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‘Deeply disturbing’: Judge says Vernon man’s online kidnap, torture writings have real-world consequences
Acting on a tip from a member of the public, police organized a sting operation…
Man arrested after allegedly grabbing child at Kelowna park, fleeing into Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA – A man is in custody after allegedly grabbing a child and fleeing police…
Man sentenced in Kamloops to over 5 years for ‘drug-fuelled crime spree’
KAMLOOPS — A man who pleaded guilty to numerous criminal charges including kidnapping, using an…
RCMP arrest five Kelowna suspects in kidnapping, assault case
KELOWNA – Police have arrested five suspects in connection to an allegedly kidnapping and assault…
Man wanted for Kamloops kidnapping, robbery arrested near Penticton
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops suspect wanted in connection to a kidnapping and robbery case last…
UPDATE: Suspects in custody after Kamloops carjacking, kidnapping
KAMLOOPS – An armed robbery in downtown Kamloops early yesterday morning turned into a kidnapping…
Man who held truck driver at gunpoint along Highway 5 could face up to eight years behind bars
KAMLOOPS – A man who held a transport truck driver at gunpoint for nearly four…
Victim’s fuzzy memory challenged on witness stand in Penticton kidnapping trial
PENTICTON – A kidnapping trial underway in B.C. Supreme Court in Penticton took an unexpected…
Gunshots fired during arrest of man on trial in Penticton for kidnapping
PENTICTON – Testimony today from one of the officers involved in the arrest of a…
Victim of Peachland internet date kidnapping ‘begged for her life’
KELOWNA – While his duct-taped victim begged for her life, Jean-Francois Dufour drove around the…
Guilty plea from Peachland man who refused to let date out of his car
PEACHLAND – A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to forcibly confining and threatening a girl…
Scant details released in alleged Cherryville kidnapping
CHERRYVILLE – Police are keeping mum on the details of an alleged kidnapping incident in…