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BREAKING: Crime spree ends with wanted criminal's arrest near Trail

Christmas came early for local police after the capture and arrest of a Fort St. John man believed to have indulged in a months-long crime spree in this area. Twenty-one-year-old Ishmani Baker was apprehended in a multi-agency bust on a rural property near Trail at 10:40 a.m. Friday after repeatedly eluding police in the...

Trail police seek public help to find wanted criminal

The Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment is asking the public to be on the lookout for Ishmani Baker, date of birth  March 21, 1997, of Fort St. John, B.C.  Baker is described as 5'7", 181 lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes.   Baker has numerous outstanding unendorsed warrants for his arrest out of Fort St. John, BC, ...

Armed suspect robs Trail liquor store at gunpoint

Police are seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect who robbed a Trail liquor store at gunpoint Friday evening, according to Trail top cop RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "On Nov. 9 ... at 6:45 p.m., a lone male entered the BC Liquor Store‎located at  1629 2 Ave. ... stole two bottles of vodka, and then approached an ...

UPDATED - RCMP release name of man charged with Nov. 7 crimes in Castlegar, provide new details

The Castlegar RCMP are continuing their investigation into the alleged criminal behaviour of 28-year-old Sean Patrick Byrne from Lake Country, BC, which spanned over a two day period. Byrne faces potential charges ranging from dangerous driving, flight from police, theft and attempted robbery. The Castlegar RCMP first had...

Carjacking, robbery, assault, impaired driving ... man creates havoc in Castlegar streets

“It all started just before 9 a.m. on Nov. 7,” Oelke said. “A 28-year-old male assaulted and tried to rob a female who was giving him a ride.” The woman wasn’t injured, but between the 1000 and 1300 Blocks of Columbia Avenue, the suspect stole her blue Honda Civic and fled at high speed through the construction zone, “almost...

Castlegar RCMP disrupts area drug trafficker

The Castlegar RCMP have a seized a substantial amount of illicit drugs following the execution of two search warrants at two Castlegar residences on Thursday. During the afternoon of October 25, 2018, the Castlegar RCMP conducted simultaneous search warrants on two local residences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances ...

Beware: Thieves are here

The Trail RCMP Detachment is advising the public about a recent rash of purse and wallet thefts and frauds in the Trail and greater area.  The attached images shown here were obtained from video surveillance of a male and female believed to behind one of the thefts which occurred on October 18, 2018, in ...

Parking fine collection box stolen

The City of Trail yellow parking fine collection box located on the corner of Cedar Avenue and Spokane Street in downtown Trail has been vandalized and stolen, according to a press release issued by the City of Trail.  The collection box, which was emptied the morning of  Oct. 18, was stolen sometime between Oct. 18 and the...

One man arrested, charged in Royal Theatre break-in

Police have arrested a suspect in the break-in at the Royal Theatre on Sept. 5, according to trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. "The Trail RCMP Detachment conducted a thorough investigation, which on Oct. 12 ... led to the arrest and charging of Robert Graydon Startup, 46, of Trail, for this crime," Wicentowich said ...

Fire knocked down in Castlegar

Two engines, 10 firefighters and two command vehicles showed up at a conflagration in the 700 block of 21 Street today, according to Fire Chief Sam Lattanzio. He said the call came in at 2:41 p.m., reporting on a fire in someone’s driveway. “When we arrived, it was fully-involved, a 70s model motorhome,” he said. “It impacted...

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