A 33-year-old man is charged with possession of stolen property after Penticton police converged on an allegedly stolen van in the Walmart parking lot Wednesday night.
James Walter Wilson is charged with one count of possession of stolen property over $5,000, one count of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and one count of possession of a controlled substance.
Wilson made his first appearance in Penticton Provincial Court Wednesday and faces a bail hearing on Feb. 1.
Shortly after 7 p.m. Jan. 27 police received a report of a suspicious male inside the Penticton Walmart.
The male drove a white van with an Alberta plate to Walmart, which police said was stolen out of the Calgary area. Police set up around the vehicle, observing the male walking towards the vehicle and the man was arrested as he was entering the van.
RCMP said multiple pieces of identification in other people’s names were recovered.
