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[pontcanna]

Have You Seen Wanted Man Stephen Blackwater?

 

Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 - File: #22-17322

 

Victoria, BC – VicPD officers are asking for your assistance to locate Stephen Blackwater, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and believed to be in Victoria.

 

Stephen Blackwater is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for suspension of day parole. He is serving a more than two-year federal sentence for possession of property obtained by crime, break and enter, theft over $5,000, breach of a conditional sentence order, breach of a release order, and breach of a probation order.

 

Stephen Blackwater is described as a 44-year-old Indigenous man standing five feet, four inches tall, and weighing approximately 140 pounds. He has short dark hair and brown eyes. A photograph of Stephen Blackwater is below.

 

If you see Stephen Blackwater, do not approach him, and call 911. If you have information about where Stephen Blackwater may be, please call our Report Desk and (250) 995-7654, extension 1. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

 

 

[pontcanna]

Info from a reliable source indicates he's in custody.

[pontcanna]

T-C adds this little tidbit to the Oak Bay assault story:

Police were made aware of a social-media post that has since been removed about the assault and immediately started an investigation.

“We are treating this file as sensitively as possible as we continue to investigate and ensure the public is aware of the stranger assault,” said Oak Bay Police Chief Ray Bernoties.

 

[Mike K.]

Is there not a better way to say stranger assault?

[Victoria Watcher]

Police were made aware of a social-media post that has since been removed about the assault and immediately started an investigation.


^ an investigation of what?

[Victoria Watcher]

Major crime detectives are investigating an apparent homicide after a body was found in a Sooke home over the weekend.

Sooke RCMP responded to a home on Throup Road just after 1 p.m. Sunday after a man’s body was discovered, though RCMP aren’t saying who discovered it.

“Initial evidence gathered at the scene led investigators to believe that criminality was involved,” RCMP said in a news release Monday.


https://www.cheknews...-sooke-1031987/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 May 2022 - 11:29 AM.

[Mike K.]

Here’s the release:

The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating a homicide that occurred over the weekend in Sooke, BC.

On May 15, 2022, just after 1:00 PM, the Sooke RCMP responded to a residence on Throup Rd after the body of a man was discovered. Initial evidence gathered at the scene led investigators to believe that criminality was involved. A person of interest was identified and arrested at the scene. Due to certain factors pertaining to this case which can’t be disclosed at this time, this person has since been released from police custody pending further investigation.

Parties involved in this altercation are known to each other. VIIMCU investigators are in the area, completing priority tasks, and are working closely with the support of Sooke RCMP, says Corporal Alex Bérubé, spokesperson for the BC RCMP. This is believed to be an isolated incident and there is no risk to the public.

As the investigation remains in its infancy, no further information will be released at this time.

[Victoria Watcher]

A person of interest was later found at the scene and arrested, according to RCMP.

"Due to certain factors pertaining to this case which can’t be disclosed at this time, this person has since been released from police custody pending further investigation," said Sooke RCMP in a statement Monday.

Police say that the victim and person of interested are known to each other.



https://beta.ctvnews...905533.amp.html




That’s a bit strange. Normally if you think you have the right person, in a murder investigation, you don’t release them.

Although you might, if the person is the wife or partner of the dead man.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 May 2022 - 11:40 AM.

[Nparker]

This one hit VERY close to home. Just received the following notice from our property management.

This is to notify residents that today a break-in occurred in the early morning (about 1:20 a.m.) in the inner courtyard. An intruder was seen approaching the bikes in the gazebo area with bolt cutters. Fortunately for all, an awakened and alert resident disrupted his plans and the intruder exited via the east gate. Police were notified and a description given along with where he was headed. Residents are asked to be vigilant about watching for any suspicious activity and reporting it if deemed appropriate.

 

Strata Council will pursue additional security measures at the gates to ensure unlawful entry is denied.

 Our courtyard & gazebo sit well off the street behind locked gates.

 

Thank you Victoria Council and the Province for inviting and then housing an abundance of "desperate" folks all within 3 blocks of my home. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Victoria police were kept busy downtown last weekend with another round of rowdy behaviour from youth, with eight people arrested for various offences.

