Crime

Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)

Teens demand more from adults as youth violence rises in Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP said they take an education first approach

  • May 14, 2024
Teddy bears placed at a vigil in Ben Lee Park, Kelowna for 15-year-old homicide victim Tristan Seeger. (Brittany Webster/ Black Press Media)
Metro Vancouver Transit Police seized an array of weapons, drugs and stolen goods during a three-day operation in and around the Metrotown SkyTrain station on April 13, 19 and 21, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Metro Vancouver Transit Police)

Transit police seize 23 weapons in 3-day operation at Burnaby transit hub

Officers also discovered fentanyl and $9,605 in stolen goods

Metro Vancouver Transit Police seized an array of weapons, drugs and stolen goods during a three-day operation in and around the Metrotown SkyTrain station on April 13, 19 and 21, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Metro Vancouver Transit Police)
A screenshot from a live-streamed video on Kick shows a B.C. teen driving a car into the Burrard Inlet on Monday, March 4, 2024. (@AdinRossEmpire/X)

Mischief charge for B.C. teen who drove car into ocean on livestream stunt

Jawad Mazen Fawwaz alleged to have been paid to drive into Burrard Inlet last March

A screenshot from a live-streamed video on Kick shows a B.C. teen driving a car into the Burrard Inlet on Monday, March 4, 2024. (@AdinRossEmpire/X)
The first cruise ship of the season is docked at Homer Harbor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Cruise ship worker arrested after scissor attack in waters off B.C.

Man accused of stabbing 3 people with scissors on board vessel bound for Alaska

The first cruise ship of the season is docked at Homer Harbor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
Vancouver police are asking for help identifying a suspect in a child luring incident that occurred near East 33rd Avenue and St. Catherines Street on Sunday, May 5, 2024. (VPD photo)

Vancouver police seek suspect in child luring of 11-year-old girl

Girl sought help from motorist after unknown man yelled at her, asked her to go with him

Vancouver police are asking for help identifying a suspect in a child luring incident that occurred near East 33rd Avenue and St. Catherines Street on Sunday, May 5, 2024. (VPD photo)
Burnaby RCMP released a sketch on May 6, 2024 of the suspect in a Feb. 19, 2024 sexual assault on an elderly woman in Central Park. (Burnaby RCMP)

Police seek suspect in sexual assault on elderly woman in Burnaby

Woman was walking through Central Park on Feb. 19 when she was attacked by a stranger, RCMP say

Burnaby RCMP released a sketch on May 6, 2024 of the suspect in a Feb. 19, 2024 sexual assault on an elderly woman in Central Park. (Burnaby RCMP)
Kulwinder Singh Sohi was the victim of a fatal stabbing in White Rock, along the waterfront on the night of Tuesday, April 23. Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth of Surrey has now been charged with second-degree murder. (IHIT handout and Tricia Weel photo)

Surrey man charged with murder in second White Rock stabbing

Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth appeared in Surrey provincial court Friday

Kulwinder Singh Sohi was the victim of a fatal stabbing in White Rock, along the waterfront on the night of Tuesday, April 23. Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth of Surrey has now been charged with second-degree murder. (IHIT handout and Tricia Weel photo)
Fraud suspect Florian Dinca, 44, in a photo posted to Toronto Police Service website (tps.ca).

Cash shop-and-swap fraud allegations land Quebec man in Surrey jail

He’s charged with crimes connected to merchandise sales on social media

Fraud suspect Florian Dinca, 44, in a photo posted to Toronto Police Service website (tps.ca).
(ALERT photo)

Kelowna business owner denies gang ties, sued again by government

Province looks to seize 9 properties alleged to have been purchased with proceeds from crime

(ALERT photo)
A woman with a knife was arrested inside a New Westminster post-secondary school Wednesday (May 1), police say. New Westminster police were called to the secondary school on 6th Street after students and staff reportedly feared for their safety. (Black Press Media file photo)

Woman armed with knife arrested inside New Westminster post secondary school

Students and staff were told to evacuate the school Wednesday morning

A woman with a knife was arrested inside a New Westminster post-secondary school Wednesday (May 1), police say. New Westminster police were called to the secondary school on 6th Street after students and staff reportedly feared for their safety. (Black Press Media file photo)
B.C. woman Sable Raven Thom Jamerson was sentenced to 12 months in prison and two years of probation on April 18, 2024, after being found guilty of sexually assaulting her partner’s niece. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

