A man has allegedly exposed himself to two young girls in Ruckle
Ruckle residents are raising the alarm after two girls, aged 12 and 13, made reports that a man had exposed himself to them Saturday evening. The two girls were walking around the Grand Forks subdivision when a man allegedly approached them and made lewd comments while exposing himself to them. “I was on my porch (out front)...
Trail man facing charges after being chased into river
A 33-year-old Trail man is facing a laundry list of charges after an altercation yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. "On June 3, at approximately 11:30 a.m., police responded to a complaint of a male attempting to pull a female from a vehicle during an argument, which occurred on Bay Avenue in Trail," Hawton said....
Residents learn to avoid financial scams at the GFCU AGM
Financial security was the topic of the hour at the Grand Forks Credit Union’s annual general meeting, April 18. The credit union had Brenda Lea Brown come and talk to credit union members about avoiding scams and protecting their money. Brown promotes the BC Securities Commission’s Be Fraud Aware/InvestRight program. She...
POLICE BEAT: Boundary sees 27.8 per cent reduction in crime since 2010
A dedicated Crime Reduction Strategy has paid off for Grand Forks RCMP. Over the last two years the department has reduced the occurrence of crime throughout the Boundary area by 27.8 per cent. Over the past month Grand Forks RCMP staff sergeant Jim Harrison has been making his annual policing report to city councils and...
POLICE BEAT: St. Patrick’s Day mischief included rock throwing and burning bag
St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t as quiet as police might like, thanks to a few mischievous residents. The first incident was reported to Grand Forks RCMP on Sunday, March 17 at 11:45 p.m. A small group of teenagers – about three – were seen dropping debris and hurling rocks and snowballs at vehicles driving down Highway 3 in Christina...
POLICE BEAT: Unlocked vehicles targeted again by local thief
A $30 bag of candy and $2 in change were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked on 1st Street in Grand Forks last week. On Monday, March 4 a neighbor in the area reported to police that they had seen a suspicious person at about 1:40 p.m. The person left the area on a bicycle wearing a light coloured jacked and a backpack, ...
POLICE BEAT: Thief gets away with extension cord, possible asbestos exposure
A thief who broke into the Winnipeg Hotel demolition site may have got more than they bargained for – future lung cancer from asbestos exposure. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the hotel at 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20 after a bucket with 800-feet of yellow extension cord valued at $1,300 was discovered missing at the...
Five accused of Delhi gang rape and murder plead not guilty
Five men pleaded not guilty yesterday to the rape and murder of a 23-year-old Delhi student. They face 13 charges and the death penalty in a specially set up "fast track court". The accused, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Ram Singh, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, signed statements in the court declaring their innocence. The five...
POLICE BEAT: Cops caught their robbers after a crime spree through the city
Grand Forks RCMP spent last week chasing down crooks and arresting robbers as the city experienced a burst of criminal activity. Police responded to more than 10 incidents last week after people’s belongings started going missing from their sheds and vehicles. Much of the activity happened within the Valmar subdivision. As ...
Briton sentenced to death in Indonesia
A British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was found guilty of breaking the tough drug laws in place in Indonesia at the Denpasar district court yesterday, having being found with 10.6 lb of cocaine, worth about £1.6m, in the lining of her suitcase at Bali's main airport...
