Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Parksville woman victimized by perplexing cases of mischief
PARKSVILLE - Its been a rough couple weeks for a distraught Parksville woman victimized by three separate cases of what police describe as senseless and costly mischief.Police say the owner of a 2005 ...
Oct 31, 2019 Oceanside RCMP are trying to find who's responsible for repeatedly vandalizing a Parksville woman's truck over the past few weeks. (RCMP)
18 wheeler driver arrested in south Nanaimo for 'troubling and shocking' crime
NANAIMO - Police pulled over and arrested the man behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler for a crime they've rarely seen. Officers found the driver was drunk when they pulled him over on the Nanaimo Parkwa...
Oct 31, 2019 The man behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler hauling fuel tanks was arrested in south Nanaimo after driving erratically on the Island Hwy. (File photo/Nanaimo RCMP)
Bright gear being handed out to combat darker days
NANAIMO - Police are once again doing what they can to hammer home a critical message during the shorter, darker days as winter approaches.Reflective arm bands and zipper pulls will be handed out at W...
Oct 25, 2019 Volunteers with the Nanaimo RCMP Community Policing Section will hand out reflective gear on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Woodgrove Shopping Centre. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Obsessed man sentenced for relentless harassment of Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - A man who wouldn't take no for an answer will spend 18-months on probation for relentlessly harassing a Nanaimo woman with hundreds of phone calls and messages.Jared William Brown, 29, of Vi...
Oct 24, 2019 29-year-old Jared William Brown was warned numerous times to leave a Nanaimo woman alone, who he obsessed over. (NanaimoNews file photo)
Unlicensed Nanaimo building contractor under fire
NANAIMO - Complaints are piling up against an unlicensed Nanaimo contractor, including from a woman outraged by an alleged botched and incomplete exterior home renovation.Jason William Coburn, owner a...
Oct 18, 2019 2-of-a-Kind Renovation is the source of numerous complaints over allegedly suspect business practices, totalling tens of thousands of dollars. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Internet, 911 interrupted by copper wire thefts in Oceanside region
PARKSVILLE - Thieves around Qualicum Beach and Errington were busy over the last 10 days.Oceanside RCMP reported five thefts or attempted thefts of Telus communications lines in the region.Cpl. Jesse ...
Oct 17, 2019 Thieves in Errington and Qualicum Beach have targeted telecommunication lines over the past week in a bid to collect and sell the copper inside. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records
EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...
Oct 16, 2019
Woman severely beaten with pipe in unprovoked downtown Nanaimo assault
NANAIMO - A woman leaving her hotel was savagely assaulted by a man wielding a pipe over the Thanksgiving weekend. Nanaimo RCMP said the 28-year-old woman had just left the Dorchester Hotel on Church ...
Oct 16, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP are appealing to the public for surveillance or dash cam footage from Saturday, Oct. 12 of a woman being severely beaten with a pipe. (File photo/Nanaimo RCMP)
Crown appealing verdict in Alberta meningitis case citing comments by judge
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Crown is appealing the not guilty verdict in the case of an Alberta couple charged with not seeking medical help sooner for their sick toddler son. Last month Justice...
Oct 15, 2019
Man sentenced to 3 years in prison for 'inexplicable' violent attack on woman in Bowser
NANAIMO - A shocking, unprovoked knife attack by a man against a woman in Bowser resulted in a 3-year prison sentence.Shannen (Shay) Lee Clegg, 24, will serve a little over 26 months in a federal peni...
Oct 11, 2019 Shannen (Shay) Lee Clegg will spend the next 26 months in a federal penitentiary for a shocking knife attack against a woman caught on surveillance video. The chilling incident happened on Nov. 14 2017 in Bowser's commercial core. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)