Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Pattison addresses property sale connected to proposed ICE facility
Jim Pattison Developments said it plans to fulfill commitments made in a property sale with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.The property-arm of the Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison G...
Jan 28, 2026

No further jail time for man who caused $14,000 damage to Prince George Regional Correctional Centre
PRINCE GEORGE - A 27-year-old man who caused almost $14,000 in damage to the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre was sentenced Nov. 24 to time served in Provincial Court. Smitty Ralph Bent plea...
Dec 07, 2025

Judge reserves sentence for man guilty of sexually exploiting teen
PRINCE GEORGE - A mother told a Provincial Court sentencing hearing in Prince George on Nov. 17 that she put her daughter in a home headed by a Christian man because the girl was vulnerable, in need o...
Nov 30, 2025

No verdict yet in first-degree murder case against Prince George man
PRINCE GEORGE - A BC Supreme Court judge will deliver his verdict on Nov. 10 after hearing the first-degree murder trial of a 25-year-old Prince George man.At the end of closing arguments on Oct. 2, J...
Oct 05, 2025

Campbell River woman handed 13-year prison sentence for drug trafficking
CAMPBELL RIVER - A lengthy jail sentence was applied to a woman who pleaded guilty in connection to highly publicized drug busts in Campbell River. Leah Marie Lewis, 57, was handed 13 years behind bar...
Aug 08, 2025

Almost three years in jail for man on 2024 firearms possession charges
PRINCE GEORGE - A Provincial Court judge in Prince George sentenced a man to 34 months in jail for firearms possession on July 23.Garnet Alexander Izony, born in 1991, pleaded guilty March 26 to posse...
Aug 03, 2025

Drugs and poverty often behind shoplifting cases in Prince George court
PRINCE GEORGE - It is one of the most-common offences heard in Prince George Provincial Court, but shoplifters guilty of theft under $5,000 rarely face a lengthy jail sentence.The frequency of charges...
Jul 19, 2025

Bail reform gets mixed reviews
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's former solicitor general is calling on the federal government to make further changes to bail laws to address the harm being done by repeat offenders. It's been an issue for some ...
Jul 10, 2025

New provincial crime initiative gets mixed reviews
PRINCE GEORGE - Downtown Crime The downtown is a hot button issue when it comes to crime, and today, the Province announced some relief in the form of the Community Safety and Targetted Enforcement pr...
May 30, 2025

Do you recognise this person?
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP is releasing surveillance video photographs of a suspect involved in a break and enter to a truck located on the 3900-block of Fifteenth Avenue that occurred on Tues...
May 22, 2025