Crime & Courts

Missing Ladysmith teen located safe and sound

NANAIMO - The RCMP announced a teen missing for more than two weeks has been located. Payton MacDonald, 13,"has been located, and she is safe and sound," a news release from the RCMP stated on Friday,...

Alex Rawnsley Apr 01, 2022

Search for missing Ladysmith teen escalates

LADYSMITH - Police are still unsure on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Payton MacDonald.She was last seen March 15, with Ladysmith RCMP asked to conduct a wellness check on the girl a day later by the ...

Mar 31, 2022

New classrooms at Hammond Bay elementary behind schedule

NANAIMO - An underway expansion of Hammond Bay elementary school will wrap later than expected.The addition of 12 new classrooms for a mixture of 295 existing and new students at the French immersion ...

Mar 31, 2022

Arrest made in possible hate crime assault against VIU student

NANAIMO - An arrest has been made after an assault on a 19-year-old man which police say may have been a hate crime.Nanaimo RCMP arrested a 19-year-old man on Tuesday, March 29 at around 10 p.m., with...

Mar 30, 2022

Bail hearing adjourned for man accused of trying to abduct woman in Lantzville

NANAIMO - A man charged with assaulting a woman and trying to force her into his vehicle had his bail hearing re-scheduled to late next month.Bradley Dylan William Boscariol, 30, was transferred from ...

Mar 29, 2022

Nanaimo RCMP investigating possible hate crime after assault on LGBTQ+ student

NANAIMO - An investigation is underway following an apparent targeted attack against a local student.Police say a 19-year-old man, attending the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University, was assa...

Mar 29, 2022

Man jailed for pointing handgun at teens near Departure Bay Beach

NANAIMO - Four teens planning to film a TikTok video flipped the script by instead phoning police, resulting in an 18-month jail sentence against the accused.Darian Scott Rogers, 27, pleaded guilty to...

Mar 29, 2022

User groups adjust after Departure Bay Activity Centre fire, facility's future unknown

NANAIMO - Local user groups are making alternative arrangements in response to a recent suspicious fire causing substantial damage to a Nanaimo recreation hall.The Departure Bay Activity Centre on Win...

Mar 27, 2022

Prolific offender skips court, arrest warrant issued

NANAIMO - A man failed to attend his first court appearance after new charges were laid for property crimes and resisting arrest.The warrant against chronic property offender Jason Paul Klughart, 30, ...

Mar 26, 2022

Woman attacked during attempted abduction in Lantzville

NANAIMO - A young woman fought off a stranger who assaulted her and then tried to force her into his vehicle on Dickinson Road.Nanaimo RCMP said the incident occurred on Thursday, March 24 at about 7 ...

Mar 25, 2022