Child porn investigation prompts police to warn public about their own internet applications
A current and ongoing child pornography investigation in the Trail area has RCMP warning residents and businesses alike how vulnerable they may be if their WIFI isn’t properly secured. “We have a unit within the RCMP that monitors this kind of activity,” said Trail top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “They alerted us that it was...
Two Trail residents questioned regarding possession of child pornography
On April 5, the Trail and Greater District Detachment RCMP and Trail Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant at a residence located in the 3000 block of Highway Drive in Trail, during the course of an investigation into the Possession of Child Pornography contrary to Section 163.1 of the Criminal Code. The RCMP...
POLICE BEAT: Officers, mules and swine, oh my!
Castlegar police re-enacted their own version of Animal Farm this morning, as livestock concerns took the limelight in calls for response. Castlegar top cop RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke said (after much hectoring from a local reporter for a story to cover) police got a call at 10:44 a.m. Thursday morning about a mule on the […]
Editorial Rant: RCMP Surveillance of Social Media -- to What End?
Recent articles in The Tyee discuss the revelation that the RCMP have been engaged in monitoring social media – characterized in the article as “ongoing wide-scale monitoring of individuals’ social media use [that] could pose a threat to Canadians’ privacy and charter rights, say experts.” But ...
62-yr-old Castlegar man to face drug trafficking charges after police raid
A 62-year-old man will be appearing in court next month after a drug raid in Castlegar, according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. “On March 20 … at 7:45 p.m., the Joint Crime Reduction Unitof Castlegar and Trail, along with the assistance of Castlegar General Duty members, executed a Controlled Substance Act search warrant at a […]
UPDATE: Teenagers' bodies found, police seek witnesses to crash
Yesterday, March 19, the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team was successful in locating the vehicle. Tragically, both missing teens were located deceased. The conditions were difficult and the recovery operation took a significant amount of time to complete. The cooperation of the Dam authority, BC Hydro, helped the operation in ...
UPDATE: More details on five-vehicle crash in downtown Trail Tuesday
More details are available regarding five-vehicle crash in downtown Trail yesterday. West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. Chad Badry said an RCMP member was driving along Hwy 22 up by the Cominco Hill heading out of Trail when she witnessed a driver heading in the opposite direction at a speed, "that was exceeding the 70/km ...
UPDATE: Door-to-door solicitors work for gas company, police still advise residents to guard their personal info
Two men who have been going door-to-door asking to see residents' Fortis bills are, indeed, working for a gas company - Access Gas, to be specific. "We received several calls from members of the public identifying the two males approaching people at their residents in the Trail area and requesting to personal information," ...
Trail man to answer for alleged outstanding warrants, cash, stolen plates, fentanyl and meth
A Trail man is facing a laundry list of charges after an incident Thursday, according to Trail top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. “On March 7, at 4:45 p.m., the Trail and Greater District RCMP Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a red Jeep Liberty bearing stolen B.C. licence plates near the intersection of Goepel Street and ...
Diligent police work leads to arrest of prolific offender in Castlegar this morning
A local prolific offender was arrested in the wee hours of Thursday morning, according to Castlegar top cop RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. “At 1:45 a.m., one of our members on patrol noticed tracks in the fresh snow which led him to believe a vehicle was driving erratically,” Oelke said. “He followed the tracks and found a male...
