Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo RCMP calling for witnesses after sexual assaults on Bowen Rd.
NANAIMO - Police are searching for witnesses after two women were sexually assaulted by the same man on a busy stretch of Bowen Rd. Cst. Gary O'Brien said the separate incidents happened on Bowen Rd. ...
Jun 04, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP are looking for witnesses or possible victims of a man running along Bowen Rd. and accosting women. (File photo)
'You feel violated:' man nearly loses 70K in elaborate identity theft scam
NANAIMO - A thorough but not entirely well-thought out identity theft scam nearly cost a man $70,000 and a serious hit to his credit. Tony Pires said he received a call late on Saturday, May 18 from s...
May 31, 2019 A photo of the truck which attempted to be fraudulently financed. (Tony Pires)
Nanaimo RCMP hunting for person of interest in convenience store robbery
NANAIMO - A popular mid-Nanaimo convenience store is without a cash register after a break-in. Police responded to a broken glass alarm at the Ice Nail Bar, formerly known as the Macs Convenience on t...
May 29, 2019 This man is now a person of interest in a convenience store B&E which left a cash register smashed open outside. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Chronic criminal jailed for disturbing offences in Nanaimo and Duncan
NANAIMO - A terrifying Nanaimo home invasion, followed by a Duncan robbery just a few days later landed a prolific offender in jail for two years.Jordan Daniel Plamondon, 28, pleaded guilty on Tuesday...
May 28, 2019 Jordan Plamondon plead guilty to several charges and was jailed for two years for high-profile late January crimes in Nanaimo and Duncan. (Submitted)
Nanaimo RCMP officers disappointed but not shocked after speeding bust
NANAIMO - Police say they're disheartened but not surprised after a large speed trap in a notorious section of highway found people driving nearly 150 kilometres per hour in an 80-zone. RCMP Cst. Gary...
May 28, 2019 RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien says officers 'are never surprised' by the high speeds they see on highways. (Nanaimo RCMP)
$500 in meat and cheese stolen from south Nanaimo pizzeria
NANAIMO - Someone will be eating well after stealing several hundred dollars worth of pizza supplies. Nanaimo RCMP confirmed the Pizza Mia location in Southgate Shopping Centre was robbed sometime Thu...
May 24, 2019 Police and Pizza Mia staff after the store was robbed sometime overnight on Thursday, May 23. (Pizza Mia)
Man jailed for heinous Christmas morning break-in
NANAIMO - A man was sentenced to 240 days in jail for a shocking Christmas day break-and-enter where a home was stripped of its presents.Justin Redmond Feusse, 20, pleaded guilty to numerous charges T...
May 21, 2019 20-year-old Justin Redmond Feusse was sentenced after pleading guilty to a Christmas morning break-and-enter at a Stonewater Dr. home off Wakesiah Ave.
CP NewsAlert: Killer of Calgary mother, daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter will have to wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last year of first...
May 21, 2019
Nanaimo child molester sentenced to 3 years in prison
NANAIMO - After taking advantage of a 10-year-old girl for more than a year, a disgraced Nanaimo man will spend the next three years in a federal prison. Shane Rodocker was sentenced at provincial cou...
May 21, 2019 Shane Rodocker will spend two-and-a-half years in a federal prison for molesting a 10-year-old girl. (RCMP)
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019