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LOCAL NEWS
Police probe stabbing assault, confinement WOMAN ALLEGEDLY HELD AGAINST HER WILL Charges have been laid in connection to an incident last week in which a woman fled from a downtown home after allegedly being held against her will. The incident occurred in March 11 at about 5:30 a.m., when Kamloops RCMP responded to a report of an armed man outside a home in the city’s downtown core. Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey said during their initial response to the scene, officers learned that the female caller had ran from the home in search for help. The woman was allegedly assaulted in the residence and was taken to Royal Inland Hospital for treatment of injuries, the severity of which were not released by police. The incident is somehow connected to activity around the Kings Motor Inn in the 1700-block of the Trans-Canada Highway in Valleyview between March 2 and March 10. Anybody who witnessed suspicious activity in that area during those dates is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-8283000. The suspect in the inci-
Police Beat
BRIEFS dent downtown was arrested on the morning of March 11 during a traffic stop in the area. Charged with a slew of offences — including unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, break and enter with intent to commit an offence, use of a firearm while committing an indictable offence and pointing a firearm — is 59-year-old David Norman Myales. STABBING VICTIM NOT CO-OPERATING A stabbing occurred in McDonald Park in North Kamloops in the wee hours of this past Sunday, but the victim is not co-operating with the police investigation. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Troy Durand said police were called at 1:10 a.m. with a report of a stabbing. Durand said a male was assaulted and stabbed by two other males, the descriptions of which are sparse, One suspect was wearing a dark hoodie and jeans, while the second suspect
was wearing dark clothing. “This is believed to be a targeted attack and the victim is not co-operating in the police investigation,” Durand said. Anybody with information is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-8283000 and reference file number 2021-7785. WOMAN ASSAULTED IN DOWNTOWN ALLEY A woman knocked to the ground while walking her dog in a downtown alley has Mounties seeking suspects. Kamloops RCMP Const. Crystal Evelyn said the detachment is looking for witnesses to the March 8 attack. On that day, at about 6:45 p.m., police received a report of an assault in the back alley area in the 600-block of Victoria Street. Evelyn said a woman said she was walking her dog when she was pushed down by two people, causing her to hit her head. Nothing was taken, but the suspects checked her pockets. The woman was uninjured. Evelyn said one of the suspects was a man. No other description was available.
Watchdog investigating injury incident with RCMP KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
The province’s independent police watchdog agency is looking into an incident in Kamloops in which a man arrested after being involved in a fight was taken to hospital with a serious injury. The BC RCMP notified the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. of the incident. Just after 8 p.m. on March 12, A Kamloops Mountie was conducting routine patrols in the 600-block of West Columbia Street in Lower Sahali when he saw a fight in progress. According to the BC RCMP, the officer placed one man under arrest for assault, but prior to being able to take the man into custody, “an interaction occurred.” Police have not expand on what the
“interaction” involved. Police say that after being taken into custody and while en route to the Battle Street detachment, the man complained of being hurt. Paramedics then took the man to hospital, where it was determined he was suffering from serious injury. The BC RCMP said Kamloops Mounties continue to investigate the assault. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating to determine whether police actions are linked to the man’s injuries.