Crime & Courts

Man sentenced for lying to police following fatal hit & run in Parksville

NANAIMO - A man's unsophisticated bid to mislead police investigating an impaired driving case deepened the pain for the victim's family.Travis Zackery Taylor, 32, was sentenced to a 12 month conditio...

Mar 04, 2022

'We just started last week:' recently re-opened restaurant hit by overnight theft

NANAIMO - An overnight break in is the latest setback for a local restaurant trying to survive a gauntlet of challenges.Flavours of India on Franklyn St. in downtown Nanaimo was broken into overnight ...

Mar 02, 2022

Woman pleads guilty to Nanaimo road rage incidents and evading arrest

NANAIMO - An upcoming sentencing hearing is expected to explain dangerous and perplexing actions of a woman, including the assault of a 66-year-old fellow motorist on the Nanaimo Parkway.Amanda Arlene...

Feb 22, 2022

Former Nanaimo youth advocate pleads guilty to child luring charges

NANAIMO - The former executive director of the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre (NAC) pleaded guilty to a pair of child luring charges.Christopher Robin Beaton, 56, entered the pleas in provincial court on W...

Feb 16, 2022

Second degree murder charge laid in Nanaimo coffee shop homicide

NANAIMO - A single charge has been laid after a man was found dead inside Buzz Coffee House on Rutherford Rd.The BC Prosecution Service confirmed James Carey Turok was charged with second degree murde...

Feb 14, 2022

Prolific offender jailed for extensive drug-related break-ins

NANAIMO - An all too familiar story of drug addiction inflicting widespread damage was revealed during a sentencing hearing in Nanaimo.Thousands of dollars worth of goods were stolen during eight comm...

Feb 12, 2022

Oceanside RCMP identifies people involved in potential Parksville assault

UPDATE: Oceanside RCMP announced it has identified the persons in video surveillance in connection to a potential assault in Parksville on Jan. 26. No further information was provided as police invest...

Ian Holmes Feb 09, 2022

Extended sexual abuse by Gabriola Island man against daughter results in no jail time

NANAIMO - A man's continual sexual abuse of his own daughter for years resulted in a sentence to be served in the community and not in prison.The offender pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a pe...

Feb 02, 2022

Routine traffic stop reveals $40,000 in drugs, cash and replica firearms

NANAIMO - The traffic stop of a man well known to local Mounties yielded a substantial bust.Officers pulled over a vehicle at the 7-Eleven parking lot on the corner of Townsite Rd. and Terminal Ave. a...

Jan 31, 2022

Nanaimo man charged with murdering fellow inmate in Alberta

NANAIMO - A local man behind bars in an Alberta prison is now accused of murder following the death of another inmate.Ashley Laird Baird, 38, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jeffr...

Jan 28, 2022