1-year jail sentence for B.C. woman who sexually assaulted partner’s niece

Niece was staying at the couple’s Vancouver apartment for 1 night in 2019 when the assault occurred

B.C. woman Sable Raven Thom Jamerson was sentenced to 12 months in prison and two years of probation on April 18, 2024, after being found guilty of sexually assaulting her partner’s niece. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Flowers have been placed near the spot where a person was fatally stabbed Tuesday night on the White Rock waterfront. Tricia Weel photo

BREAKING: ‘Exercise caution and remain vigilant’: White Rock mayor

City, IHIT, RCMP offer more information about two stabbings on the waterfront

Flowers have been placed near the spot where a person was fatally stabbed Tuesday night on the White Rock waterfront. Tricia Weel photo
Flowers have been placed near the spot where a person was fatally stabbed Tuesday night on the White Rock waterfront. Tricia Weel photo

Mayor urges vigilance after 2 stabbings in 3 days near White Rock pier

City, IHIT, RCMP offer more information about two stabbings on the waterfront

Flowers have been placed near the spot where a person was fatally stabbed Tuesday night on the White Rock waterfront. Tricia Weel photo
Rabih Alkhalil, left, is wanted by RCMP for conspiracy to commit murder after escaping a B.C. jail and Cody Casey is wanted by the Vancouver Police Department for drugs and firearms offences. (Bolo handouts)

2 men with B.C. crime connections make Bolo’s top 25 fugitive list

Bolo program is offering up to $100K each for information on either man

Rabih Alkhalil, left, is wanted by RCMP for conspiracy to commit murder after escaping a B.C. jail and Cody Casey is wanted by the Vancouver Police Department for drugs and firearms offences. (Bolo handouts)
Screenshots taken from an April 8, 2024 Instagram video show a social media stunt person perched between two train cars while riding the SkyTrain through Vancouver. (Instagram/nightrunner45)

SkyTrain-straddling social media stunt sparks B.C. police investigation

Police say ‘extremely dangerous’ stunt could land daredevil fines or criminal charges

Screenshots taken from an April 8, 2024 Instagram video show a social media stunt person perched between two train cars while riding the SkyTrain through Vancouver. (Instagram/nightrunner45)
Supt. Davy Lee speaks during a press conference in Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Pictured here are some of the items seized from a large drug bust including $300,000 in vehicles, $500,000 in cash, and $5 million in street drugs. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

$5M in drugs, weapons seized in Lower Mainland bust: Chilliwack RCMP

‘Meticulous’ police operation executed by RCMP in Chilliwack, Langley, Surrey, Richmond

Supt. Davy Lee speaks during a press conference in Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Pictured here are some of the items seized from a large drug bust including $300,000 in vehicles, $500,000 in cash, and $5 million in street drugs. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
An RCMP dive team discovered a number of vehicles and a school bus submerged in the Fraser River while working to recover a stolen car on April 6, 2024. (Coquitlam RCMP)

School bus, stolen vehicles discovered submerged in Fraser River: RCMP

Police dive team went searching for 1 vehicle, but found several more

An RCMP dive team discovered a number of vehicles and a school bus submerged in the Fraser River while working to recover a stolen car on April 6, 2024. (Coquitlam RCMP)
The couch from the apartment Lisa Rauch had barricaded herself into. A curling iron is shown sitting in the couch, possibly the cause of the fire that gave urgency to the police response, during which Rauch was killed. (Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner)

Lead-up to woman’s death included drug use, tense standoff with Victoria police

Massing of Victoria police followed descent into ‘drug psychosis’

  • Apr 17, 2024
The couch from the apartment Lisa Rauch had barricaded herself into. A curling iron is shown sitting in the couch, possibly the cause of the fire that gave urgency to the police response, during which Rauch was killed. (Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner)
Lisa Rauch, 43, died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Hearing begins to review Victoria police officer’s actions in woman’s death

Lisa Rauch died after being hit in the back of the head by ammunition intended to be non-lethal

  • Apr 15, 2024
Lisa Rauch, 43, died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)
Richmond RCMP say a scam has re-emerged recently in the community, where fraudsters try to sell fake gold and jewelry. (Pixabay)

RCMP warn of gold-selling scam in Metro Vancouver city

Fraudsters selling fake gold jewelry, preying on victim’s emotions, police say

Richmond RCMP say a scam has re-emerged recently in the community, where fraudsters try to sell fake gold and jewelry. (Pixabay)