Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo fentanyl and heroin trafficker faces federal prison sentence
NANAIMO - Police keeping watch on a downtown apartment unit culminated in a sizable drug bust with a street value of about $6,000.A joint sentencing recommendation of two years in a federal penitentia...
Jan 26, 2021
Allegedly impaired wrong-way driver pulled over on highway south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - RCMP members in an unmarked cruiser heading back to Nanaimo were stunned to see a vehicle going the wrong way on the Trans Canada Hwy.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the suspect vehicle was view...
Jan 22, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP deem Woodgrove Centre all clear after threat made
NANAIMO - RCMP temporarily closed Woodgrove Centre Tuesday morning after a threat was made against the property just prior to opening.Officers arrived on scene around 10:15 a.m. and conducted a search...
Jan 19, 2021
Tire slashers hit more than ten vehicles in multi-night spree through central Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Police are looking to gain traction in their investigation into several senseless tire slashings.Vehicle owners along multiple streets in central Nanaimo reported at least one tire being sla...
Jan 14, 2021
Pedestrian seriously hurt after being hit by vehicle behind Brooks Landing
NANAIMO - A jogger hit by a vehicle while crossing a road at night was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the 22-year-old jogger was h...
Jan 13, 2021
Man convicted of manslaughter over drug dispute at south Nanaimo apartment
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo man was convicted after beating his drug dealer for smoking $80 worth of prepaid heroin and crystal meth.John Albert Buchanan was convicted of the lesser offence of manslaughter fo...
Jan 12, 2021
Former garbage truck driver sentenced for stunning mid island crime spree
NANAIMO - A man with an out of control cocaine addiction used his employer's garbage truck to scope out businesses to rob throughout the Nanaimo and Oceanside region. Ian Archibald Mactavish, 54, was ...
Jan 12, 2021
Parksville drug trafficker sentenced while grieving untimely death of daughter
NANAIMO - A heartbroken mother intends to draw on her daughter's death as inspiration to create a more positive future.Angela Hugh, 47, was handed a two year federal prison sentence on Friday, Jan 8 i...
Jan 11, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services gets financial jolt
NANAIMO - People supporting victims of crime in Nanaimo are in a more favourable financial position.Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services program manager Cheryl Zapotichny said an extra $50,000 committed by ci...
Jan 07, 2021
Canadian Tire employee injured in hit & run, alleged driver arrested
NANAIMO - Police tracked down a motorist accused of hitting a department store worker who was chasing a shoplifter.It happened Tuesday, Dec 29 at around 1 p.m. at the Canadian Tire parking lot in Nana...
Jan 06, 2021