Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

New crime-fighting tools on the way
PRINCE GEORGE - When the RCMP gets a call for service - possibly a mental health call - the officer on scene will soon be able to use a program called Health IM to do an on-the-scene assessment of the...
Feb 10, 2022

Loaded shotguns & homemade bomb among haul from Nanaimo traffic stop
NANAIMO - What originally looked like a routine traffic stop turned into a substantial bust by local Mounties.RCMP media liaison officer Cst. Gary O'Brien said an officer spotted a suspicious older mo...
Jan 26, 2022

Quesnel man charged in homicide and disappearance of missing woman
QUESNEL, B.C. - A 51-year-old Quesnel man has been charged in the disappearance and homicide of Carmelita Abraham.RCMP say Joseph Simpson was arrested on Thursday (Jan. 13). On Friday (Jan. 14). polic...
Jan 15, 2022

Two men arrested after six-hour stand off in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man who Williams Lake RCMP call a prolific offender was arrested after a six-hour stand-off with police on New Year's Eve.Mitchell Nicholas Jeff's charges include pointing a fi...
Jan 02, 2022

Canada wide warrant issued for prolific Nanaimo drug trafficker
NANAIMO - Mounties across the country are on the look out for a Nanaimo woman with an extensive criminal history.Courtenay Serah Cross, 45-years-old, was released from prison on Dec. 16 on statutory r...
Dec 30, 2021

RCMP cruiser damaged in collision with garbage truck
PRINCE GEORGE - A Prince George RCMP cruiser was badly damaged in a collision with a truck transporting garbage on Friday around noon.The collision happened at the intersection of Highway 16 and Westg...
Dec 24, 2021

'You have to be aware:' scrooge-like scammers eager to steal your holiday cash and identity
NANAIMO - Winter holiday season is prime time for thieves and fraudsters who're all too happy to play the role of Grinch.Sue Labine, supervisor with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, said counterfeit me...
Dec 24, 2021

Man arrested after suspicious death south of Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A 23-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following the suspicious death of a young woman in Esk'etemc, south of Williams Lake.Williams Lake RCMP say Waylon Da...
Dec 22, 2021

Man wanted out of Prince George arrested in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say Sam Anthony Rossetti is back in custody.The 26-year-old man was found and arrested on Southill Street without incident after RCMP conducted surveillance on the 1900-block ...
Dec 21, 2021

Oceanside RCMP warn of scammers impersonating police/CRA agents in Bitcoin fraud
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP revealed a complex scam involving someone impersonating a Canada Revenue Agency agent and a local Mountie.Sometime this week a resident received a call from someone saying ...
Dec 19, 2021