Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo RCMP grapple with 20% increase in criminal incidents
NANAIMO - The number of criminal incidents in Nanaimo reached a five-year high in 2018.Nearly 11,700 confirmed incidents were handled by Nanaimo RCMP, compared to 9,500 the year before. Nanaimo RCMP h...
Aug 01, 2019 The total number of criminal violations in Nanaimo in 2018 was more than 1,000 higher than the previous year. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Former Nanaimo hospice executive convicted of Kelowna fraud, ordered to repay $100K
NANAIMO - A disgraced former non-profit executive who stole more than $100,000 from a Kelowna based hospice organization is going back to jail and handed a much heavier fine.Susan Maureen Steen, 72, w...
Jul 31, 2019
'It's extremely busy:' Nanaimo police fighting rise in child porn cases
NANAIMO - Specially trained officers tasked with investigating child porn and sex assault cases involving minors in the Nanaimo region have no shortage of work to do.A series of disturbing files leadi...
Jul 29, 2019 Nanaimo Mounties have seen a marked increase in child porn and sex offences against minors. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Downtown Nanaimo altercation leaves one man in hospital with serious injuries
NANAIMO - A melee outside a downtown Nanaimo pub escalated to the point of a man being stabbed and taken to the hospital. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the altercation broke out shortly after mi...
Jul 27, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP say an altercation on Skinner St. shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 27 resulted in a man being stabbed. (Terri Cook/Facebook)
Alberta RCMP apologize for poor investigation into Indigenous woman's death
EDMONTON - The commanding officer of the RCMP in Alberta has apologized to the family of an Indigenous woman who disappeared nine years ago and whose killer has never been found.Amber Tuccaro was 20 y...
Jul 25, 2019 Amber Tuccaro
Nanaimo RCMP expanding Crime Watch program
NANAIMO - Local police are working to expand a vital program putting more eyes and ears on the street. Nanaimo RCMP hope to have a more-fulsome Crime Watch program up and running by the fall. It's an ...
Jul 24, 2019 The Nanaimo RCMP hope to have more resources for an on-the-ground initiative by the fall. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Oceanside RCMP nab prolific offender after alleged botched escape
BOWSER - A man well-known to Oceanside RCMP is once again in police custody after allegedly fleeing and getting stuck in a creek bed. Cpl. Jesse Foreman said Justin Joseph Kloss, 26, was spotted by an...
Jul 24, 2019 Prolific offender Justin Joseph Kloss is once again in police custody after being nabbed once again in a botched escape. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Police seek B.C. murder suspects in swamp, bush, bugs of northern Manitoba
The deputy mayor of a remote northern Manitoba town says residents are locking their doors earlier than usual after word of a police manhunt in the area for two suspects in the deaths o...
Jul 24, 2019
UPDATE: violent offender arrested in Nanaimo after Canada-wide arrest warrant issued
UPDATE: Nanaimo RCMP arrested a violent offender who they say breached his parole conditions by leaving a Victoria halfway house.Jesse Wayne Goodale, 29, was arrested Wednesday, July 24 at around noon...
Jul 23, 2019 Jesse Wayne Goodale, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his statutory release conditions. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Formerly missing Port Alberni teens now suspects in northern BC killings
VANCOUVER - RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.RCMP Sgt. Janelle Shoihet told report...
Jul 23, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are now considered suspects in the killing of three people in northern BC. (RCMP)