Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
'Regret rather than remorse:' judge jails Nanaimo based repeat sex offender
Editors note: This article contains details of sexual violence and may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. NANAIMO - After two prior convictions involving child porn and sexual assau...
Feb 22, 2023
Loaded crossbow robbery lands Nanaimo man in jail
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo man is in custody after allegedly using a hunting crossbow during a weekend robbery.Dustin Derreck Pacheco was arrested on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 18, after police received a...
Feb 21, 2023
Nanaimo Hells Angels clubhouse and two others forfeited and will be sold
NANAIMO - An appeal won by the B.C. Government allows the province to shut down three Hells Angels clubhouses.A Wednesday, Feb. 15 B.C. Court of Appeal decision countered a ruling from Justice Barry D...
Feb 15, 2023
Nanaimo woman threatened store staff with toy gun in desperate bid to get arrested
NANAIMO - Apparent deep service gaps facing a first-time offender with severe mental health challenges led to her pointing a fake gun at store clerks.Karlee Anne Pelletier, 28, was released from custo...
Feb 15, 2023
Drug trafficker avoids jail following significant north Nanaimo bust
NANAIMO - A convicted drug trafficker has avoided prison, but will remain under close supervision. Chad Michael Kirk, 38, was sentenced to two years house arrest, followed by three years probation aft...
Feb 09, 2023
Murder charge laid in connection to Port Place stabbing
NANAIMO - A man is facing a murder charge following a fatal stabbing outside downtown Nanaimo's Port Place Shopping Centre.Sean Carl John Patterson, 38, will answer to a second degree murder charge in...
Feb 03, 2023
Veteran Mountie believes new drug pilot project will present challenges for Nanaimo RCMP
NANAIMO - Legalizing the possession of small amounts of hard drugs means an adjustment period for police and likely the judicial system, according to the head of Nanaimo RCMP's Municipal Drug Enforcem...
Feb 03, 2023
Cedar residents fight off intruder during break-ins, neighbours use garden tools to contain suspect
NANAIMO - Cedar turned out to be unhospitable territory for a man accused of a pair of derailed break-ins.Mounties were called to a pair of Cedar area properties on Wednesday, Jan. 25 in response to a...
Jan 26, 2023
Accused murderer ordered to stand trial for death of ex-boyfriend in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court trial is expected in the case of a local woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend.A provincial court judge ordered Paris Jayanne Laroche, 27, to stand trial following a...
Jan 25, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP working 'around the clock' on fatal stabbing investigation, asking for public's help
NANAIMO - Police are looking for additional witnesses who haven't already come forward following a fatal Sunday evening stabbing. An unidentified man was stabbed in the parking lot of Port Place Shopp...
Jan 24, 2023