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[pontcanna]

Woman gets fine, driving prohibition after fatal crash on the Malahat

Times Colonist 14 Dec 2021


David and Justine Tilley. The 46-year-old man was killed and his wife injured in a crash on the Malahat in 2018.

A Victoria woman responsible for a fatal crash on the Malahat three years ago has been fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for a year.

Sara Thomas, 32, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention in a construction zone on Highway 1 in the early afternoon of June 9, 2018. The collision took the life of David Tilley, 46, and injured his wife, Justine.

Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes accepted a joint submission by Crown and defence, finding that Thomas’s expressions of remorse and regret significantly mitigating.

Thomas was driving north in a 2017 Dodge Caravan. Tilley, a chartered professional accountant who had just been promoted to director at Telus in Vancouver three days earlier, was driving south in a 2007 Honda CRV. He and his wife were celebrating the promotion with a trip to Vancouver Island.

Thomas was driving 100 km/h, significantly above the posted speed limit of 60 km/h, but so were all the other drivers heading north, Holmes noted.

More: https://www.timescol...t-crash-4861533

 

[Mike K.]

Hold on, we’re told speed “never” causes accidents on the Malahat, and certainly not deaths.

The fact we are all hogtied to that death trap of a highway should be criminal.

[pontcanna]

- If they ever do a remake of "Misery", she's a shoo-in for the Kathy Bates role

 

Fake nurse also worked at private surgery clinic in Victoria

Brigitte Cleroux was employed at View Royal Surgical Centre for 3 weeks, management confirms

CBC News · Dec 13, 2021


Brigitte Cleroux, 49, worked at View Royal Surgical Centre in Victoria for three weeks, CBC has learned.

A woman facing charges for allegedly posing as a nurse at a Vancouver hospital also worked at a private surgery clinic in Victoria, CBC News has learned.

Management at View Royal Surgical Clinic confirmed Monday that Brigitte Cleroux was employed there for three weeks in November 2020.

"We are working with the authorities to review the matter and ensure patients who may have had contact with Ms. [Cleroux] are provided with the information and support they need," Fatima Fazal, the chief operating officer for parent company Surgical Centres Inc., wrote in an email.

Cleroux, 49, is charged with fraud over $5,000 and personation after Vancouver police say she posed as a perioperative nurse at B.C. Women's Hospital from June 2020 to June 2021. She also faces charges in Ottawa based on similar allegations, and has a long history of convictions for posing as a nurse in multiple provinces.
 

More: https://www.cbc.ca/n...nurse-1.6284070

 

[pontcanna]

Cops investigating a torched Audi A4 at Cattle Point. Witnesses say a “light coloured Honda” car or SUV left the area through the Cattle Point entrance.

Smells like a car used in a crime by out of town criminals? Torched the vehicle in what they thought is a dark faraway park, fled the wrong way not knowing Cattle Point is a loop.

 

 

"The owner said he had left the car in the Goldstream area about 2:30 p.m."

 

More: https://www.oakbayne...aterfront-park/

[JimV]

Suspect in Campbell River Walmart stabbing arrested again after breaching court-order, attempting to assault officer


https://www.cheknews...officer-926976/

He was obviously experiencing a mental health crisis and didn’t understand the terms of the court order.  Before they release him again tomorrow the should have a sympathetic social worker explain the conditions.

[On the Level]

He was obviously experiencing a mental health crisis and didn’t understand the terms of the court order.  Before they release him again tomorrow the should have a sympathetic social worker explain the conditions.

 

If he had just been given non-market apartment housing, he would be a productive member of society......probably a doctor.  If he was given a single family home, he would have evolved into a racist.

[spanky123]

Woman gets fine, driving prohibition after fatal crash on the Malahat

Times Colonist 14 Dec 2021

David and Justine Tilley. The 46-year-old man was killed and his wife injured in a crash on the Malahat in 2018.

A Victoria woman responsible for a fatal crash on the Malahat three years ago has been fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for a year.

Sara Thomas, 32, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention in a construction zone on Highway 1 in the early afternoon of June 9, 2018. The collision took the life of David Tilley, 46, and injured his wife, Justine.

Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes accepted a joint submission by Crown and defence, finding that Thomas’s expressions of remorse and regret significantly mitigating.

Thomas was driving north in a 2017 Dodge Caravan. Tilley, a chartered professional accountant who had just been promoted to director at Telus in Vancouver three days earlier, was driving south in a 2007 Honda CRV. He and his wife were celebrating the promotion with a trip to Vancouver Island.

Thomas was driving 100 km/h, significantly above the posted speed limit of 60 km/h, but so were all the other drivers heading north, Holmes noted.
 

 

I have driven the Malahat quite a bit and have never found every driver to be speeding 40km over the limit!

