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[pontcanna]

Reported armed robbery prompts major police response near Nanaimo grocery store

Mar 13, 2025 

 

NANAIMO — RCMP was called to Country Grocer @ Bowen Rd. & Dufferin on Weds, March 12 @ 5:30 pm after reports of an attempt robbery potentially involving a gun.

2 people ran from the store, then lingered outside the TD Bank.

“We arrested them @ gunpoint, did not find a firearm, but they were detained. Our Police Dog… did a search but never found a firearm or anything (else)."

Suspects were “too intoxicated to be released”, held in cells before being released Thurs a.m.

No charges are pending.

RCMP reviewed footage and didn’t see a firearm.

The incident drew a considerable RCMP response. “We perceived that there was a firearm, and to such time we ascertain there isn’t one, our firearms will be at the ready.”

 

More: https://nanaimonewsn...-grocery-store/

[Victoria Watcher]

Lantzville man hears noises, finds burglars outside his bedroom

The man and woman ultimately fled with three frozen pizzas, a pellet gun and a Coleman camp stove

https://www.timescol...edroom-10369625

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 March 2025 - 06:31 AM.

[pontcanna]

‘Shattered into a million pieces:’ Nanaimo man awaits punishment for sexually abusing infant daughter

Mar 14, 2025 

 

NANAIMO — A man has been convicted of disturbing sex crimes against his own infant daughter.

The Nanaimo man was deemed fit to be sentenced in Oct, found guilty of 3 sex crimes, including offences against his 19-mo old daughter in their home in Sept 2020.

The man’s spouse found a video on his phone of him masturbating and rubbing his penis against their daughter’s vagina.

Justice Groves heard arguments in Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Mar 14, and will provide his decision later this year.

Crown asked for a sentence of 6-9 yrs in penitentiary followed by probation, while defence asked for 2 yrs provincial sentence and any probation deemed necessary.

19 images on the man’s phone depicted children, 16 of them anime, depicting sexual situations involving what appears to be children engaging in sex w/adults & animals.

The offender served 176 days in custody last year.

 

More: https://nanaimonewsn...nfant-daughter/

 

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Witnesses, Footage Sought For Stolen Truck Investigation

 

Date: Friday, March 14, 2025 

File: #25-8994 

 

Victoria, B.C. – Investigators are seeking witnesses and video footage after a white, three-ton Isuzu work truck was stolen from Esquimalt Road on the morning of March 14.   

 

Just before 10:45 a.m. on Friday morning, VicPD received a report from a driver who was delivering bread that a man jumped into his unoccupied truck and drove away from the 800-block of Esquimalt Road. Officers located the work truck just before 11:10 a.m. in the 3300-block of Whittier Road in Saanich. Officers received reports that the driver of the stolen truck was driving erratically in the Gorge area. 

 

The vehicle involved is described as a white, three-ton Isuzu work truck. Police are looking for people who may have witnessed the incident or have video footage, including dashcam video or CCTV of the area around the time of the incident, to please call the E-Comm Report Desk at (250) 995-7654 and reference file number 25-8994. 

 

The investigation is ongoing. 

 

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First appearance for BROWN (born 1990, lengthy BC court history from 2011) after what seems a significant bust last August. Co-accused LEWIS (born 1977) has already appeared. VicPD #24-31178. No press releases I could find.

 

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Prolific offender allegedly throws axe at truck, bear-sprays two Nanaimo Mounties

Mar 17, 2025 

NANAIMO — RCMP had their hands full w/a man throwing an axe into the back of a truck near Woodgrove Ctr.

 

Kym Arkell

March 15 @ ~430 pm, a civilian pointed out the axe-thrower, allegedly 40-yr old Kym Robert Arkell.
 

Officers engaged Arkell on Metral Dr. near Aulds Rd.

“There’s a foot chase. Arkell allegedly brings out bear spray, discharges it @ RCMP, they fight with him & take him into custody.”

