Man gets 18 months in prison for attack on, confinement of, former mother-in-law
A 57-year-old man who broke into his former mother-in-law’s house in what a B.C. Supreme Court judge called a “home invasion” was led from court in handcuffs by two sheriffs on Monday. Rudolph...
View ArticleSeized items returned to Kamloops gym owner; lawyer argues ‘unlawful’ and...
Police will return items seized earlier this month during a high-profile raid of a North Shore gym — a search described by the lawyer for the business owner as “egregious” and “unlawful.” Heavily armed...
View ArticleKamloops man caught with fentanyl-laced heroin to be sentenced Friday
A Kamloops man described as a mid-level drug dealer has pleaded guilty to possession for the purpose of trafficking after being caught with two ounces of fentanyl-laced heroin. Court heard Jacques...
View ArticleMan who carjacked Good Samaritan’s car after crash awaits sentence
The Crown is seeking a five-year prison sentence for a Saskatchewan man who admitted to his role in a violent collision and subsequent carjacking last spring in downtown Kamloops. Roderick Mervin...
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From a ‘bad day’ on the road to a guilty plea in a Kamloops courtroom
A professional trucker who was having a “bad day” when he intentionally crashed his SUV into another vehicle during a fit of road rage almost two years ago has avoided a jail sentence and house arrest....
View ArticleLawyer accuses Douglas Lake Ranch of threatening, lying as trial winds down
Douglas Lake Ranch’s manager used “threats and lies” to bully public servants and even the RCMP to exclude the public from two fishing lakes, a lawyer claimed yesterday in B.C. Supreme Court in...
View ArticleLake-access trial into closing arguments in Kamloops
Two disputed lakes southeast of Merritt have no public access and the fish that swim in them are owned by the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, the ranch’s lawyer told B.C. Supreme Court yesterday. During...
View ArticleJeep at centre of fatal hit run investigation subject of court hearing
Police are asking a judge to extend the time they can keep evidence in the case of a Kamloops teenager who was killed in a hit-and-run collision nearly three months ago. Jennifer Gatey died on Nov. 4...
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UPDATED: Bernhard charged in connection to Feb. 2 shooting on North Shore
Two firearms-related charges have been laid against a Kamloops man in connection to a shooting on the North Shore in the wee hours of Thursday morning that sent one man to hospital. Blake Bernhard is...
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One last day in lake-access trial — site visit to Douglas Lake Ranch in spring
Stan Kroenke is owner of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company. Kroenke The company is owned by Stan Kroenke owns a number of professional sports teams and is married to an heiress to the Walmart...
View ArticleMid-level drug dealer avoids jail; has turned life around
A mid-level Kamloops drug dealer who was arrested with heroin containing traces of fentanyl is not going to jail. Jacques Bedard was instead handed three years of probation on Friday after pleading...
View ArticleOops! Man who should be behind bars released due to paperwork error
A Kamloops judge has issued a warrant for a Merritt man facing a raft of gun and drug charges who was released from custody last week due to a paperwork mixup. Derek Jason McLean was ordered last week...
View ArticleLawyers for accused wife killer want charges dropped due to delay
Lawyers representing a former New Zealand politician accused of killing his wife on a B.C. vacation more than six years ago will seek to have the charges against Peter Beckett dropped due to delay. The...
View ArticleMentally ill man gets 90 days in jail for assaulting Kamloops Mounties
A mentally ill man who broke the nose of a female Kamloops police officer during a fight in a psychiatric room at Royal Inland Hospital has received a light sentence, given his criminal-record history,...
View ArticleB.C.’s top court rules Kamloops Mountie did not breach Charter in arrest; new...
An RCMP member concerned about her safety after pulling over a truck with violent criminals inside did not breach the Charter when she asked one of them, ‘Do you have something on you?” That question...
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‘The Notebook’ alibi shooter has appeal thrown out
A Kamloops drug dealer who was handed a seven-year jail sentence after shooting a marijuana supplier while attempting to strong-arm him into a business deal has had his appeal tossed by B.C.’s highest...
View ArticleDeadly driver sentenced to probation for mischief
A 39-year-old man jailed in 2011 for killing a pedestrian with his motorcycle was given a suspended sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to mischief. Jack Hobal is in jail in the Fraser Valley...
View ArticleDelay in hearing for police to keep Jeep linked to fatal hit-and-run...
It will be at least two more weeks before police will get in front of a judge to ask for more time to hold onto evidence in the case of a Kamloops teen who died following a hit-and-run crash in...
View ArticleFour years in prison for grandfather who sexually assaulted his daughter
A grandfather will spend the next four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter in the 1980s. The 67-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the...
View ArticleMurder charge laid after body discovered in east Kamloops
A 56-year-old man has been charged with murder after a resident of an east Kamloops RV park was found dead on Saturday. George Stephen Fraser is being held in custody facing one count of murder. He is...
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