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Missing man faces charges

UPDATE 5 p.m.

A 25-year-old dirt-bike rider who was reported missing by his family in British Columbia's Okanagan has found himself facing some legal trouble.

RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk says Kyle MacInnes of Vernon has appeared in court to face four counts of failing to comply with his bail conditions.

Molendyk says MacInnes's family asked for help locating him after the inexperienced rider failed to return on Tuesday from a late-afternoon outing on his dirt bike.

Several ground and air search-and-rescue teams looked for MacInnes but he returned on his own mid-Thursday morning.

Molendyk said previously that police questioned MacInnes, but the man didn't say much.

He now says police believe MacInnes was in the area and don't believe he was missing as his family believed.


A Vernon man who was missing for more than a day is now facing charges.

Kyle Macinnes, 25, was reported missing earlier this week when he left his home with his dirt bike.

His family was concerned for his well-being at the time, since he hadn't returned that evening.

A search was launched involving the police and Vernon Search and Rescue with assistance from two other SAR groups. Volunteers from the Canadian Air Search and Rescue group from Vernon also helped in the search.

Macinnes returned home the next day of his own volition and was not injured. Police immediately began investigating where he was and questioned the man's story. 

Macinnes is now facing four counts of failing to comply with a recognizance of bail. Officers determined that several conditions of his bail were not being followed, as he was not at his residence for the 36 hours that he was reported missing.

In March of 2014, Macinnes was charged with assault causing bodily harm and two counts of uttering threats. He was charged with two counts of breaching an undertaking three months later.

The Vernon North Okanagan Detachment would like to thank the dedicated volunteers for giving up their time to search for Macinnes who was originally believed to be missing and perhaps injured.



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