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Kelowna Rcmp Theft

Theft from vehicles up 35 per cent last month

KELOWNA – RCMP are once again reminding residents to lock their vehicles after reports of theft jumped 35 per cent last month. Cpl. Joe Duncan says compared with the same month last year, theft from vehicles went from 143 in November 2014 to 193 last month. “Obviously it’s been a huge issue,” he says. According...

Can you help this Kelowna teenager get his sentimental birthday present back?

KELOWNA - A Kelowna teen is hoping social media can help him recover a pile of car stereo equipment stolen from a car parked outside his house, some of it a gift from his father for his 17th birthday. “It was an early birthday present,” Kristian Magee says. “He just gave it to me last...

Thefts from vehicles on rise in Kelowna; RCMP asking you to protect your property

KELOWNA - For the Kelowna RCMP the huge jump in vehicle break-ins last month is mostly a crime prevention issue. According to an RCMP report, there were more than twice as many thefts from vehicles in the city in October than during the same month last year. The number jumped to 290 in October 2015...

Rash of theft from vehicles in Kelowna

KELOWNA – Despite an awareness campaign launched a few weeks ago, there were numerous reports of theft from vehicles in Kelowna over the weekend. RCMP says the car break-ins happened in the Selkirk Drive area in Glenmore with thieves stealing credit cards, cash, wallets and sunglasses. Cpl. Joe Duncan with Kelowna RCMP is asking people...

Marcel Irnie still ready to race despite losing superbikes to thieves

KELOWNA – A Canadian superbike champion is going to have to race with a backup bike after his two BMW race bikes were stolen out of a Kelowna parking lot in broad daylight. Kelowna’s own Marcel Irnie, who taught himself to ride on Westside Road, was working out at Worlds Gym in Kelowna two weeks...

Memories stolen in Mission Creek Park theft

KELOWNA – When Amber Coyle would visit her dad at the extended care home where he spent his final years, she’d always look through his wallet. “He had all of my school pictures from Kindergarten through Grade 12 in there," she says. "He also had pictures of my mom and my sister and I so...

Motorcycle, cash and pendant stolen in separate thefts

KELOWNA – RCMP are asking the public for help locating several items stolen in Kelowna and West Kelowna over the last ten days. On April 19 a client at a Kelowna tanning salon left behind a gold eagle pendant in one of the rooms. When the owner returned the pendant was missing. It is said...