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Surrey RCMP say they recovered a stolen vehicle containing a loaded firearm and a jerry can filled with gasoline on May 24 after an off-duty officer noticed the vehicle had mismatched plates and found it suspicious. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Surrey RCMP recover stolen car containing loaded gun, jerry can of gasoline

Car was stolen in Coquitlam in November 2022, according to police

 

Ivan Styles of Agassiz was arrested on Wednesday (May 31) and has been charged with one count of child pornography possession. (Adam Louis/Observer)

VIDEO: Agassiz sex offender on probation for child-porn offences arrested on another child-porn charge

Agassiz RCMP apprehended Ivan Styles on May 31 for alleged April 7 offence

 

FILE — This March 28, 2017 photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. Nearly four years after Epstein died in jail in New York, the AP has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to his death from the Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Law. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP

Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner…

 

Danny Masterson and his wife Bijou Phillips arrive for closing arguments in his second trial, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Los Angeles. Masterson is charged with raping three women at his Los Angeles home between 2001 and 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape; ‘That ’70s Show’ actor faces 30 years to life

“That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from…

Danny Masterson and his wife Bijou Phillips arrive for closing arguments in his second trial, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Los Angeles. Masterson is charged with raping three women at his Los Angeles home between 2001 and 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Firefighters in Coldstream are battling a major house fire on Hawthorne Place Friday, Jan. 14. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon arson suspect to stand trial

Matthew Eric Mason is the suspect tied to a fire that destroyed a Coldstream home in early 2022

Firefighters in Coldstream are battling a major house fire on Hawthorne Place Friday, Jan. 14. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
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Man arrested after paddling to escape police near Chase

The 23-year-old Tumbler Ridge man is now in custody

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Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Saanich Police Department are looking to ID a suspect after a wheel of Gouda was stolen. (Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers/Twitter)

$600 wheel of Gouda cheese stolen in Greater Victoria; police look for suspect

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers takes to social media to help ID suspect

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Saanich Police Department are looking to ID a suspect after a wheel of Gouda was stolen. (Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers/Twitter)
Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Group demands justice for late Indigenous teen with protest outside Cowichan RCMP detachment

RCMP now say investigation is continuing after initially saying no criminality involved

Approximately 30 protestors gathered outside the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment on May 26 to take issue with the RCMP's handling of a case involving the death of teenager Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
The Bowden Institution facility is shown near Bowden, Alta., on March 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

B.C.’s ‘Paper Bag Rapist’ again denied parole at online hearing from Alberta prison

He was denied day parole and full parole by the two-person board

The Bowden Institution facility is shown near Bowden, Alta., on March 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
British Columbians feel crime is on the rise, and while the RCMP plays a prominent role in the province, many still feel a provincewide police force would also help combat crime. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)

Perceptions of rising crime in B.C. have ‘worsened’ over the years: poll

Addiction and mental health are the main factors for crime in local communities

British Columbians feel crime is on the rise, and while the RCMP plays a prominent role in the province, many still feel a provincewide police force would also help combat crime. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)
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)

Cowichan Tribes makes public plea after teen, 15, found behind Super 8 motel

15-year-old girl found behind the Super 8 hotel

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)
A damaged police vehicle is removed from a cul-de-sac in Surrey where it was rammed by a driver who had fled from Abbotsford on Tuesday night (May 23). (Photo by Shane MacKichan)

Driver flees from Abbotsford to Surrey, rams cop cars and injures officer

Man and woman arrested after abandoning damaged pickup truck

A damaged police vehicle is removed from a cul-de-sac in Surrey where it was rammed by a driver who had fled from Abbotsford on Tuesday night (May 23). (Photo by Shane MacKichan)
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)
Alisa’s Wish Child and Youth Advocacy Centre is one of four local programs to receive funding from the Civil Forfeiture Grant Program. (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community Services/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows projects receive nearly $250,000 to improve community safety

4 local programs will get money from the Civil Forfeiture Grant Program

Alisa’s Wish Child and Youth Advocacy Centre is one of four local programs to receive funding from the Civil Forfeiture Grant Program. (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community Services/Special to The News)
Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of May 21

CrimeStoppers’ weekly list based on information provided by police investigators

Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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
Former Main Street Church executive pastor John Vermeer was convicted of downloading and possessing “some of the most offensive, harmful and depraved forms” of child pornography and sentenced to 14 months jail in October 2021. His appeal of that conviction was dismissed on May 18, 2023. (Facebook file photo)

Chilliwack church pastor’s child porn conviction appeal dismissed by B.C. court

John Vermeer called a ‘pedophile’ caught with images of ‘offensive, harmful and depraved’ child abuse

Former Main Street Church executive pastor John Vermeer was convicted of downloading and possessing “some of the most offensive, harmful and depraved forms” of child pornography and sentenced to 14 months jail in October 2021. His appeal of that conviction was dismissed on May 18, 2023. (Facebook file 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)