Police seek public help after brazen gang-related killing at YVR
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is calling on the public to help further its investigation into the shooting death of 28-year-old Karman Grewal at the Vancouver International Airport. On May 9, 2021 at around 3 p.m., the Richmond RCMP responded to the Vancouver International Airport for a shooting outside ...
Good Samaritan airlifted with serious injuries out of the Kootenays after wreckage shifts
A passing motorist, who had stopped to provide emergency aid to a crash victim, was injured when the vehicle wreckage shifted and rolled over the Good Samaritan, who suffered serious bodily injuries, according to RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, spokesman for the BC RCMP in the Southeast District. "On May 6, shortly after 6:35...
RCMP issue warning of online sexual exploitation
The Trail and Greater District RCMP is warning the public about a new sextortion tactic being used to target youth. Trail RCMP became aware that the new scam that involves a suspect placing an image of a young person's face over a video or photo so it appears that the youth is nude or engaging in sexual acts. The suspect...
Auto theft suspect finds himself walking after stolen dump truck breaks down along highway
Front line RCMP officers were dispatched on May 4, not on a combat mission, but to a sighting of what turned out to be an auto theft suspect allegedly abandoning a stolen dump truck alongside Highway 97C between Ashcroft and Logan Lake BC. On May 4, just before 9:30 a.m., Logan Lake RCMP received a report that a security...
Alleged police impersonator caught by off-duty cop
A suspected police impersonator is facing potential charges after an off-duty RCMP officer spotted him allegedly conducting what investigators believed to be a traffic stop according to Southeast District, according Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy "On May 1, just before 3:00 p.m., an off-duty officer noticed a non-police vehicle ...
Search for missing BC woman now a murder investigation
The human remains discovered in Hope on March 29, 2021 have been identified as those of Trina Hunt. Background: On March 29, 2021 at 10 a.m., human remains were found in the area south of Silver Creek in Hope, B.C. The circumstances were deemed suspicious and IHIT took conduct of the investigation. IHIT has been working...
BC RCMP Major Crime has been called in to investigate suspicious death near Chase
The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit has deployed to the Shuswap region to assume an investigation into the unexpected death of a woman, according to RCMP Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey On April 27, a short time after 11:30 p.m., front line Chase RCMP officers were dispatched to a residence situated in the 8600-block of...
Police disperse yet another unmasked protest in Fruitvale
"On April 23, at 12:10 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report of an organized outdoor event located at the Creekside Park located on Columbia Gardens Road in Fruitvale," Wicentowich said. "Trail RCMP observed a female speaker using a microphone to talk to an allegedly unmasked crowd of approximately 40 people....
Police search for suspects terrorizing Trail homeless camp with bear bangers
Police are asking the public for information about three young men who allegedly threw bear bangers into a small homeless camp in Trail, according to RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On April 25, at 1:23 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report that three suspects had been discharging bear bangers into the...
Police interrupt wanted man’s bath in Rossland
Cleanliness wasn't next to Godliness for a Surrey man captured by police while bathing, according to Trail RCMP Const. Sherri Karns. "On April 19, at 12 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP arrested a 38-year-old man wanted in Surrey, BC, on three unendorsed warrants for his arrest," Karn said. "Front line Trail RCMP officers...
