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Penticton Rcmp 2016
UPDATE: Stolen Penticton puppy retuned to owner
PENTICTON – A four-month-old puppy stolen from outside a church in Penticton earlier this week…
Penticton warehouse hit by cheese burglars again
PENTICTON – Penticton’s ice cream bandits have struck again. Or maybe it's a case of…
Penticton police investigating odd break ins, including one very cold case
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP are investigating a trio of bizarre break and enters across the…
UPDATE: RCMP arrest distraught man in Penticton
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP shut down a portion of Martin Street earlier today while they…
Okanagan, Shuswap offenders face multiple charges following Alberta bust
PENTICTON – Three prolific offenders from the Southern Interior have been removed from the streets…
Skateboarder hit in Penticton crosswalk
PENTICTON – A 12-year-old boy was hit in a crosswalk on a Penticton street last…
Penticton judge gets no help from Crown in sending message to criminals
PENTICTON – A Penticton judge, poised to send a strong message to Penticton criminals today,…
UPDATE: Bystanders catch suspect during Penticton jewelry store smash-and-grab
PENTICTON – A would-be thief smashed a glass display at a jewelry store in Penticton’s…
Push for motorcycle safety reduces fatalities and injuries in the South Okanagan
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan and Similkameen were safer places to ride a motorcycle last…
Driver involved in Penticton car crash dies in hospital
PENTICTON – The 88-year-old man rushed to hospital last weekend following a car crash has…
RCMP seeks couple who stopped to help after Christmas Eve crash near Summerland
SUMMERLAND - A couple stopped to help the people injured in a crash on Christmas Eve day near Kickininee Park south of Summerland, and RCMP are now hoping to hear from them. Around 8:30 a.m., Dec. 24, RCMP were called to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97. It was determined a brown Honda Odyssey minivan...
Trucks being targeted by thieves in the South Okanagan
PENTICTON - Thieves appear to be targeting Ford trucks in the South Okanagan, and RCMP believe this rash of stolen trucks is related to other thefts as well. A man who left his 1995 Chrysler Intrepid to warm up at the Holiday House Motel returned to find it missing at approximately 8 a.m. Wednesday morning,...
Taser used to subdue man threatening shoppers and police at Penticton mall
PENTICTON - A man who allegedly assaulted a senior and threatened shoppers and police with scissors at Cherry Lane Mall this weekend was eventually calmed by officers but not before they had to use a taser to subdue him. Police responded to calls of a man being assaulted in the northwest parking lot of Cherry...
UPDATE: SUV plunges into Okanagan Lake near Penticton; Summerland woman killed
PENTICTON – The driver of a SUV that plunged into Okanagan Lake from Highway 97 between Penticton and Summerland this morning has died. South Okanagan Traffic Services media spokesperson Sgt. Harold Hallett confirmed this afternoon, Jan. 4, the 42-year-old Summerland woman behind the wheel died in Penticton Regional Hospital as a result of the injuries...