Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Prolific Nanaimo offender in custody after McDonald's bike theft & other incidents
NANAIMO - Local Mounties arrested a man very well known to them, for an extensive list of thefts including a high profile incident this summer. Jason Joseph Diraddo, 48, was arrested in late August af...
Sep 26, 2025
Driver in fatal hit-and-run of 90-year-old Nanaimo woman 'panicked and then drove home'
NANAIMO - A local man is waiting to learn whether or not he'll go to jail for a hit-and-run in Cedar, which left a 90-year-old woman for dead on the side of a road.Justin Kenneth Nicholls, 27, pleaded...
Sep 24, 2025
Parole set for Nanaimo man convicted of violent Tofino murder
NANAIMO - Parole eligibility has been set at 10 years for the man convicted of second-degree murder for a highly violent slaying on Vancouver Island's west coast late in 2020. The ruling by BC Supreme...
Sep 22, 2025
Nanaimo Mounties seize drugs, stolen items, and replica gun in sizable bust
NANAIMO - A significant seizure by Nanaimo RCMP involved drugs, stolen property and a replica handgun from a suspected trespasser in downtown Nanaimo. The Nanaimo RCMP bike unit was patrolling on the ...
Sep 18, 2025
New trial ordered for Nanaimo drug trafficker jailed for 15 years
NANAIMO - A new Supreme Court trial will proceed for a Nanaimo man convicted of numerous drug and weapons offences related to busts in Nanaimo. However, convictions on charges related to a sizable cry...
Sep 18, 2025
Troubled Nanaimo man jailed for repeatedly breaking into the same home
NANAIMO - A 33-year-old man has been sentenced for attempting to break into a central Nanaimo home, despite two past jail terms for breaking into the same house. Trevor Allan Schwartz was given just o...
Sep 18, 2025
Several vehicles impounded during Nanaimo enforcement blitz
NANAIMO - Eyes from above relayed real-time intelligence to numerous ground resources assigned to target unsafe drivers in the Harbour City. Culminating from mounting public complaints, Nanaimo RCMP R...
Sep 16, 2025
Overfishing nets Deep Bay anglers steep fines
COURTENAY - Combined fines of $12,500 were recently issued to four offenders following a fishing expedition north of Qualicum Beach. Min Han, Yun Dian Li, Zhong Qi and Guang Jun Wei were each found gu...
Sep 15, 2025
Man avoids further jail after drugs & several weapons seized during Nanaimo traffic stop
NANAIMO - Significant challenges facing Crown counsel in determining who was responsible for what resulted in several dropped weapons charges. Following a notable central Nanaimo early morning traffic...
Sep 09, 2025
Accused murderer ordered to stand trial in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court jury trial will proceed for a man accused in a stunning central Nanaimo daytime murder.Ronald Joseph Campbell was ordered to stand trial following a preliminary inquiry ...
Sep 06, 2025