News Items tag as: Kelowna court 2016

Former Kamloops sheriff will begin pre-trial hearings in June
December 20, 2016 - 3:25 PM

KELOWNA - A former deputy sheriff at the Kamloops Law Courts will begin pre-trial hearings in June 2017, after being charged with four sexual offences.
Kelowna drug dealer granted one last chance to stay in Canada
October 28, 2016 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA - The B.C. Court of Appeal gave a Kelowna man convicted of dealing cocaine in a dial-a-dope operation another chance to avoid being deported back to China.
Charges dropped against Kelowna woman arrested for stabbing sleeping husband
September 30, 2016 - 11:02 AM

KELOWNA – A Joe Rich woman who police say stabbed her sleeping husband in April will not be prosecuted because of a psychiatric disorder.
Jail time for Summerland man who called in a bomb threat because he was late for a flight
September 23, 2016 - 1:04 PM

KELOWNA – The man arrested for calling in a bomb threat to Kelowna International Airport because he was late for a flight has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Five years jail for armed robbery of Kelowna liquor store
August 12, 2016 - 5:07 PM

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man from the Cariboo with a history of probation breaches was sentenced to five years in jail for using a handgun to rob a liquore store in West Kelowna earlier this year.
Kelowna woman facing jail for storing drugs in her home for boyfriend
June 30, 2016 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA - A Kelowna woman caught with cocaine, heroin and marijuana in her house three years ago could escape jail if the judge agrees she was talked into it by her boyfriend.
Warrant issued for alleged Okanagan animal abuser
June 24, 2016 - 10:00 AM

KELOWNA - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a local man who has been charged with animal abuse.
West Kelowna teacher's aide jailed for kissing her student
May 17, 2016 - 1:05 PM

KELOWNA - A 30-year-old West Kelowna woman was handed a minimum jail sentence yesterday for kissing a 15-year-old girl who was a student at the school where she worked as a teacher’s aide.
Two men arrested in Okanagan for homicide in Clinton
May 15, 2016 - 9:30 AM

CLINTON – Two men have been taken into custody in connection with the killing of a Clinton man almost two years ago.
Appeal denied for alleged Hells Angels associate guilty of weapons charges
May 11, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - An appeal by an alleged associate of the Hells Angels who was found guilty of being in a 'rolling arsenal' near Salmon Arm in 2010 was dismissed in a Vancouver court this week.
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