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Young offender gets surprise birthday cake in Coquitlam RCMP cells
COQUITLAM – A weekend stint in a Coquitlam jail turned into a birthday celebration for…
Why courthouse security was beefed up for Matthew Foerster sentencing
VERNON – When Matthew Foerster was sentenced this week at the Vernon courthouse, there was…
23-year-old Kelowna man pleads guilty to new charge of sexual interference of a minor
KELOWNA – A 23-year-old Kelowna man who was sentenced in 2013 for pushing the head…
Arrest made in connection to 2014 Kamloops homicide
KAMLOOPS – After more than three years, Kamloops RCMP have made an arrest in connection…
Kelowna jail guards re-issue strike notice
KELOWNA – Jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP detachment have re-issued a 72-hour strike notice…
“I was high for my entire stay:” Why B.C. prisons aren’t helping addicts
His parents thought a few months in jail would force him to sober up. They…
Robbers couldn’t get past security at licensed North Okanagan grow-op
“ARE YOU DEAD?" FRIEND TEXTS. "YEAH BABE, NO, BUT I LOOK GOOD IN A SKI…
North Okanagan senior receives longest jail sentence in B.C. history for animal cruelty: SPCA
VERNON – The B.C. SPCA hopes a jail sentence imposed against a North Okanagan horse…
House arrest upgraded to jail for North Okanagan horse owner
VERNON – Armstrong senior Gary Roberts will be serving his sentence behind bars rather than…
Former family counselor given 90 days in jail for molesting young Kelowna boy
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man admitted in court today to molesting a 13-year-old boy. Gregory…
Agitated, high and shirtless: Jail time for man who forced his way into West Kelowna home
"I WAS ACTUALLY BEING CHASED. I WAS SCARED THAT DAY." KELOWNA – It was just…
North Okanagan man sent to prison for violent convenience store robbery
LUMBY – A North Okanagan man who robbed a convenience store and traumatized the lone…
Kelowna man who caused fatal 2012 accident in West Kelowna sentenced for more driving violations
KELOWNA – “I think you’re a fairly bad driver.” That’s what a judge told a…
Jail time for man found with stolen candy, gift baskets from Vernon hockey tournament
VERNON – A man found with candy and gift baskets stolen from a youth hockey…
New clinic in Vernon hopes to catch missed FASD diagnoses among adults, including inmates
VERNON – A new clinic in Vernon is filling a province-wide gap for adults struggling…
Jailed man with lengthy criminal record loses appeal to go to treatment centre
NORTH OKANAGAN – A man with a serious drug addiction who claims he is not…
Sentence reduced due to errors in Vernon child sex assault case
CONTINUES TO SHOW NO GUILT OR REMORSE VERNON – A man convicted of raping his…
How B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is affecting the safety of prisoners, guards
NANAIMO SHERIFF TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER EXPOSURE TO DRUG THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is…
Armstrong man gets four years jail for ten years of constant sexual abuse
"ABHORRENT ACTS PERFORMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN" KELOWNA – An Armstrong man who molested two…
Salmon Arm man sent to prison after daughter speaks up about sexual assaults
SALMON ARM – A Salmon Arm man was sentenced to seven years behind bars and…
Failed armed grow-rip near Falkland leads to lengthy jail sentence
KAMLOOPS – Six thieves never made away with anything after a botched robbery at a…
Woman who attempted to smuggle drugs to Kamloops inmate gets jail after squandering second chance
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman who tried to smuggle drugs to her boyfriend in jail will serve a six-month jail sentence after leaving the drug rehabilitation program the courts ordered her to complete. Erin O’Morrow appeared by video in Kamloops Supreme Court today, Dec. 10, after breaching the conditions of an 18-month probation order Justice...
Cattle rustler handed jail time, ordered to pay over $30,000 in restitution
KAMLOOPS - A cattle rustler who attempted to sell his boss’s livestock in Alberta before fleeing to work at a Cache Creek ranch will spend the next year-and-a-half in jail after pleading guilty to several offences. On Nov. 12, Kamloops Provincial Court Judge Roy Dickey sentenced Jason John McDowell, 38, to 18 months after he...
Vernon man sentenced to jail time for child porn possession
VERNON - A Vernon man snared in a nation-wide child pornography investigation has been put behind bars. Rylan Sandberg, 46, was one of 150 Canadians arrested as a result of the investigation, which began in February 2014. A 49-year-old Vernon man and a 29-year-old Kelowna man were also arrested. Sandberg pleaded guilty to possession of...