend more than four years in prison…
Focused break-in at downtown Vernon business
PENTICTON – The thieves knew what they were looking for during a business break-in yesterday…