Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo RCMP announce new Superintendent and detachment commander
NANAIMO - A new officer is heading up the Harbour City's police force. Supt. Andrew Burton was appointed the new Officer In Charge of the Nanaimo RCMP, effective immediately, after serving in the role...
Oct 07, 2024
Kilograms of illicit drugs, guns and money seized by Nanaimo police after OPS arrests
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are calling it a "significant drugs and weapons bust" connected to a local overdose prevention site. As first reported by NanaimoNewsNOW, Gerid James Gregory-Allen and Sara Ly...
Sep 24, 2024
Police make substantial drug & weapons bust connected to Nanaimo overdose prevention site
NANAIMO - A police raid at a heavily used harm reduction site in Nanaimo resulted in several criminal charges against two people. Gerid James Gregory-Allen and Sara Lynn Koshman were arrested in conne...
Sep 23, 2024
Release conditions applied to former Nanaimo teacher facing child porn charges
NANAIMO - Release conditions have been implemented against a former Nanaimo substitute teacher charged with a pair of child pornography offences. Darrell Christopher Gilkes, 31, appeared briefly via v...
Sep 15, 2024
'She was worried he would kill her:' Nanaimo man sentenced to 6 years for violent sexual assault
Editors note: This story contains graphic details that may not be suitable for some readers. NANAIMO - A local man will spend the next six years behind bars for violently sexually assaulting and forci...
Sep 14, 2024
'Play stupid games and win stupid prizes': Nanaimo house cleaner stole wedding rings and cash
NANAIMO - A rogue maid with no prior criminal record hoped to keep her blatant indiscretions a secret. Fighting back tears throughout her sentencing hearing, the actions of 54-year-old Penny Lee Hof w...
Sep 12, 2024
Impaired driver pleads guilty to mid-Island crash which killed former Mountie
QUALICUM BEACH - A woman admitted to being under the influence of methamphetamine while she veered into oncoming lanes leading to the death of a man near Whiskey Creek. Belinda Mary Hainsworth pleaded...
Sep 11, 2024
Woman sentenced for repeat fake gun robbery at same Nanaimo gas bar
NANAIMO - A sentencing hearing outlined the extreme actions a woman took to get off the streets and receive mental health support which she said weren't available in the community. Karlee Ann Pelletie...
Sep 10, 2024
Homicide investigation underway after Nanaimo man found in Lake Cowichan
LAKE COWICHAN - Officers from the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit are investigating the death of a man in Lake Cowichan. Police were called to a home in the 7900 block of Cowichan Lake Rd...
Sep 09, 2024
VIDEO: Alleged machete-wielding attacker in Nanaimo was on bail during crime spree
NANAIMO - Numerous serious charges have been approved against a prolific offender following a series of violent Labour Day incidents.Christopher Douglas Bartos, 32, of Nanaimo allegedly assaulted a ma...
Sep 03, 2024