Arkell is charged w/assault PO w/weapon x2, possess weapon for dangerous purpose, resist arrest, and breach probation x2.

Arkell also had 2 warrants for other charges. He was handed 2 yrs for arson in Aug 2022.

Other crimes inc. threatening to kill a retail worker in 2020, as well as stand-offs w/RCMP at Beban Park in 2017/18.

 

More: https://nanaimonewsn...naimo-mounties/

 

[pontcanna]

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers

Copper Wire Theft

Between September 17, 2024, and March 6, 2025, five significant incidents of copper theft from BC Hydro maintenance holes in Saanich and Victoria areas. The value of the cables and repair is over $170,000.

There are significant public safety risks due to maintenance hole covers removed/not replaced, potential power outages, electrical fires, and work-related risk to Hydro crews repairing stolen cables. Suspects would have to possess technical knowledge and require specialized equipment to pull up the cables.

 

 

[pontcanna]

2 Tesla chargers torched in Nanaimo, others damaged

 

2 Tesla charging stations across from Woodgrove Ctr were destroyed by arson fires while others were damaged early Sat.

Fire Dept was called ~0310 for an “act of vandalism.”

RCMP said the chargers not set on fire appeared to have been hit with a pry bar or blunt instrument.

 

More: https://www.timescol...amaged-10388741

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@vicpdcanada

On March 16, at around 2:49 p.m., Victoria and Saanich Police received a report about a grey BMW X5 speeding and driving into oncoming traffic near Cadboro Bay Road and Sinclair Road in Saanich. The vehicle was later found at Gorge Road East and Bridge Street in Victoria. 

 

Police initiated a traffic stop and pulled over the vehicle, its driver and one passenger at Dunedin Street and Gorge Road East. One of the occupants is believed to have ties to a suspected gang. 

 

During a safety search, police recovered a prohibited knife, a large amount of cash, a canister of suspected hydromorphone pills, and bear spray. They also discovered a small amount of dried cannabis, tobacco, and a large quantity of nicotine pouches, all of which were seized along with the BMW X5. 

 

The investigation is ongoing, and we thank our officers for keeping our communities safe.

8:35 AM · Mar 18, 2025

[Victoria Watcher]

Toronto and Vancouver now have higher rates of property crime than New York and L.A.

 

https://www.fraserin...e-united-states

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@vicpdcanada

In the last hour, we've received 18 calls regarding scammers spoofing our non-emergency number.

 

12:42 pm, March 18

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[pontcanna]

-CSO from 2007, some lengthy gaps so either got his act together for a while, was out of province or in custody.

 

Man charged with robbery after attempted purse snatching

North Cowichan/Duncan

2025-03-19 - File #2025-3845

A man has been charged with robbery after attempting to steal a purse from a senior citizen in Duncan, BC.

On March 14, 2025, just before 5:00 pm, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP were called to the intersection of Canada Ave and Station St after receiving a report that a man attempted to steal an elderly woman’s purse. 

 

As police arrived on scene, they located the suspect being restrained by bystanders in order to prevent him from fleeing. The suspect was then arrested and transported to North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment where they were held for court.

The victim, who was also being assisted by bystanders, was treated at the scene by BC Emergency Health Service paramedics for serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Of particular note is the bravery of community members who came together to ensure the safety of a senior citizen, said S/Sgt Ken Beard, detachment commander for North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP.

The suspect, 47-year-old (born 1978) Michael George Harlow, has been charged with Robbery and remains in custody. The police investigation has determined this is an isolated incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Cowichan Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.

Released by:

Cpl. Alex Bérubé
District Advisory NCO (Media Relations)
Island District

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‘Punched in the face’: B.C. paramedic attacked on the job says violence is a fact of life

Global News - March 18, 2025 

 

Greg Stubbs is a husband, father of three and a paramedic on Vancouver Island.