Despite early weekend attempts to engage and inform the community, including young people, by deploying members of various VicPD divisions for a live Tweet-a-long to let people know police would be doing enforcement at popular gathering spots, it appeared many didn’t get the message.


https://www.vicnews....ence-vandalism/



Youth are not on Twitter. FFS.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 May 2022 - 06:12 PM.

[Sparky]

^ What are the kids using these days? Instagram? Snapchat? Or is there a new one?

[lanforod]

tik tok

[LJ]

Discord.

[lanforod]

Some yeah, for sure, though still very much the gamer realm

[Victoria Watcher]

Careful not to misgender the suspect.



Saanich police are looking to identify a suspect who reportedly used a credit card that didn’t belong to them to buy hundreds of dollars worth of goods.

Photos of the suspect were released by Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers on Tuesday.

https://www.vicnews....t-transactions/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 May 2022 - 01:26 PM.

[LJ]

Kids suspended from school for sexual assault by using wrong pronouns.....

 

https://www.foxnews....gender-pronouns

[pontcanna]

How much wood would a wood-thief thieve if a wood-thief could thieve wood?

West Shore, Crime Reduction

2022-05-18 - File #2022-6077

After receiving numerous reports of lumber theft from businesses and construction sites in Colwood, the West Shore RCMP Crime Reduction Unit have made an arrest following a two-month investigation.

In February 2022, the West Shore RCMP began an investigation after receiving a report of lumber being stolen from the Olympic View area in Colwood. Several other reports were received in the months that followed and over $10,000 in lumber was reported stolen prior to the recent arrest of a suspect.

On May 17, 2022, investigators identified and arrested a 39-year old Saanich resident for Theft Over $5000. A search warrant was executed at the suspect’s residence and lumber was located and seized by police. In addition, the suspect’s vehicle was seized as it is believed to be offence-related property and police will be seeking its forfeiture.

The investigation is ongoing and police will be recommending further charges against the suspect.

A lot of great work was done by our team throughout this investigation, which ultimately resulted in an arrest , says Corporal Fred Ritchie of the West Shore RCMP Crime Reduction Unit. It’s a good feeling to be able to return stolen property to its rightful owners and to deter others from taking advantage of these construction site.

 

 

Released by

Cst. Meghan Groulx

Media Relations Officer
West Shore RCMP

 

[LJ]

That will teach him to steal outside his own muni.

[pontcanna]

And the award for most pathetic pair 'o desperados goes to:

 

@VicCrimeStop

 

@SaanichPolice

are looking to ID these suspects who stole a wallet and then used the stolen credit/debit cards. If you know who they are and you want to tell us anonymously, please call 1-800-222-8477 or online at http://victoriacrimestoppers.ca

 

#22-8329

 

 

 

 

 

[pontcanna]

International students under curfew due to Victoria violence

Greater Victoria School District bans international students from going downtown Fridays and Saturdays after 5 p.m. A parent is unhappy about the restriction.

An increase in youth violence and mischief in downtown Victoria has forced the city’s police to set up a task force and work more closely with schools and community groups, and has led to educators imposing a curfew on students from overseas.

The Greater Victoria School District’s Victoria International Education, which provides a Canadian school experience for international students, sent out an email last week to its host families and students banning students travelling into the downtown core, James Bay or Beacon Hill Park after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

The email, sent by home­stay manager Shandi Clague, said: “Police continue to have problems downtown with large groups of young people and have identified a number of these youth as international students.”

In the email, Clague said the ban had student safety in mind.

“We do not take this lightly and it is very unfortunate that we have to put these restrictions in place,” Clague wrote.

“Students, if you are acting in a way that causes danger to yourself or others, you will be asked to leave the program.

“I am hopeful that this time away from downtown will give those that need it the time to refocus on their positive overseas experience.”

The email was greeted with outrage by the parent of one international student.

A lawyer based in Turin, Italy, whose son is a student in the region, wrote to the district saying he was stunned.

 

More: https://www.timescol...iolence-5390217