Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker jailed, hopes to reform at local in-custody rehab program
NANAIMO - Already with a long history of property crimes throughout the mid-Island area, a first drug trafficking conviction resulted in an automatic jail sentence. Jesse Andrew Savidant, 35, was sent...
Nov 29, 2024
Enraged tenant jailed for Gabriola Island axe attack
NANAIMO - A little more than a month after moving onto a Gabriola Island property, a man lashed out by severely injuring his landlord with an axe. Gregory Francis Collins, 73, was jailed for the next ...
Nov 28, 2024
Man charged following brutal Nanaimo assault
NANAIMO - Police believe they've found the man responsible for a highly disturbing public assault on a sidewalk near downtown Nanaimo. Brent Giles George Houle, 45, is charged with aggravated assault ...
Nov 27, 2024
Man wanted for murder of woman in Nanaimo arrested in Cowichan Valley
NANAIMO - All three people charged with murdering a woman in Nanaimo in 2023 are now accounted for. Tyler Stephen Elrix, 41, was arrested on the weekend in Chemainus by members of the Vancouver Island...
Nov 25, 2024
Alleged impaired driver smashes into back of police cruiser during Nanaimo traffic stop
NANAIMO - A routine traffic stop on Nanaimo's Hammond Bay Rd. reversed in a hurry when an alleged impaired driver approached from behind. Nanaimo RCMP say it happened on Saturday, Nov. 23 at about 4 p...
Nov 25, 2024
Prolific Nanaimo offender returns to jail after offered residential treatment
NANAIMO - He was warned he'd likely go back to jail if he didn't report to a southern interior treatment centre and that's exactly what happened. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson was ordered to serve ...
Nov 19, 2024
Fishermen fails to get fine cut for damaging Sunshine Coast violations
NANAIMO - An experienced commercial angler remains on the hook for a $250,000 fine for damaging an environmentally sensitive ecosystem while bottom fishing for prawns. An appeal launched on behalf of ...
Nov 14, 2024
One injured, another arrested after fight breaks out near Nanaimo high school football game
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking into what sparked a fight between a group of youth at a local high school Wednesday evening.Police say a fight broke out around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, along...
Nov 14, 2024
Drug impaired driver sentenced in Nanaimo for death of retired RCMP officer
NANAIMO - Following multiple missed court appearances and an unsuccessful bid to have a blood sample warrant dismissed, a Port Alberni woman finally had her case concluded a painful five-and-a-half ye...
Nov 13, 2024
Nanaimo Hells Angel jailed 6 years for drug trafficking
NANAIMO - A lengthy investigation centered on identifying and dismantling highly organized Vancouver Island drug trafficking was aided by an informant and undercover police operation. William Karl Pau...
Nov 08, 2024