Kamloops Mountie charged with assault
A Kamloops police officer has been charged with assault in connection to an on-duty incident earlier this year. RCMP Const. Todd Henderson is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm stemming...
View ArticleAccused hijacker will stay behind bars
A 33-year-old man accused of hijacking a transport truck north of Kamloops last month will remain in jail for the time being. David Lee Chappell, who is facing charges including kidnapping and using a...
View ArticleWoman claims she stabbed boyfriend in self-defence
The fate of a North Thompson woman who admits to stabbing her boyfriend in the chest, but claims to have been acting in self-defence is in the hands of a judge. Bernadine Miranda Cameron testified in...
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More charges laid in connection with shooting in Brocklehurst
Bradley John Hartling Prosecutors have laid new charges against a Kamloops man accused of accidentally shooting a neighbour during a botched robbery attempt in Brocklehurst last month. Bradley John...
View ArticleAccused Shuswap drug smuggler to be extradited
Colin Martin will face charges in the U.S. relating to a cross-border drug smuggling operation. On Thursday, Dec. 14, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Martin’s application for leave to appeal a...
View ArticleBarriere woman found guilty of assault after stabbing boyfriend
A Kamloops judge did not buy a Barriere woman’s claims of self-defence stemming from an incident in which she stabbed her former boyfriend in the chest. Bernadine Miranda Cameron has been found guilty...
View ArticleWildfire evacuee admitted to setting Kamloops hotel room on fire
Prosecutors are seeking a long-term offender designation for a wildfire evacuee who admitted in court on Thursday to setting a fire in his Kamloops hotel room this summer. Shane Dalton Dennis, 30,...
View ArticleFormer North Thompson resident convicted of sexually assaulting teen boys in...
A former volunteer police officer and youth sports coach in the North Thompson Valley has been found guilty of five sex crimes against teenagers dating back decades, including the rape of a 14-year-old...
View ArticleLytton man awaits sentencing for stabbing uncle to death
The Crown is seeking a sentence of between four and six years for a Lytton man who stabbed his uncle to death during a drunken fight nearly two years ago. Colton Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter...
View ArticleGardian Angel on trial for having sex with 14-year-old boy
A 15-year-old Kamloops boy who met and had sex with a man in his 50s last summer has told a judge the man told him “age is just a number” after the teen expressed concerns following their brief...
View ArticleSuspect arrested after attempted stabbing in Riverside Park, police say
Police say they used a Taser to subdue a man walking across the Overlanders Bridge on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to stab someone in Riverside Park. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said two people...
View ArticleLawyer for man shot by police in Salmon Arm awaiting completion of report
A man who survived being shot in the head by a Salmon Arm Mountie after allegedly breaking into a car wash is in legal limbo while lawyers wait for a report from B.C.’s police watchdog. Kayman Winter’s...
View ArticleStabbing uncle to death nets Lytton man three-year sentence
A Lytton man who admitted to stabbing his uncle to death during a drunken fight nearly two years ago has been handed a prison sentence of just over three years. Colton Smith pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCharges laid following ‘drug-related’ weekend shooting that injured one
Charges have been laid against a Kamloops man accused in a drug-related weekend shooting in a downtown apartment building that sent a man to hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. Police were called...
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Province files lawsuit against Kamloops nursing home operator for deadly 2015...
The provincial government has filed a lawsuit against the operator of a Kamloops nursing home after an altercation between two residents in 2015 turned deadly. Emily Houston was 84 when she died at...
View ArticleThree months in jail for exchanging nude photos with teen girl, threatening...
A former junior hockey goaltender who exchanged nude photos with a 13-year-old Kamloops girl on Snapchat and then threatened to show them to her family members has been handed a three-month jail term....
View ArticleTRU professor: Supreme Court decision on text messages brings laws into...
A Kamloops law professor says a pair of monumental decisions last month by Canada’s highest court bring the nation’s laws into the information age, ending a period of “windfall” for police. “It’s...
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Charges laid in connection to pellet-gun incident on North Shore
This is a real .45 calibrre Beretta PX4 Storm SD (Special Duty) pistol.RCMP photo A 32-year-old Kamloops man faces charges following an incident last Friday when a man allegedly threatened people while...
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Trial of Kamloops man accused of beating teen into coma will take place in...
The trial of a man accused of beating a teen into a coma after finding him on his property in 2016 will not take place in Kamloops. A B.C. Supreme Court judge on Monday granted an application from...
View ArticleCanada’s highest court’s decision brings the nation’s laws into information age
A Kamloops law professor says a pair of monumental decisions last month by Canada’s highest court bring the nation’s laws into the information age, ending a period of “windfall” for police. “It’s...
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