Crime & Courts

City staff asked to investigate easing RV living rules in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - City staff will look at options to potentially expand recreational vehicles as permanent places to call home.A motion tabled by coun. Zeni Maartman asking for a staff report with options was...

Jun 01, 2021

Nanaimo woman awaits sentence for defrauding local car dealership, several other offences

NANAIMO - More information will come to light about a woman who orchestrated a series of frauds and stole property valued at tens of thousands of dollars.Stevie Daniele Pirart, 29, pleaded guilty last...

May 31, 2021

Nanaimo man loses $5,000 to Bitcoin scam, two others have close calls

NANAIMO - Mounties are again urging caution as online scammers continue to target victims through social media platforms. Police said three scams were reported within the last two month including one ...

May 30, 2021

Disturbed teen unleashed horrific knife attack against vulnerable Nanaimo woman

Editors note: the following story includes graphic details which may not be appropriate for some readers. NanaimoNewsNOW received permission from the victim to use her name for this story.NANAIMO - Co...

May 29, 2021

RCMP conducting searches through Nanaimo related to 'historical missing person'

NANAIMO - Police have a visible presence across the city as part of a missing person investigation. RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the searches on Thursday, May 27 are in connection to a historical missi...

May 27, 2021

High-profile offender sentenced for posting escort ad of underage Nanaimo girl

NANAIMO - A self-professed pimp took pictures of an intoxicated 16-year-old girl at a Nanaimo house party and then advertised her online for sexual services.Seyed Kourosh Miralinaghi, 20, was handed a...

May 25, 2021

Woman killed by speeding driver in highway crash south of Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A 74-year-old woman is dead after being t-boned by a speeding truck which ran a red light along Hwy. 1 in Chase River.The crash occurred shortly before 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 20 at the inte...

May 21, 2021

Investigation into Fortin referred to Quebec prosecutor

OTTAWA - Canada's military police say they have referred their investigation into the general who oversaw Canada's vaccination campaign to Quebec's prosecution service, which has responsibility for la...

May 19, 2021

Failed bank robber quickly arrested by Nanaimo RCMP

NANAIMO - Police wasted no time foiling the getaway of a would-be bank robber.RCMP said 34-year-old William Joseph Lesieur allegedly went on a crime spree through Woodgrove Centre, stealing clothing f...

May 12, 2021

Co-leaders of Rutherford Squat given conditional sentences, $1K in restitution

NANAIMO - Sentences in provincial court are the final repercussions of Nanaimo's sizable tent city. Ivan Drury and Tingchun Chen, co-conspirators in what became commonly known at the Rutherford School...

May 11, 2021