Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Top Stories of 2022: Sex offenders sentenced for multiple breaches of trust
NANAIMO - Crimes by adults against minors often result in life-long damaging consequences for victims, particularly when an adult is in a direct position of trust.A pair of highly disturbing cases bef...
Dec 19, 2022
Man sentenced for violent, erratic outburst in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Substance abuse treatment is planned following the latest of many trips to jail for a Nanaimo man well acquainted to police and the judicial system. Leon Edward Sprlak, 43, received a time-s...
Dec 19, 2022
Violent offender wanted by Nanaimo & Port Alberni RCMP
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are on the lookout for a man with a violent criminal history.Peter Anthony Alexander, 38-years-old, is the subject to multiple police investigations in both Nanaimo and Port A...
Dec 15, 2022
Man charged with murder in Tofino arrested in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A man is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of a Tofino man in December 2020.On Monday, Dec. 12, the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) with assist...
Dec 14, 2022
Man arrested, home raided following violent stabbing at Nanaimo apartment
NANAIMO - A man has been charged following a home invasion at an Albert St. apartment early Saturday morning during a home invasion. Nanaimo RCMP reported Jordan Reginald White, 26, of Nanaimo was cha...
Dec 12, 2022
RCMP investigate 'targeted' early-morning shooting at central Nanaimo home
NANAIMO - A shooting at a duplex across from Beban Park is under police investigation.RCMP officers were called to a duplex in the 2300 block of Bowen Rd., between Whitney Rd. and Leam Rd., on Friday,...
Dec 09, 2022
Nanaimo police looking to identify man accused of Port Place assault
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo are seeking help identifying a suspect in a July case of suspected assault.According to RCMP, the incident occurred on July 23, around 6 p.m., inside Thrifty Foods at Port ...
Dec 05, 2022
Over 40 charges laid against alleged drug traffickers tied to Nanaimo Hells Angels chapter
NANAIMO - A long list of drug and weapon charges have been laid against against four men, which includes Nanaimo Hells Angels members, following a lengthy police investigation.A Combined Forces Specia...
Dec 01, 2022
Police say no risk to public after Harewood stabbing
NANAIMO - A man was stabbed multiple times during a confrontation on Fifth St. near Bruce Ave. early Thursday morning.Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said a man was taken from the scene and transp...
Nov 24, 2022
Parksville child porn bust sees retiree sentenced
NANAIMO - A senior with no prior criminal record was handed six months house arrest followed by a year probation for possessing child pornography on his tablet. Donald Robert Peech, 72, was sentenced ...
Nov 24, 2022