News Items tag as: robbery

Employee stares down gun barrel during gas bar robbery
January 07, 2015 - 11:42 AM

VERNON - A witness at the Safeway Gas Bar on 32 Street told Mounties the business was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night.
Vernon RCMP need help finding an armed bank robbery suspect
January 06, 2015 - 9:46 AM

VERNON - Mounties continue to investigate a bank robbery that happened at the Interior Savings Credit Union December 9 but so far haven't been able to make an arrest.
Police hunt for Kelowna bank robbery suspect
December 24, 2014 - 1:03 PM

KELOWNA - Police need help identifying a suspected robber who was caught on a surveillance camera yesterday shortly before a heist at the Bank of Montreal in the Capri Mall.
Accused Kamloops store robber with imitation gun cries for hot food, money for bills
December 20, 2014 - 7:00 AM

KAMLOOPS - A man who broke down in tears while robbing a store told a clerk he needed hot food, cigarettes and money to pay bills, court has heard.
Vernon RCMP on the lookout for armed robber
December 10, 2014 - 8:27 AM

VERNON - Police are turning to the public for help locating the suspect in an armed robbery.
Man earns jail time for robbing Enderby liquor store at knife-point
December 01, 2014 - 2:30 PM

ENDERBY - A man with a lengthy criminal history was handed three years in prison for robbing the Enderby Liquor Store at knife-point.
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Employee stares down gun barrel during gas bar robbery