Surveillance mishap lands confidential files in public hands
Evidence from several serious RCMP files is in public hands after sloppy police work left sensitive images in the open. RCMP at the Grand Forks detachment put the home of Dion Nordick, who prefers to be known as Buck Addams, under surveillance as a part of executing a search warrant on June 13 for an […]
Castlegar man facing charges after break-and-enter
A 19-year-old Castlegar man is in custody after he was caught allegedly trying to break in to the Kinnaird Community church on 26th street on the evening of Nov. 13. Someone inside the church heard strange noises and called police. Upon arrival, the male was located by police and arrested for attempting to break into […]
Sexual predator targeting local teen boys
Police are warning parents of a sexual predator who is using Facebook to target local boys. Trail RCMP Cpl. Mike Wilson said police have heard two complaints in which the offender sends a friend request to males around the age of 13, and if they don’t accept, threatens to beat them up. Once added, the offender makes sexual […]
Sexual harassment claims top issue for new RCMP head
Reports of RCMP officers enduring years of sexual harassment on the job has consumed the nation’s Public Safety minister’s days, reports Meagan Fitzpatrick of the CBC. On Monday Toews said is concerned about allegations of sexual harassment made by RCMP officers and will be talking to the new head of the RCMP on it. For […]
RCMP ask for assistance in locating missing man
Last seen hitch-hiking east of Grand Forks, Randy James Neilsen has been reported missing. Neilson is described as being 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a trench coat and a golf style cap. He was last seen in Grand Forks on […]
Accused kidnapper Randall Hopley fit to stand trial
Randall Hopley has been declared fit to stand trial according to experts, the CBC reported Wednesday. The man who is accused of abducting Kienan Hebert, 3, of Sparwood, had a psychiatric evaluation completed at Port Coquitlam Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. In September he was arrested for the alleged kidnapping of Hebert. In B.C. Provincial Court in […]
Two busts in Winlaw keep populace on the alert
Cedar Creek Road bust in Winlaw Police harvested 352 marijuana plants Oct. 23 in the culmination of a six-month long investigation of a grow operation on Cedar Creek Road in Winlaw. Slocan Lake and Nakusp RCMP executed the drug search warrant at a Winlaw residence and found the plants in an outbuilding on the property. […]
RCMP ask for help to find missing woman from Nakusp
RCMP Nakusp Detachment are investigating a report of a missing elderly female. The report was received on Friday afternoon Nov.4. Kay Mansour, 83-year-old, of Nakusp, B.C. is missing. Kay is 168 CM (5 feet, 6 inches) tall and weighs 91 kilograms (201 pounds), has brown hair and blue eyes. Mansour was last seen back on […]
Judge quashes case against man found with 500 pot plants because his rights were violated
The case against a man charged after 500 marijuana plants were found in a Gibsons home has been dismissed after a judge ruled that RCMP violated the accused’s rights, The Vancouver Province reports. In May 2009, Van Dang Truong was charged with production of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purposes of trafficking. RCMP […]
Speeding while transporting cocaine nets man in Keremeos
On Nov. 3 an RCMP Southeast District Traffic Services unit stopped a vehicle for speeding on Hwy 3 in Keremeos — 187 kilometres west of Nelson. The stop yielded a sizable bust thanks to the keen sense of the office and keener sense of smell of his partner RCMPolice dog Otis. During the course of […]
