Charter challenge decision, sentence set for Feb. 19
The Crown wants an alleged Kamloops gangster convicted on a handful of property and firearm-related charges jailed up to three years. Jason Robertson will learn his fate on Feb. 19. He was convicted...
View ArticleAttempted murder charge stems from May 2017 fire in Aberdeen home
A 19-year-old woman is facing charges of attempted murder and arson stemming from a fire in a Kamloops home last year. Megan Medos has been charged in relation to a fire at an Aberdeen home in May....
View ArticlePetition at Alberta university targets Kamloops man
A petition to have a Kamloops sex offender expelled from an Alberta university has garnered more than 40,000 signatures, but the school has yet to make a decision. Connor Neurauter was sentenced in...
View ArticleTrucker charged in connection with August 2016 fatal crash on Coquihalla Highway
Charges have been laid in connection with a fatal 2016 crash on the Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops. Linda Tom, 47, was killed on Aug. 30, 2016, when her southbound Suzuki Swift was hit from...
View ArticleCharge laid in connection to 2015 fatal hit and run near Lytton
A Lytton-area woman is facing charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed her son almost three years ago. Cory Johnny, 26, was found dead near a road on the Stryen Indian Reserve...
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Lawyer of man shot in Salmon Arm says charges against Mountie not being...
Kaymen Winter in a photo on his Facebook page, B.C.’s police watchdog is not recommending charges against the RCMP officer involved in a shooting in Salmon Arm last year, the shooting victim’s lawyer...
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Did police violate accused’s right to remain silent? Manslaughter trial in...
Dennis Adolph was found dead in a Valleyview motel on Jan. 26, 2016.Facebook photo The trial of a Kamloops man accused of stabbing an acquaintance to death in a Valleyview motel room in 2016 will begin...
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Convicted in fatal boat crash on Magna Bay, Reinbrecht continues his road to...
The driver of a speedboat involved in a fatal nighttime collision with a houseboat on Shuswap Lake more than seven years ago is set to make his next appearance in B.C.’s highest court, though a date...
View ArticleFormer fire chief gets seven months in prison for possession of child porn
Editor’s note: this story contains graphic content some readers may find disturbing. A man described in court as a former pillar of the Barriere community was ordered Thursday to spend seven months in...
View ArticleHearings underway for accused in 2017 murder in east Kamloops RV
A preliminary inquiry is underway in Kamloops provincial court for a man accused of murder in an alleged altercation in an RV park nearly 12 months ago. Cody Foster, 26, was found dead following an...
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Hearings begin in Kamloops to determine if rights of accused were violated
Dennis Adolph was found dead in a Valleyview motel on Jan. 26, 2016.Facebook photo Eight days of hearings to determine whether police violated a Kamloops man’s rights to silence and legal counsel after...
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Teichrieb’s attempted murder trial will begin on Oct. 15 in Kelowna
The trial for a Kamloops man accused of beating a teen into a coma in June 2016 will take place in Kelowna later this year. Kristopher Teichrieb is charged with attempted murder. His trial is set to...
View ArticleSagmoen faces new charges; remains of missing woman were earlier found on...
A Shuswap-area man with ties to a rural property on which police found the remains of a missing woman is facing three new charges alleging he assaulted sex-trade workers. Curtis Wayne Sagmoen, 37, was...
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Judge listening to 17 hours of interviews with accused in Kamloops...
Dennis Adolph was found dead in a Valleyview motel on Jan. 26, 2016.Facebook photo A B.C. Supreme Court judge has begun listening to 17 hours of recorded audio and video of a Kamloops man’s...
View ArticleSagmoen facing new charges
A Shuswap-area man with ties to a rural property on which police found the remains of a missing woman is facing three new charges alleging he assaulted sex-trade workers. Curtis Wayne Sagmoen, 37, was...
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During hours of interviews, accused in Kamloops death denied killing nephew
A Kamloops man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in 2016 denied any part in the slaying and repeatedly invoked his Charter right to silence during hours of interviews before eventually...
View ArticleKamloops judge grants sex offender’s request to serve sentence on weekends
A Kamloops sex offender who garnered headlines across Canada and around the world last month when a judge put his jail sentence on hold until May so he could finish his semester at university will be...
View ArticleShuswap murder trial begins in Kamloops, almost seven years after shooting death
A convicted murderer took the witness stand on Tuesday in a Kamloops courtroom, testifying against his co-accused in a deadly drive-by shooting in a sleepy Shuswap town more than six years ago. Nick...
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Video shows victim appearing injured before entering motel room
Video surveillance played in a Kamloops courtroom on Tuesday shows the victim of a fatal stabbing appearing to clutch an area near his wound hours before he was found dead, potentially contradicting...
View ArticleTrial dates set for accused in Shuswap hit-and-run slaying
A trial date has been set for a Shuswap man charged with murder in relation to a 2016 hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcyclist. Raymond Edward Swann was ordered to stand trial following a...
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