Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Driver barreled over Nanaimo retaining wall after evading police
NANAIMO - Police say a vehicle sped off from a Harewood parking lot at a high rate of speed Friday night, hopping curbs before crashing minutes later. It happened just after 9 p.m. when an older model...
Mar 10, 2025
Man jailed for severe Nanaimo beating, drunk driving rampage
Editors note: this article contains descriptions of severe violence which some readers may find distressing. Discretion is advised.NANAIMO - A judge hopes treatment can help prevent future violent out...
Mar 10, 2025
Man jailed for violent sexual assaults against vulnerable Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - An offender's developmental and behavioural disorders weren't enough to prevent him from going to jail. Elijah Grier-Gaiga, 29, was sentenced to federal penitentiary for four years after he ...
Mar 07, 2025
Woman sentenced for death threat against Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP
NANAIMO - Frustrated with her local Member of Parliament's response to an evolving conflict on the other side of the world, a local woman made an egregiously poor judgment decision. Sent on Jan. 13, 2...
Mar 05, 2025
'There are no winners today:' pair jailed for stabbing death of Nanaimo man at Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - Two men convicted of manslaughter last year will spend the next four to eight years behind bars.Mark Jayden Harrison and Aiden Matthew William Bell, both 21 years old, were formally sentence...
Feb 19, 2025
Unlawful search argument denied for woman charged in death of Ladysmith infant
VANCOUVER - An unsanctioned midwife recently charged with manslaughter has unsuccessfully argued the search and seizure of items from her property was unlawful. Gloria Jeanne Lemay, 77, was charged la...
Feb 18, 2025
Charge laid after 90-year-old woman killed in Cedar hit-and-run
NANAIMO - A 26-year-old local man has been charged in relation to the death of a senior in Cedar last year.Justin Kenneth Nicholls was arrested and formally charged Wednesday, Feb. 12 with one count o...
Feb 14, 2025
Repeat Nanaimo sex offender pleads guilty to more child porn charges
NANAIMO - A jail sentence four years ago evidently didn't deter a Nanaimo man from further exploiting vulnerable children. Keith Minard Gates, 49, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb 12 in Nanaimo to a p...
Feb 13, 2025
Driver charged following death of pedestrian at Walmart parking lot
NANAIMO - A charge has been approved following the death of an elderly woman at a north Nanaimo parking lot. Jazmin Faye Patenaude, 24, is charged with dangerous driving causing death in connection to...
Feb 11, 2025
Charges laid following multiple Oceanside residential break and enters
NANAIMO - A man is accused of breaking into five additional Oceanside area homes after being originally charged with one local residential break-in late last year. New charges against Timothy Joseph D...
Feb 07, 2025