Crime

Rumours have been circulating since the death of a 15-year-old girl in the Cowichan community, but police say they do not believe there was any criminality involved. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)
Rumours have been circulating since the death of a 15-year-old girl in the Cowichan community, but police say they do not believe there was any criminality involved. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth announced on May 19 that funding towards community safety and crime prevention programs will move forwards, largely coming from seized funds collected from sales of forfeited assets. “Crime should never pay,” Farnworth said. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

B.C. announces new grants for community safety, crime prevention

The province has unveiled a new grant program from its Crime Forfeiture Office

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth announced on May 19 that funding towards community safety and crime prevention programs will move forwards, largely coming from seized funds collected from sales of forfeited assets. “Crime should never pay,” Farnworth said. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
A courtroom sketch shows accused murderer Ibrahim Ali listening to court proceedings through a translator. Ali is charged with first degree murder in the 2017 death of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl. (Credit: Felicity Don)

Pathologist in B.C. murder trial says he’s not certain where teenage girl was killed

The girl’s body was found in Burnaby’s Central Park in July 2017

A courtroom sketch shows accused murderer Ibrahim Ali listening to court proceedings through a translator. Ali is charged with first degree murder in the 2017 death of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl. (Credit: Felicity Don)
A police officer stands by a car and a tent near Barragem do Arade, Portugal, Tuesday May 23, 2023. Portuguese police said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country's Algarve region in 2007, in the next few days. Portugal's Judicial Police released a statement confirming local media reports that they would conduct the search at the request of the German authorities and in the presence of British officials. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)

Police in Portugal resume search for Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007

Portuguese police aided by German and British colleagues on Tuesday resumed their…

A police officer stands by a car and a tent near Barragem do Arade, Portugal, Tuesday May 23, 2023. Portuguese police said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country's Algarve region in 2007, in the next few days. Portugal's Judicial Police released a statement confirming local media reports that they would conduct the search at the request of the German authorities and in the presence of British officials. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
A stolen truck led police on a chase from Mission to Vancouver to Hope that saw the participation of multiple jurisdictions, a helicopter and the deployment of bean bags. Five charges were laid against 33-year-old Kelly Dean in relation to the incident. /Mission RCMP Photo

Lower Mainland police chase ends with bean bags in a pipeline tunnel

Driver of suspected stolen truck charged after leading police from Mission to Vancouver to Hope

A stolen truck led police on a chase from Mission to Vancouver to Hope that saw the participation of multiple jurisdictions, a helicopter and the deployment of bean bags. Five charges were laid against 33-year-old Kelly Dean in relation to the incident. /Mission RCMP Photo
FILE - A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Federal prosecutors say a man has been indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz.” The FBI recovered the slippers in 2018. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Man indicted in theft of ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland

The FBI recovered the slippers in a sting operation five years ago after they were stolen in 2005

FILE - A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Federal prosecutors say a man has been indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz.” The FBI recovered the slippers in 2018. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a suspect in a mass-keying incident at two dealerships between January and April 2023. (Coquitlam RCMP handout)

VIDEO: Woman wanted in ‘mass-keying’ of 400 vehicles at Coquitlam dealerships

Police looking for suspect seen on surveillance keying vehicles between January and April

Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a suspect in a mass-keying incident at two dealerships between January and April 2023. (Coquitlam RCMP handout)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Anti-corruption advocate hopes new financial crime body can start ‘scaring bad guys’

One says it’s important to take ‘opportunity to look at the full package of what is financial crime’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Driver going twice the speed limit busted in front of Agassiz RCMP detachment

Driver clocked at 100 km/h, vehicle impounded for a week

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During the height of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, police received a spike in online child exploitation reports. (Black Press Media File photo)

B.C. RCMP seeing skyrocketing reports of online predators exploiting children, youth

Between Jan. 1 to March 31 of this year, a total of 5,790 reports havebeen made to police

During the height of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, police received a spike in online child exploitation reports. (Black Press Media File photo)
Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)

Abbotsford couple speaks out after large group smashes vehicles on their property

‘We don’t have any problems with anybody,’ say 23-year homeowners

Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)
Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)

VIDEO: Suspects use swords, axes and bats to smash vehicles in Abbotsford driveway

Police release footage of a dozen men vandalizing cars on April 29

Video footage captured about a dozen suspects smashing vehicles April 29 on an Abbotsford property. (Screengrab from video)
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West Kelowna couple robbed of everything in Mexico

‘Literally everything we own in the whole world was in that van’

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FILE - An officer with the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) investigates the scene of a deadly crash in the Temescal Valley, south of Corona, Calif., Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. A jury found a Southern California man guilty Friday, April 28, 2023, in the killings of three teenage boys after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him in 2020. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

California man guilty of killing 3 after doorbell prank

Anurag Chandra was convicted in a Riverside County courtroom of three counts of first-degree murder

FILE - An officer with the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) investigates the scene of a deadly crash in the Temescal Valley, south of Corona, Calif., Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. A jury found a Southern California man guilty Friday, April 28, 2023, in the killings of three teenage boys after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him in 2020. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
Dashcam video captured the assault of an Uber driver in Abbotsford on April 18. (Screengrab from video)

Charges laid in random assault of Uber driver in Abbotsford

Prolific offender charged after attack inside vehicle on April 18

Dashcam video captured the assault of an Uber driver in Abbotsford on April 18. (Screengrab from video)
Burnaby RCMP say a senior was defrauded $7.5 million in a recent long-term cryptocurrency scam. (Credit: Shutterstock)

B.C. senior defrauded $7.5 million in long-term cryptocurrency scam

Burnaby RCMP say it’s one of the largest personal scams the detachment has ever seen

Burnaby RCMP say a senior was defrauded $7.5 million in a recent long-term cryptocurrency scam. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Jimmy Webb, 52, is Prince George’s fifth homicide victim of 2023. RCMP believe each of the five deaths are linked to the local drug trade. (Photo courtesy of Prince George RCMP)
Jimmy Webb, 52, is Prince George’s fifth homicide victim of 2023. RCMP believe each of the five deaths are linked to the local drug trade. (Photo courtesy of Prince George RCMP)
Penticton will be among several communities across B.C. holding Enough is Enough rallies in drawing attention to public safety. (Black Press Media file photo)

Premier David Eby ‘agrees with folks’ rallying across B.C. for public safety

Eby made the comment Thursday hours before several rallies scheduled for noon

Penticton will be among several communities across B.C. holding Enough is Enough rallies in drawing attention to public safety. (Black Press Media file photo)
The B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George, B.C. A woman is suing the B.C. government after she says she was forced into prostitution as a teen in ministry care. (Google Maps/Screenshot)

Lawsuit alleges Prince George teen was coerced into sex trade while in ministry care

Plaintiff says she’s suffered more than 2 decades of mental illness and lost income as a result

The B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George, B.C. A woman is suing the B.C. government after she says she was forced into prostitution as a teen in ministry care. (Google Maps/Screenshot)
Morrell Andrews speaking at a press event announcing Bill S-12 in Ottawa on Wednesday (April 26). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Bill introduced in Senate to change publication ban rules on sexual assault cases

Several B.C. and Vancouver Island advocates have spent years campaigning for change

Morrell Andrews speaking at a press event announcing Bill S-12 in Ottawa on Wednesday (April 26). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)