Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo man was handed an 18 month jail sentence for possessing and selling fentanyl on multiple occasions. Peter Reiner Niederhumer, 52, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 28 after pleading...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - A lengthy history of fishing act violations and court breaches has taken an embattled Gabriola Island commercial fisherman to the top court in B.C. A notice of civil claim against Sc...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Fort St. John RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating two men wanted for assault with a weapon.Twenty-nine-year-old Branden Miskenack and 31-year-old Richard Clet...

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - Two people armed with a gun walked into a convenience store on Burrard Street in Vanderhoof Tuesday (July 20) morning and fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money. RCMP sa...

NANAIMO - Local police are set to be out in full force on area roads through the rest of the summer months, targeting impaired drivers.The annual summer CounterAttack campaign began at the end of June...

Editor's Note: NanaimoNewsNOW has updated this story to add a statement published Thursday, July 22 from the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre.NANAIMO - The former executive director of the Nanaimo Aboriginal...

QUADRA ISLAND - An incident drawing a substantial police response to Quadra Island is being reviewed by the Independent Investigations Office.According to the IIO, police responded to reports of a per...

Editor's Note: The following story contains details of documented abuse of children and is not suitable for all readers. Discretion is advised.NANAIMO - A large child porn bust linked to a Nanaimo man...

NANAIMO - Police are investigating a "disturbing" attack against a homeless person. A 45-year-old man pushing a shopping cart along Victoria Ave. in south Nanaimo around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 10...

QUESNEL - A collision that sent four people to hospital also resulted in a Good Samaritan being hospitalized with serious injuries in Quesnel.On June 30, 2021, at approximately 7:00 a.m., a truck trav...