Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
'Don't act in isolation:' Oceanside Mounties warn of continues scams victimizing locals
PARKSVILLE - Scams continually hitting a wide range of people in the Oceanside area has local police trying to be proactive through increased awareness. In the first week of June, four complaints to t...
Jun 28, 2024
Multiple charges laid against Nanaimo man after fatal Parkway crash
NANAIMO - A local man is facing multiple charges, including criminal negligence causing death, after a crash on the Nanaimo Parkway last summer.Sixty-year-old Michael Allison Rennie is the man RCMP al...
Jun 27, 2024
Tenant convicted of Gabriola Island hatchet attack against 81-year-old man
NANAIMO - A provincial court judge called the version of events of a man charged in a disturbing 2022 attack "nonsensical" and "a complete utter fabrication." Gregory Francis Collins, 72, was found gu...
Jun 27, 2024
Nanaimo man charged with sexually assaulting youth in Alberta
NANAIMO - A man from Nanaimo faces serious charges after police in Alberta accuse him of luring and sexually assaulting a youth in Airdrie, AB.Airdrie RCMP began the investigation on June 12 after a r...
Jun 24, 2024
Stolen backpack at Duncan school nabs repeat offender 15-month jail sentence
DUNCAN - A man with a lengthy criminal history will be behind bars for the next 15 months after he stole a backpack from inside a Duncan school. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP said on March 8 around 2:45 ...
Jun 20, 2024
Former Nanaimo junior hockey player found not guilty of sexual assault
NANAIMO - A former local junior hockey player has been acquitted on a sexual assault charge following a trial. Justice Douglas Thompson announced the verdict in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Thursd...
Jun 20, 2024
Woman sentenced for post-treatment crime spree in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - An Alberta woman avoided jail after being convicted of stealing mail, a vehicle, and items from a thrift store in three separate incidents while living in Nanaimo. Brittany Michelle Barling,...
Jun 18, 2024
'Establish a rapport with them:' front line relationships key in recent arrest of Nanaimo violent offender
NANAIMO - Relationships developed between local Mounties and those in and out of the local crime scene are responsible for the arrest of a prolific violent offender.Officers from the Special Investiga...
Jun 17, 2024
Powerful victim impact statement made during sentencing of Nanaimo sex offender
NANAIMO - A victim who long suffered in silence made an impassioned address to the court as she stood just a few feet away from her abuser. Sentencing arguments in B.C Supreme Court in Nanaimo for Cra...
Jun 14, 2024
Nanaimo man facing drugs & weapons charges after CBSA investigation
NANAIMO - Intercepting weapons accessories at Vancouver International Airport in 2022 had led to a significant seizure at a south Nanaimo home. A Thursday, June 13 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)...
Jun 13, 2024