Unsolved Crimes
Most Recent Unsolved Crimes
SCARECROW FESTIVAL THEFT - BUT THE SHOW STILL WENT ON!
Date: | 2019-10-05 |
File #: | 2019-62819 |
RCMP received a call on the morning of Sunday, October 5th, 2019, from the organizer of a local Scarecrow family festival taking place that day in a Rutland park. A U-Haul truck was loaded with supplies and ready for the morning, parked tight against the Uptown Rutland offices located on Valley Road. Staff arrived to find that someone had cut the lock on the truck and taken the supplies, many of them donated. Thieves made off with two borrowed 10X10’ canopy tents in wheeled black canvas storage bags (Argus and Interior Savings logos on the tents), a $270 face painting kit, high-density sponges, a red and white cooler, four flats of Sunrype juice and two flats of water bottles. They also stole the Scarecrow’s clothing; 75 pairs of pants, 50 shirts and 50 sweatshirts.
FRAUD - BABY STORE
Date: | 2019-10-08 |
File #: | 2019-63465 |
The manager of a Highway 97 store that carries baby and maternity products contacted Kelowna RCMP to report a fraud that occurred in September 2019. A woman entered the store and managed to use a stolen credit card to make a significant purchase, including a baby bouncer worth $400. If you can help to identify this person of interest, please let us know.
POACHING
Date: | 2019-10-07 |
File #: | 2019-63185 |
West Kelowna RCMP and local conservation officers are looking for the public’s assistance to identify and locate an illegal hunter. In the early hours of October 7, 2019, a West Kelowna RCMP member was patrolling an area near Trepanier Road (near the overpass) and observed a large pooling of blood on the road. He then noted drag marks and followed them to an area where an SKS rifle with a camo sling was located lying in the grass. The killing occurred within the legal range to the highway and after daylight hours, most likely between 1:45 and 2:45 a.m. The deer taken is mostly likely a male mule deer. If you can help to identify the owner of this rifle, please contact West Kelowna RCMP or remain anonymous and contact Crime Stoppers.
THEFT OF OUTBOARD MOTOR
Date: | 2019-10-07 |
File #: | 2019-63242 |
A homeowner from the 3300 block of Gates Road in West Kelowna contacted RCMP on October 7, 2019, when he noticed the motor missing from his boat parked in the back yard. As he had seen the motor the previous day, it was taken between then and 10:00 a.m. on the 7th. The motor, a 2009 Mercury 9.9 hp with serial number 0R368940, had been attached to the boat’s transom with a padlock, which was cut.
BREAK AND ENTER - UNDERGROUND PARKING
Date: | 2019-09-30 |
File #: | 2019-61610 |
On September 30, 2019, two suspects entered an underground parking lot located on the 3500 block of Woodsdale Road in Lake Country. They were in the building from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. and left with five bicycles, two chainsaws and a garage entry door key fob. Both men appear to be in their mid 20’s to early 30’s. One male is slim with a stubble goatee and wearing a Carhartt hat, dark zip sweater (possibly Carhartt), camo pants and dark sneakers. The second male is dressed in all black. If you can help to identify these suspects, contact Lake Country RCMP or Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous.
SHOPLIFTER - LIQUOR
Date: | 2019-10-04 |
File #: | 2019-62673 |
Staff from a BC Liquor Store located on Highway 97 in Lake Country called the RCMP just before 7:00 p.m. on October 4, 2019, when a male left the store with a 1.14 litre of Grey Goose Vodka tucked down his pants. The man, in his late 30’s with dark blonde hair and wearing a dark grey jacket with yellow hoodie, entered the store, selected a bottle and turned away from the counter. He then picked up another (decoy) bottle and approached the cash register, where he then stated he forgot his wallet. He departed; walking southward then crossed the highway.
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