News Items tag as: Brandon Joseph Oswald

Jury finds Oswald guilty of robbing West Kelowna drug store
June 16, 2016 - 12:32 PM

KELOWNA – A Kelowna Supreme Court jury has found Brandon Joseph Oswald guilty of using an imitation handgun to rob a West Kelowna drug store of thousands of pain pills and hundreds of dollars in 2014.
Jury to deliberate on fate of polite young man who stole pills and cash from West Kelowna drugstore
June 13, 2016 - 4:30 PM

"THIS CASE IS COMPLEX. IT'S NOT ABOUT A DANGEROUS, VILLAINOUS, GUN-TOTING, VIOLENT CRIMINAL."
Suspect in string of armed robberies faces judge
March 31, 2015 - 2:12 PM

KELOWNA – A man initially charged with robbing one West Kelowna drug store a year ago has now been charged with six other robberies that took place in the months prior.
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Jury finds Oswald guilty of robbing West Kelowna drug store