Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Intoxicated man injured in altercation with Nanaimo RCMP
NANAIMO - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating after a man was seriously injured while in custody at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment.The investigation follows an incident on ...
Apr 25, 2022

VIDEO: Nanaimo RCMP arrest 'roof top crawler' after several downtown businesses broken into
NANAIMO - A suspect used an unusual strategy to allegedly break into multiple downtown businesses. A 27-year-old man was arrested after police say he used a stolen ladder to get on top of a heritage b...
Apr 21, 2022

Accused Nanaimo coffee shop murderer declared fit to stand trial
NANAIMO - A man accused of killing an elderly man unknown to him at a Nanaimo Coffee shop has been medically cleared to go on trial.The confirmation was made during a Wednesday, April 20 court appeara...
Apr 20, 2022

'It's all not guilty:' man facing several trials throughout Van Isle
NANAIMO - Facing seven trials this year and more than 20 charges laid against him, Shaun Dean Thicke maintains he hasn't done anything wrong. The 44-year-old is charged with 22 separate offences, incl...
Apr 19, 2022

Police cleared after man seriously hurt in high-risk arrest in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Actions of police in response to a volatile and armed man were justified, according to a report by the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO).The man was seriously injured during his ...
Apr 07, 2022

Nanaimo RCMP search for 'vehicle of interest' following bear spray attack on teenage girls
NANAIMO - Local Mounties have a lead in their investigation into an apparently random attack in north Nanaimo.Two girls were bear sprayed in their home after an individual entered suddenly on March 14...
Apr 07, 2022

Construction starts on new Nanaimo Correctional Centre
NANAIMO - Crews are mobilized at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre (NCC) where the medium security prison will be replaced, with an estimated project completion of 2024.Replacing the aging institution b...
Apr 07, 2022

Gabriola Island assault sees one man seriously injured, another arrested
GABRIOLA ISLAND - One man was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries after he was attacked on a rural property.A call from the victim to 911 on Sunday, April 3 at around 7:2...
Apr 04, 2022

'He yelled and screamed at the driver then the car took off:' Lantzville couple and their dogs victims of hit and run
NANAIMO - Two people and their dogs were left seriously injured following a suspected hit and run in Lantzville.Local police report a couple, Geoff and June, were walking on Lorenzen Lane, off the end...
Apr 04, 2022

Prolific offender returns to supportive housing following Nanaimo crime wave
NANAIMO - The lawyer for a man responsible for multiple property crimes and a concerning assault in Nanaimo hopes a stable support system will aid his client and society.Luke John Ryan, 44, pleaded gu...
Apr 02, 2022