News Items tag as: Mail theft

As tax season arrives, RCMP issue mail theft warning
March 21, 2019 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - With tax season underway police are reminding residents to be extra vigilant as mail theft often increases at this time of year.
Surrey man sentenced to jail for thefts of mail and RV in Kelowna
March 28, 2018 - 12:22 PM

KELOWNA – A Surrey man will spend a year in jail for a string of mail thefts and being caught in a stolen RV two years ago.
One year in jail for Okanagan mail thief arrested in stolen motorhome
March 20, 2018 - 12:45 PM

KELOWNA – A local woman was sentenced to a year in jail after police found her and her boyfriend burning stolen mail outside a stolen motorhome with a homemade licence plate last year.
RCMP searching for Lake Country mailbox thief
March 03, 2017 - 1:30 PM

LAKE COUNTRY - Police are investigating yet another case of theft involving local community mailboxes.
Lake Country community mailboxes damaged
February 09, 2017 - 4:40 PM

LAKE COUNTRY - Police are investigating another case of community mailbox tampering in the Carr's Landing area.
Vernon RCMP issue warning after string of community mailbox thefts
January 26, 2017 - 3:29 PM

VERNON – Over the past week, several community mailboxes in Vernon have been broken into and that's prompted a warning from the RCMP.
Lake Country mail theft remains unsolved
January 20, 2017 - 1:00 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – About one week ago, mailboxes in Lake Country were pried open and police are still looking for answers.
Kelowna police catch duo red-handed with stolen bait mail
December 12, 2016 - 12:49 PM

KELOWNA - Police used bait-mail to catch and arrest a man and woman from Merritt for theft.
RCMP investigating North Okanagan mailbox break-ins
April 19, 2016 - 2:30 PM

ARMSTRONG - Police are investigating multiple reports of mailboxes getting broken into in the North Okanagan.
Mail thefts in Lumby and Cherryville
September 25, 2015 - 7:08 AM

LUMBY - Residents are being warned to regularly pick up their mail after several mail thefts were reported in Lumby and Cherryville over the past week.
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News Items tag as: Mail theft

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