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Theft
Man back in custody minutes after leaving Penticton court
PENTICTON - A man found sleeping in a truck filled with stolen items made a court appearance yesterday, and then was taken back into custody just minutes after leaving the court house when he was witnessed stealing a cash box. The man, who is well known to police, was arrested Dec. 23 after residents reported...
Unlocked vehicle leads to theft from Lake Country garage
LAKE COUNTRY - Parked vehicles left unlocked, two with garage door openers inside, led to the theft of electronics and loose change this morning, as well as tools and fishing gear from a garage. A vehicle parked in the 9800 block Sonata Road in Lake Country was broken into sometime before 9 a.m. today, Dec....
Theft allegation behind Vernon dog rescue closure
VERNON - A controversial dog rescue in Vernon shut down its operations last week largely because of a specific allegation of theft involving the rescue's president caught on video, sources tell infoNEWS.ca. According to a volunteer, who has not yet agreed to be quoted for this story, she found her wallet missing following a Nov....
Woman pursues driver suspected of vehicle theft in Vernon
VERNON - A member of the public went above and beyond by tailing a driver who allegedly stole a truck earlier this week. Vernon RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police got a heads up around 7:20 p.m. Nov. 22 that a community member was following a 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup truck she’d just witnessed stolen...
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...
Vernon RCMP investigating more poppy donation thefts
VERNON - Police in Vernon are looking into new reports of stolen Remembrance Day poppy donations. The Vernon RCMP announced today, Nov. 9, an arrest had been made in connection with a Nov. 2 poppy donation theft at Bosley’s pet store, but Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police are also investigating two other similar thefts. On Nov....
Vernon poppy donation thief arrested
VERNON - Police have arrested a Vernon man in connection with what they call a ‘despicable’ theft last week. Matthew Stadel, 29, was arrested Nov. 6 and charged with a series of thefts, RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says. Stadel is accused of stealing a jar of poppy donations from Bosley’s pet store on Nov. 2....
Poppy donations stolen from one Vernon business, tip jar from a second
VERNON - Two local businesses are asking the public to keep an eye out after a man in a blue hoodie made off with poppy pin donations and a tip jar Monday evening. Bosley’s pet store manager Dawn Vipond noticed right away the poppy tray and donation jar was missing Tuesday when she came in...
Penticton search and rescue targeted by thieves
PENTICTON –The volunteers with Penticton Search and Rescue showed up at the group’s hall Saturday morning, Oct. 24, for a training exercise to find they were the victim’s of a break-in and theft. “We sure got a shock,” president Dale Jorgensen says in a media release. Thieves broke into two of the organization’s trailers. A...
Ranch hand pleads guilty to stealing employer’s cattle and other thefts
KAMLOOPS - Selling 10 of his employer’s cows worth $35,000, wracking up a work-related credit card and stealing thousands of dollars worth of property could earn a ranch hand fraudster federal jail time. Jason John McDowell, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of cattle theft in Kamloops Provincial Court today,...
Man steals from Lake Country laundromat
LAKE COUNTRY - In early October a man entered the Winfield Coin Laundry and used a technique to get the coin dispensing machine to give him coins without paying for them. The incident happened around 12:30 p.m., Oct. 5, when the unknown man entered the Highway 97 location and began ‘stringing’ the machine. RCMP describe...
Thieves target performance auto shop in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A Kelowna auto shop was the victim of an early morning break and enter Sunday which cost the owners thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. An unknown number of thieves broke into Cutting Edge Auto and Performance on Highway 97 North, Sept. 20. A media release from Kelowna RCMP does not say how...
Stolen Lake Country boat and truck recovered in Kamloops
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An observant off duty cop helped police recover a boat and truck stolen out of Lake Country Sunday night. The astute officer noticed a boat and trailer being unloaded on the side of the highway in the Dallas area early Monday morning, Sept. 7 and turned around to keep an eye on the...
This one simple thing might have prevented one-third of stolen vehicles in the Central Okanagan
SHAPING UP TO BE A RECORD YEAR FOR VEHICLE THEFTS KELOWNA – RCMP are warning vehicle owners not to leave keys in their ignition after incidents of vehicle theft has spiked in the last year. Cpl. Joe Duncan of the Kelowna RCMP says in a release 23 vehicle were reported stolen between Aug. 1 and...
Police tail prolific offender across Okanagan Lake, into the bush
VERNON - A police chase by both land and water ended with the arrest of a prolific offender in Vernon this morning. The pursuit began just after 6:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, after police received a report of a suspect on Okanagan Lake near Lakeshore Road. The man had commandeered a Zodiac boat and was...
Two arrested following Kelowna crime spree
KELOWNA - A day-long crime spree in Kelowna and West Kelowna ended after two men were arrested in a stolen pickup truck earlier this month. Several people and businesses were hit during the one day crime spree on June 3, Cpl. Joe Duncan says in a media release. The spree started with the theft of...
Vernon woman feels unsafe and fed up after repeated thefts from her car
“MY SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, THAT’S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THEY’VE TAKEN” VERNON - Pocket change, sunglasses, and credit cards are among the items stolen from Rhian Harrison’s car, but the Vernon resident says the biggest thing she’s lost over a series of thefts is her sense of safety and security. Since February, shortly...
Vernon dog team nabs neighbourhood thief
VERNON - A man accused of stealing from peoples’ boats, cars and garages was stopped in his tracks by the Vernon RCMP’s dog unit over the long weekend. Police received a report of a suspicious man going through cars and yards in the Cranberry Lane area of Middleton Mountain Monday, May 18. One caller reported...
Woman charged for making up story about Christmas break in: Global Okanagan
PENTICTON - A woman whose story of a lost Christmas captured people’s charity and goodwill last Christmas faces a day in court after being accused of falsely reporting the crime. Global News reported yesterday police received a tip shortly after the Dec. 22, 2014 break-in report that led them to believe Jackie Ann Hooper may have lied about...
Cash deposit stolen from Superstore Gas Bar
WEST KELOWNA – Police are asking for help from the public in identifying a man believed to have stolen cash from a gas station Monday afternoon. According to a release from Cpl. Joe Duncan, a suspicious man was seen 'hanging around' the Westbank Superstore Gas Bar around 12:45 p.m., April 6. “When the store attendant...
RCMP track phone and footprints to find alleged thief
KELOWNA - Police followed fresh footprints in the snow to find an alleged thief in the act of stealing an off-road vehicle from a Rutland garage Sunday afternoon. RCMP received a report of a break and enter in the 900 block of Old Vernon Road at 2:38 p.m. Jan. 18, 2015, according to a media...
Tip helps Mounties locate stolen truck and sleds
KELOWNA - A pickup truck and four of six sleds reported missing out of Kelowna were recently recovered by RCMP and they hope someone has information to help them locate the other two. The theft from the 1900 block of Underhill Street in Kelowna of the white Ford F350, Wells Cargo trailer and six snowmobiles,...
Stolen hard drive contains 3 years of irreplaceable UBCO research
KELOWNA - A woman didn't just lose her physical property in a recent theft, she lost three years of research for UBC Okanagan and now police are asking the public to help get it back. Mounties were told of the theft in the 1100 block of Research Road at the UBC Okanagan Campus Nov. 28,...
Kelowna duo arrested for stealing country club’s gas
SPALLUMCHEEN - A pair of Kelowna men didn’t make it far after trying to steal gas from the Spallumcheen Golf and Country Club. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the golf club’s alarm went off around 7:45 p.m. Dec. 27 at the outside gas tanks. Police found one suspect in the immediate area, and a second...