Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Nanaimo RCMP launching online crime reporting website
NANAIMO - A new online reporting tool is set to streamline Nanaimo RCMP's response to minor crimes. The website being unveiled in December allows residents to report minor crimes, including damage to ...
Nov 19, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP will launch a new online reporting tool in early December, allowing residents to report minor crimes without tying up significant police resources. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Under-funded Nanaimo Victim Services asking for two new positions to combat burnout and tough conditions
NANAIMO - "There's only so much we can ask of our volunteers and let me tell you, it's a difficult job."Cheryl Zapotichny, program manager with RCMP Victim Services, explained to Nanaimo councillors t...
Nov 16, 2019 Nanaimo-based Victim Services helped nearly 900 people in 2018 with the ramifications of the crimes they fell victim to. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Police probe 'awful acts' by Nanaimo high school students, some charges laid
NANAIMO - A group of high school students are accused of committing disturbing crimes, which in at least one case involved a weapon. RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW the group of four-to-six...
Nov 14, 2019 Nanaimo District Secondary School and John Barsby Secondary School have been the venues of alleged offences involving a group of teens accused of conducting disturbing crimes (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
IIO throws out excessive force claim from man taken down by Nanaimo RCMP police dog
NANAIMO - A wanted man taken down by a police dog in the mountains outside Nanaimo doesn't have a leg to stand on when claiming Nanaimo RCMP used excessive force. The Independent Investigations Office...
Nov 14, 2019 David Banford claimed he was attacked by civilians and also police after being found at a cabin he didn't belong at. The IIO has refuted those claims. (submitted/David Banford)
Life-threatening injuries for woman struck at Harewood intersection
NANAIMO - A 24-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital in Victoria with life-threatening injuries after being hit at a notorious Harewood intersection.Nanaimo RCMP said the woman was hit by a ve...
Nov 12, 2019 A 24-year-old woman is in hospital following a late night collision at an unlit crosswalk in Harewood. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Intermittent sentence from Nanaimo judge fails, prolific offender accused of additional serious crime
NANAIMO - A hardened criminal granted an intermittent jail sentence allegedly failed to return to jail after serving just one week of his remaining 82-days behind bars.Not only is Christopher James Mi...
Nov 07, 2019 Legal troubles for chronic offender Christopher Mitchell are far from over. He's accused of committing crimes in Campbell River just one week into an intermittent jail sentence. He allegedly failed to return to the Nanaimo Correctional Centre on Oct. 9, a few weeks before being accused of crimes on the north island. (Facebook)
Nanaimo Mountie finds and restores stolen bike
NANAIMO - A sharp-eyed and generous Nanaimo Mountie ended months of disappointment for a 12-year-old boy missing his stolen bike.Police say Cameryn White was left devastated when his bike was swiped f...
Nov 07, 2019 Cameryn White had a pleasant surprise recently from Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Mark Long. He found White's stolen bike and paid to restore it. (submitted/Nanaimo RCMP)
Lawsuit over zoning process for Terminal Ave. housing dismissed in Supreme Court
NANAIMO - A Supreme Court lawsuit over special provincial rules to hastily build a temporary housing site in Nanaimo has been struck down. The failed lawsuit was brought by Vancouver Ave. resident Jan...
Nov 07, 2019 Newcastle Place at 250 Terminal Ave. is run by Island Crisis Care Society, providing shelter to roughly 65 people in need. It's one year anniversary of construction is coming up at the end of the year. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo man awaits punishment in chilling animal torture case
- Editors note: this story contains content that may not be suitable for some readersNANAIMO - A disturbing animal cruelty case played out in court involving a troubled, drug addicted man who violentl...
Nov 06, 2019 Kevin Gartner savagely beat up a rabbit, which was caught on surveillance video outside the Vancouver Island Military Museum on May 2, 2018. He's awaiting his punishment after pleading guilty to three offences. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Saskatchewan court dismisses school shooter's appeal of sentence
Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community.The shooter was weeks shy of turning 18 when...
Oct 31, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)