He is now back on the job after he was attacked and seriously hurt while responding to a call on Pandora Avenue in downtown Victoria last summer.

“We went for a suspected seizure,” Stubbs told Global News.

The call had come for a person inside Our Place. They were directed to check out a person inside a tent on the street in front.

“We find this young man, he’s on all fours inside a tent, still trying to smoke whatever he’s smoking,” 

They got the man outside the tent, sat him in a chair and were doing vitals. The man was nice & compliant.

“(Then he) stands up from the chair and he does a nonchalant stretch, and before he finished the stretch, he punched me in the face,”.

The man approached his partner, as he stumbled backward and fell onto all fours on the boulevard.

“He kicked me as hard as he could in the face, all I could see was tunnel vision,”.

VicFD also responded to the call, so Stubbs stumbled over to the side of the truck. The driver got out to stand over & protect him.

“Then more firemen come out, create a barricade in front of (my partner) and I. They have their axes out trying to protect us because this guy is amping up. And then VicPD, from left & right. It took like 11/12 officers to eventually get the man under control.”

“Everyone was coming out of their Pandora Ave tents yelling at the police, ‘There’s more of us than there are of you. We’re going to kill all of you’,”.

 

Video: https://globalnews.c...he-job-assault/

“VicPD sent a mayday for everyone south of Duncan. Every officer came down. they blocked off a 4-block radius around Pandora. No one was allowed in or out.”

 

More: https://globalnews.c...omeless-person/

[LJ]

Most vulnerable. 

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-Fed time in Manitoba (2016) -

 

https://www.brandons...gets-five-years

 

@vicpdcanada

Three police vehicles were vandalized on Tuesday, two of which were parked at VicPD HQ. A sergeant with quick instincts heard a loud crash and located the suspect, who resisted by throwing a book at the officer. 

 

Jimmy Bernard Temchuk (born 1985) has been charged (Mischief/Obstruct PO) and held in custody pending a bail hearing. The investigation into the third vehicle mischief that occurred on Menzies Street is ongoing. 

 

File: #25-9555

10:56 AM · Mar 20, 2025

[lanforod]

Throw the book at him!

[Barrister]

I have always know that those firemen are evil. We should take away their axes and give them a small plastic fork instead.

[pontcanna]

Three arrested in Nanaimo, part of gang enforcement blitz on Vancouver Island

Mar 20, 2025 

NANAIMO — 3 people were arrested locally, with more elsewhere on the Island, through a multi-day blitz.

CFSEU/UGET conducted a traffic stop on March 7 @ Strickland/Robins Sts. in S Nanaimo.

One had multiple warrants, also seized were “large amounts of prepackaged drugs, scales and cash”.

Next day, a traffic stop on Townsite Rd., nr Millstone Ave. saw another arrest. The driver was arrested for PPT, w/a “large bag of prepackaged drugs and cash” seized.

Final stop during the blitz occurred near Value Lodge Motel on Nicol St. - the driver had a Coquitlam warrant.

Similar arrests were made in Langford over the 3 days.

Stops were also conducted w/“known traffickers including locals (plus) others from out of town”, but no arrests resulted.

 

More: https://nanaimonewsn...ncouver-island/

[Victoria Watcher]

A Victoria woman is uninjured and taking things in stride after she wrestled a would-be bike thief to the ground in downtown Victoria on Thursday.

 

The brazen theft attempt was captured on Emma Weeks’ 360-degree helmet camera when she was stopping at a local bike shop to get her tires inflated around 11 a.m.

 

The video shows a hooded man come up behind Weeks and try to grab the bike out from under her.

 

“As I got to the door, someone comes up to me and tries to grab my bike from me,” she told CHEK News.

 

The cyclist says she wasn’t even completely off her bike yet when the attempted theft occurred, and that “my foot was still on the pedal.”

 

 

https://cheknews.ca/...-thief-1245081/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 March 2025 - 07:54 PM.