Kamloops Theft

Kamloops RCMP searching for owner of tin with sentimental jewelry

KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for the owner of a unique tin containing what appears to be sentimental jewelry after recovering the items following an arrest at the end of December. Two men were taken into custody on Dec. 28 for a break and enter at a compound on Cariboo Place, Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a...

UPDATE: Suspect identified after theft from firefighters’ charity

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops firefighter took it upon himself to locate a man he suspects of stealing from a warehouse full of donated items heading to the less fortunate in Nicaragua and says he managed to convince him to talk to police.  Kamloops Fire Rescue firefighter David Sakaki, who regularly makes volunteer trips abroad to...

Suspects cut hole through building but flee empty-handed

KAMLOOPS - Suspected thieves managed to run away from a break-in scene, but did so empty-handed after RCMP officers arrived at the golf shop around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. Spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says rural RCMP officers responded to an alarm at the Rivershore Golf Links Golf Shop on April 7. Officers believe the suspects...

Bandits break-in to Bikini Bills in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Thieves shattered a downtown store window with a fire extinguisher last night, Dec. 29, and made off with three swimsuits from a display. “It could have been a lot worse,” Bill Sanesh, owner of Bikini Bills on Victoria Street, says. Sanesh says he received a phone call from the RCMP around 7 a.m....

Two teens arrested following armed robbery in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Two teens have been arrested following an armed robbery that took place in downtown Kamloops early Sunday evening. An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman allegedly entered a vehicle on St. Paul Street West where two other teens were seated around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, and presented knives before demanding phones and...

Theft highlights true meaning of Christmas for Kamloops business-owner

KAMLOOPS - A local business-owner whose store was broken into and her Christmas presents stolen is happy to report her family managed to have one of their best holidays yet despite the setback. Diane Stetar, who owns the Aberdeen store A Favor to Remember had several items along with her four children’s Christmas presents lifted...

Kamloops party store crushed by Christmas thieves

KAMLOOPS - At a time when the holidays are about gifting, a local business-owner was targeted by thieves who stole multiple items from her store, along with her four children’s Christmas gifts. Diane Stetar says thieves robbed her Aberdeen store, A Favor To Remember, the evening of Dec. 15 by entering through a construction site....

Searching for suspects after two Kamloops thefts

KAMLOOPS - Two separate thefts earlier this fall remained unsolved and Crime Stoppers is now appealing to the public for help in identifying the suspects. On Oct. 17, a male entered Interior Hobby and Crafts on Tranquille Road and left with a remote controlled helicopter he did not pay for. The suspect is 5’9” with...

Teller at Kamloops bank under house arrest for stealing thousands from employer

KAMLOOPS - A former Bank of Montreal teller will spend the next four months under house arrest after stealing more than $16,000 from his employer to gamble at the casino. David Somyos Hammond, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of theft over $5,000 today, Nov. 26, in Kamloops Provincial Court. Hammond, a Thompson Rivers University...

Help identify this woman using a stolen bank card in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Three weeks after Crime Stoppers asked for help identifying a fraud suspect, RCMP are still looking for the woman. On Sept. 18 someone broke into an elderly couple’s vehicle at McArthur Island Park and stole a wallet. A stolen bank card was then used at Walmart and RCMP say the woman has been captured...

Employee bear sprayed by shoplifter in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A loss prevention officer attempting to stop a shoplifter was bear sprayed outside a Kamloops drug store this morning. Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP says the male suspect was leaving the Cooper's Foods store on Lansdowne Street around 11:15 a.m. with goods that had not been paid for. When the loss prevention...

Two men arrested in connection with Kamloops pizza delivery driver car-jacking

KAMLOOPS - Two people accused of stealing a Kamloops pizza delivery driver’s car earlier this month were arrested after allegedly stealing a second pizza delivery driver’s vehicle in Grand Forks, B.C. Sgt. Darren Oelke with the Trail RCMP says in a media release two suspects approached the driver and robbed them of their cash and...