Guilty of using fake ID — but why remains a mystery
In what appears to be a motiveless crime, a 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to using fake ID on two occasions at Chances Casino in North Kamloops. Jacob Cavanagh admitted in provincial court on...
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Court hears details of sexual allegations against former Mountie, hockey coach
Two men testified Monday in B.C. Supreme Court that a hockey coach and auxiliary Mountie in Clearwater sexually touched them on separate occasions four decades ago — memories they cannot erase. Both...
View ArticleGuilty plea entered in 2016 Lytton stabbing death
A Lytton man charged with murder in connection to the 2016 death of his uncle has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Colton Smith entered a guilty plea in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Monday to...
View ArticleDeadly ‘Wild West’ shootout nets four-years behind bars for Shuswap man
A Shuswap man has been handed a four-year prison sentence for his part in a deadly 2016 shootout — an incident the judge called a “throwback to the Wild West.” Richard Allen Williams had been charged...
View ArticleAccuser of Clearwater Mountie, coach says incidents made him cautious
A witness testifying against his former Clearwater hockey coach testified Wednesday he coached his own children later in life so they would not fall victim themselves. The man in his early 50s...
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Suspect arrested in connection to mugging of Australian tourist in downtown...
Kamloops RCMP released this image taken from security footage downtown. The person in the frame is the suspect in the Sept. 7 mugging of an elderly female Australian tourist near Lansdowne Street and...
View ArticleJury deliberations enter third day in Beckett’s second murder trial
Jurors in Kelowna were into their second full day of deliberations Thursday following the second murder trial of Peter Beckett, the former New Zealand politician accused of killing his wife on a B.C....
View ArticleSuspect in mugging behind bars, bail hearing on Sept. 21
Mounties have arrested a suspect in connection to the Sept. 7 mugging of an Australian tourist in the downtown core. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the arrest took place on Wednesday afternoon, six days after...
View Article‘Eccentric’ pot provider fined $1,000
A Kamloops man who thought he was helping people by setting up his own informal marijuana dispensary has been fined $1,000 after being found guilty of possession for the purpose of trafficking. Franco...
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Peter Beckett guilty of first-degree murder, will spend at least 25 years...
It took two trials, but Peter Beckett has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, who drowned in a lake in B.C.’s Interior more than seven years ago. Jurors in Kelowna...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in connection to car crash into Kamloops building
Kamloops Mounties have arrested the suspected driver of a car that crashed into a Brocklehurst apartment building early Sunday morning. Sgt. Brandon Buliziuk said the suspect was arrested without...
View ArticleCaught by the seat of his shirt
It probably wasn’t what RCMP had in mind when they locked up a bait bike in an area between Riverside and Pioneer parks. Brandon Hopson pleaded guilty Monday to a single count of theft under $5,000 for...
View ArticleLife sentence for 2015 murder in Lillooet
A “mild-mannered” Lillooet man who became addicted to heroin after being prescribed opioid painkillers following a workplace back injury will spend at least the next decade in jail before becoming...
View ArticleCourt to consider accused’s videotaped confession as sexual-touching trial...
A B.C. Supreme Court justice must decide whether a videotaped confession by an accused after eight hours in a room with police interrogators will be allowed as evidence in the trial of a former Mountie...
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Man charged with murder in connection to hit and run back in Kamloops court...
Brian Watson was killed in an April 3, 2016, hit-and-run crash in Magna Bay A Shuswap man charged with murder in relation to a hit-and-run crash last year that killed a Kamloops man will return to...
View ArticleIndecent act nets repeat offender 70 days in jail
A Kamloops man has been handed a 70-day jail sentence after being caught on security cameras earlier this month pleasuring himself outside a Barnhartvale home. Christopher Mathieu pleaded guilty to one...
View ArticleAccused in sex-crimes trial in Kamloops will not testify
A man accused of indecent assault against seven teenaged boys decades ago will not take the stand in his own defence. Both the Crown and defence closed their cases Wednesday afternoon in the trial of...
View ArticleBarriere man’s sexual-interference trial ends as charges stayed
The Crown stayed charges Wednesday against a Barriere man accused of attempting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. Prosecutor Abel Fok stayed the count of sexual interference against a minor...
View ArticleEscalating tensions: Timeline of recent gang activity in Kamloops
Last week’s shooting death of Red Scorpions co-founder Konaam Shirzad is the latest in a series of gang-related incidents in Kamloops over the last 18 months. KTW has compiled a timeline of recent...
View ArticleConvicted of sexual assault, former university student awaits sentence
A Crown prosecutor argued a former Thompson Rivers University student was in a position of “temporary trust” when he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman after a New Year’s Eve party. Defence and...
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