 

Presumably the RCMP would have felt they had some evidence in order to charge her with impaired driving. I wonder why that was dropped.

 

I am sure Thomas is remorseful, that doesn't bring back the person she killed however.

Edited by spanky123, 15 December 2021 - 09:04 AM.

[Mike K.]

100km/h in a 60 zone, on their way to doing 120km/h in an 80 zone. That’s the Malahat.

[m3m]

100km/h in a 60 zone, on their way to doing 120km/h in an 80 zone. That’s the Malahat.

 

In many places on the malahat it would actually be dangerous to drive at the speed limit given that nearly all drivers are driving well above that limit.  It is safer to maintain the pace of the other drivers. 

[Mike K.]

There is tailgating on the single lane portions, for sure. But you’re the captain. You can’t let the raging lunatics force you into unsafe situations. They’re going to tailgate no matter what, so I slow down even more when they’re blowing a gasket.

[Benezet]

In many places on the malahat it would actually be dangerous to drive at the speed limit given that nearly all drivers are driving well above that limit. It is safer to maintain the pace of the other drivers.

Sorry, I disagree. In my experience, driving within the speed limit, which is what I try to do at all times (especially the Hat), has never proven dangerous of itself. I don’t recall having been so much as honked at for doing so.

[Victoria Watcher]

An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after police officers arrived at a Saanich business that had been broken into.

Police received a report about a break-in at a store in the 3600-block of Shelbourne Street around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 14. The store’s live-feed CCTV alerted its owners about the break-in.

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Saanich police suspect the man of breaking into the same business on Monday, noting in a release that evidence was found on him backing up that suspicion.

Police recommended two counts of breaking and entering against the man, who was released with conditions and a 2022 court date.

https://www.vicnews....-saanich-store/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 December 2021 - 12:05 PM.

[Mike K.]

Just down the hill from the Cedar Hill shelter, I think?

[Nparker]

...Police recommended two counts of breaking and entering against the man, who was released with conditions and a 2022 court date...

   

[A Girl is No one]

Can we go for three counts?

[pontcanna]

MCU Investigating After Suspect Forced Entry into Home

Date: December 15, 2021 - File: #21-27839

The Saanich Police are asking residents to be vigilant after a suspect forced their way into a residence in the Gordon Head area yesterday,

The incident occurred just before 5:00 p.m. The homeowner answered the door and as they opened it, the suspect forced their way inside and confronted the owner. The suspect fled the home in an unknown direction. The homeowner, an elderly man, sustained minor, non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives with our Major Crime Unit are investigating this incident, which is still in the early stages of gathering information and evidence. At this time, the motive for this crime is not clear.

Cst. Markus Anastasiades
Public Information and Communications Officer

[Victoria Watcher]

The Gordon Head neighbourhood?

That’s a bit vague.

[pontcanna]

About $100,000 worth of jewellery, electronics stolen from Royal Oak condo

Times Colonist - 16 Dec 2021


Saanich police are looking to identify two individuals who broke into an apartment building in the 4500 block of West Saanich Road on Dec. 2.

Saanich police are looking for two people who stole an estimated $100,000 worth of jewellery and electronics from a condominium in the Royal Oak area.

The incident happened about 2 p.m. on Dec. 2 in a building in the 4500 block of West Saanich Road, near Royal Oak Drive.

The two got inside after they were able to “defeat” the lock, police said.

Only one specific third-floor suite was targeted.

Call Saanich police at 250-475-4321 with information or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

 

 

[pontcanna]

Man charged with striking officer with stolen car released

• Times Colonist
• 16 Dec 2021
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A 27-year-old man arrested after a Victoria police officer was struck by a stolen car on Pandora Avenue has been released from custody.

 

 

Chance Nichol is charged with assaulting a police officer with a weapon, dangerous driving and possession of stolen property on Sept. 27.

 

Nichol is required to pay a $1,000 surety. He will be released from the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre into the care of his father, who will drive him to Swartz Bay ferry terminal. Nichol will be picked up by his mother at Tsawwassen and live with her on the Lower Mainland.

 

Nichol must stay away from Vancouver Island. He must observe a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. He must not possess or consume alcohol or drugs and he must not be in the driver’s seat of any vehicle.

 

 

[pontcanna]

viccrimestop 

 

Hey Greater Victoria -

Saanich Police are looking to ID these 4 suspects who used 2 stolen credit cards to make numerous purchases at Home Depots in the Greater Victoria area.

The suspects are also accused of using the credit cards at other Home Depots on the Island as well. It is suspected that they made over $15,000.00 in fraudulent purchases on these 2 cards.

The suspect are the 2 men and 2 women in the photographs. Please have a good look and see if you recognize any of them

If you know who any of the suspects are and you want to tell us anonymously, please call 1-800-222-8477. You may also submit a tip online at www.victoriacrimestoppers.ca

#21-23867