Dealer with fentanyl-laced drugs gets 15-month sentence
A Surrey drug dealer arrested with fentanyl-laced heroin and other drugs during a traffic stop on the Coquihalla last year has been handed a 15-month prison sentence, despite the Crown suggesting he...
View ArticleKamloops man sent photos of niece to undercover FBI agent; gets 15 months on...
A Kamloops contractor who sent nude photos of his four-year-old niece to an undercover FBI agent and bragged about “licking and sniffing” dirty underwear while in the homes of clients has been ordered...
View ArticleLawsuit targets tribal officer near Lillooet
A Fountain woman is suing the Stl’atl’imx Tribal police, a constable and the province for what she claims is an assault at Lillooet’s hospital that left her with a broken collar bone and PTSD. Regine...
View ArticleDespite request, Kamloops man will remain on national sex-offender registry
A Kamloops man convicted five years ago of making or publishing child pornography failed in his bid on Thursday to be removed from Canada’s list of registered sex offenders. Frank Desmet appeared...
View ArticleNo jail time for former dealer who texted his way into trouble
Spider-Man is not going to jail. The Kamloops man who portrays the Marvel superhero at children’s birthday parties had been facing a potential nine-month prison sentence after pleading guilty last week...
View ArticleShane William Caron charged with attempted murder and more in connection to...
A 35-year-old Kamloops man faces 13 charges stemming from Friday’s incident that included police being shot at, followed by a 17-hour standoff in the G&M Trailer Court off Highway 5 North. Shane...
View ArticleSuspect in shots fired, standoff appears in Kamloops provincial court
Dressed in an orange prison-issue jumpsuit and sporting a black eye, a Kamloops man accused of opening fire on police on four separate occasions Friday before holing up in his home for 17 hours smiled...
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Parents of suspect in Kamloops standoff say system failed their son
The parents of a Kamloops man facing four charges of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on police Friday say the incident could have concluded much quicker than it did. Shane Caron was taken...
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Murder prelim underway in Kamloops
A preliminary inquiry is underway for a Shuswap man charged with murder in relation to a hit-and-run crash near Chase last year. Raymond Edward Swann is facing charges of second-degree murder and...
View ArticleNo jail time for admitted sexual assault
A man who traded bedrooms with his roommate and had sex with the man’s former girlfriend, who was initially passed out in his bed, was spared a jail sentence Tuesday. “This is a very difficult...
View ArticleMcGowan Avenue home battle returning to court
A Kamloops woman who had her lawsuit tossed when she tried to sue the city for work it completed on her “problem” home on McGowan Avenue has been granted a new hearing by B.C.’s highest court. A...
View ArticlePrivate park-ing produces fines
A group of campers who used a closed provincial park campground as a private retreat have been handed a series of fines in Kamloops provincial court. Five people were sentenced Thursday under the Park...
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Teichrieb applies to have attempted murder trial held in Kelowna
Jessie Simpson in his 2016 grad photo from South Kamloops secondary. A defence lawyer representing a 40-year-old charged with attempted murder in connection with an assault of a teen who was beaten...
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Hearings in Gourlay fatal hit-and-run case delayed; accused will stand trial...
Hearings scheduled to be held prior to the trial of a man accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 16-year-old Kamloops girl have been pushed back a month. The weeks of March 26 to April 13, 2018,...
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Charges laid in connection to Holt Street shooting
Bradley John Hartling Charges have been laid against a Kamloops man accused of firing a gun during a robbery in a Brocklehurst apartment building on Saturday, inadvertently striking a man in a...
View ArticleKidnapping charge laid in truck hijacking
A 33-year-old man is facing charges following an incident on Monday night in which a truck driver was held at gunpoint for four hours as he drove from Avola to Kamloops. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk say the...
View ArticleMerritt Mountie charged with assault
A police officer is facing a criminal charge stemming from an alleged incident at the Merritt RCMP detachment earlier this year. Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming has been charged with one count of...
View ArticleKamloops man pleads guilty to assaulting ex-girlfriend
A Kamloops man has pleaded guilty to a string of criminal charges stemming from domestic assault incidents involving his former girlfriend. Jeremy Krug, 18, entered guilty pleas in Kamloops provincial...
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Kamloops cat burglar caged
“Fentanyl is going to kill me,” Leo Neveu said in court. “Maybe I could have survived the China white in the early ‘90s, but fentanyl is killing people and I don’t want to die.” A Kamloops cat burglar...
View ArticleYear driving ban for man who blew more than three times legal limit after crash
A Kamloops-area rancher will spend 30 days on house arrest and won’t be allowed to drive for a year after a drunken crash on the Trans-Canada Highway and blood-alcohol readings described by a judge as...
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