Wood pellet exports double
Nearly $500K for car crash
Mounties won't be charged
Minister defends right to bail
Vise grips as steering wheel
$36M for vaccine injury 
New US rules for airlines 
Historic Trump hearing 
Pig kidney transplant 
Big loss for Boeing 
Metro sales edged higher
Retail sales slip 
Warriors snakebitten in loss
Iginla off to Europe
Rockets ink prospect
Perry teams with Lu Kala
Megan denies harassment
Swift ‘one of the family’
You could have the missing piece of the puzzle that will help the RCMP put someone behind bars. Here are some recent crimes that Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers hope you can help solve by calling our anonymous tips line at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit our website at www.crimestoppers.net or text to CRIMES (274637), keyword Ktown.
CRIME: ATTEMPTED THEFT OF ATM
DATE: July 25, 2016
RCMP FILE: 2016-42601
Kelowna RCMP were alerted to a break and enter at a coin laundry business on Montgomery Road at 4:38 a.m. on July 25th. Police attended and viewed video surveillance to discover that a white Sierra crew cab and a black 4-door SUV had arrived at the business. Three suspects exited the pickup, smashed the business’s window and placed chains around an ATM machine. They attempted to pull the ATM machine out of the building, however when the chain broke they quickly departed the area, driving down Leathead Road toward Highway 97 N. The suspects were wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks/bandanas and gloves. A licence plate number was obtained for the white crew cab, which had been recently stolen from a Nursery on Paynter Road in West Kelowna. The 2004 GMC Sierra crew cab bearing BC licence plate number BG4812 and VIN 1GTHK29U94E265345 has not yet been recovered.
If you know anything about this crime, or any other crime, call the Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tips line at 1-800-222-TIPS or visit our website at www.crimestoppers.net. Your information will be kept confidential and could lead to a reward of up to $2000.00.
CRIME: THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
DATE: July 23, 2016
RCMP FILE: 2016-42261
On July 23rd at 5:45 p.m. the victim of a vehicle theft attended the Rutland Community Policing Office to file a report. The man and his family had just returned from camping and stopped for ice cream at the MacDonald’s on Highway 33. While inside, the back of his truck was rummaged through and someone made off with an assortment of motorcycle gear. The stolen items include:
- 1 pair of black Fox Comp5 dirt bike boots (sz 11)
- 1 pair of red and black Fox dirt bike boots (sz 8)
- 1 pair of black knee braces
- 1 pair of Fly motorcycle dirt bike pants (red, yellow and black) (sz 34)
You can help catch these suspects and qualify for a reward by calling Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tips line at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit our website at www.crimestoppers.net or text to CRIMES (274637), keyword Ktown.
This article is written by or on behalf of an outsourced columnist and does not necessarily reflect the views of Castanet.
