Crime & Courts

Parksville woman pleads guilty to defrauding $70K in workplace payroll scam

NANAIMO - A former employee of an Errington sawmill awaits sentencing for inflating co-worker paycheques and then depositing funds into her own bank accounts. Renee Patricia Merkel, 42, pleaded guilty...

Oct 13, 2020

Parcel thieves strike multiple times throughout south Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Christmas might still be weeks away but it appears the grinch is loose in the city.Police said a pair of parcel thefts took place in the recently with items swiped from homes on Oct. 5 and O...

Oct 12, 2020

UPDATE: 'Vehicle of interest' owner turns himself in to Kelowna RCMP following suspected fatal hit and run

UPDATE - RCMP have located the vehicle in question after a 55-year-old man from Woss turned himself into Kelowna RCMP on Sunday night.Police said an investigation into the incident is continuing, howe...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 11, 2020

Nanaimo Mountie charged with assault causing bodily harm

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo RCMP officer has been charged in relation to a public intoxication arrest and detention nearly two years ago.The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) announced Cst. Tim Mason is charged w...

Oct 08, 2020

$40k worth of silver coins and pistol stolen in north Nanaimo break-in

NANAIMO - RCMP are investigating a sizeable theft from three storage lockers at an apartment building on McRobb Ave.Police stated in a news release thieves pried open a main door to a storage area som...

Oct 08, 2020

Dangerous driver given conditional sentence for fleeing police in chase he can't remember

NANAIMO - The man who fled police at a high-speed and doesn't remember the incident after mixing painkillers and alcohol will serve his sentence outside of jail. Premi Sandhu was recently sentenced at...

Oct 08, 2020

Nanaimo woman convicted of defrauding $7K from workplace benefits provider

NANAIMO - More than five months of fabricated claims by a Nanaimo woman unravelled when an investigator with the benefits provider realized something was wrong.Shelley Leanne Tennison was convicted re...

Oct 07, 2020

'Very large male' considered person of interest in September vehicle incident

NANAIMO - Police are searching for a man and truck believed to be involved in a late-September crash into a power pole.Nanaimo RCMP believe a truck hit the pole on Saturday, Sept. 12 around 6 a.m. on ...

Oct 06, 2020

Man jailed for astonishing crime spree in Nanaimo and Campbell River

NANAIMO - Re-occurring substance abuse issues led to a 27 month prison sentence for a man involved in a stunning five week crime-wave in two Vancouver Island cities.Gregg Daniel Pete, 40, learned his ...

Oct 05, 2020

Copper wire thieves shut down night activities at Merle Logan Field

NANAIMO - The lights are off at a busy Nanaimo field after a substantial amount of copper wiring was stolen. Thieves made off with between 300 and 500 feet of copper wire from lighting fixtures at Mer...

Oct 01, 2020