theft

A video shows someone breaking a lock on the Capital Bike cargo bike parked on Hillside Avenue in Victoria shortly after 5 a.m. on June 20. (Screengrab Capital Bike/Twitter)
A video shows someone breaking a lock on the Capital Bike cargo bike parked on Hillside Avenue in Victoria shortly after 5 a.m. on June 20. (Screengrab Capital Bike/Twitter)
Willem Semmelink from Lentelus Farms stands in front of the family-operated farm stand that was stolen in the early morning of June 4. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Popular Vancouver Island farm stand robbed for a third time in one year

‘I don’t know what do anymore’: ‘Farmer Dave,’ Lentelus Farms

Willem Semmelink from Lentelus Farms stands in front of the family-operated farm stand that was stolen in the early morning of June 4. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
A suspect is wanted by Nanaimo RCMP in connection to a bear-spraying incident at the Bowen Road 7-Eleven on May 10. (Submitted photo)

Suspect discharges bear spray and steals from 7-Eleven in Nanaimo

Clerks treated at the scene after 4 a.m. incident at Bowen Road location

A suspect is wanted by Nanaimo RCMP in connection to a bear-spraying incident at the Bowen Road 7-Eleven on May 10. (Submitted photo)
Bike patrol officers with the West Shore RCMP recovered a large amount of stolen power tools and a pickup truck March 15, though a suspect in the investigation has yet to be identified. (Courtesy of West Shore RCMP)

Bike cops recover stolen truck, Home Depot power tools in Langford

The West Shore RCMP says a suspect in the investigation has yet to be identified

Bike patrol officers with the West Shore RCMP recovered a large amount of stolen power tools and a pickup truck March 15, though a suspect in the investigation has yet to be identified. (Courtesy of West Shore RCMP)
Customers enter the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation cannabis store in Halifax on Oct. 17, 2018. A spate of cannabis store robberies has many in the industry calling for provinces to relax regulations requiring window coverings or cannabis to be kept out of sight of minors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Pot shop robberies spur push to end restrictions on window displays

Window coverings can encourage thieves who know their crime won’t be seen once inside, some owners say

Customers enter the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation cannabis store in Halifax on Oct. 17, 2018. A spate of cannabis store robberies has many in the industry calling for provinces to relax regulations requiring window coverings or cannabis to be kept out of sight of minors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Nanaimo RCMP would like to find the owner of an ATV they came upon stashed in some bushes in north Nanaimo on the weekend. (Photo submitted)
Nanaimo RCMP would like to find the owner of an ATV they came upon stashed in some bushes in north Nanaimo on the weekend. (Photo submitted)
The Vancouver Police Department arrested 217 people in a three-week anti-shoplifting project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver police arrest 217 people in 3-week crackdown on shoplifting

Close to $80,000 in stolen merchandise returned to businesses

The Vancouver Police Department arrested 217 people in a three-week anti-shoplifting project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Kevin Smith thinks it’s time to let people know about the crime around Chemainus, rather than burying the information or pretending it didn’t happen. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Chemainus business hit with $100,000 theft of gold and silver items

Owner calls for more awareness, security measures to combat crime

Kevin Smith thinks it’s time to let people know about the crime around Chemainus, rather than burying the information or pretending it didn’t happen. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Nanaimo RCMP arrested a man who was caught on security camera breaking into a downtown business. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo RCMP chase down break-in suspect, find him hiding under vehicle

Suspect arrested after early-morning break-in at Terminal Avenue business

Nanaimo RCMP arrested a man who was caught on security camera breaking into a downtown business. (News Bulletin file photo)
The vehicle is commonly referred to as an Argo, and is an eight-wheeled utility vehicle that had been stolen from the Keith Wilson Road area of Chilliwack last November. (Silodrome)

Military utility vehicle stolen from Chilliwack turns up in search of Hope property

Illegal drugs, prohibited firearm, and stolen truck also found at property

The vehicle is commonly referred to as an Argo, and is an eight-wheeled utility vehicle that had been stolen from the Keith Wilson Road area of Chilliwack last November. (Silodrome)
Nanaimo RCMP got help from gardening tool-wielding neighbours who detained a break-and-enter suspect until officers could make an arrest. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo neighbours, wielding garden tools, manage to corner burglar

Suspect was beaten and bloody after an earlier break-and-enter gone wrong

Nanaimo RCMP got help from gardening tool-wielding neighbours who detained a break-and-enter suspect until officers could make an arrest. (News Bulletin file photo)
Catalytic converter thefts have become more prevalent across King County in the past few years. Pictured: The Kent Police Department recovered nearly 800 catalytic converters during arrests in 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Kent Police Department)

Increase in catalytic converter thefts prompts police warning

Precious metals in the part can be sold, making them a target

Catalytic converter thefts have become more prevalent across King County in the past few years. Pictured: The Kent Police Department recovered nearly 800 catalytic converters during arrests in 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Kent Police Department)
Anyone with information on unsolved crimes in Nanaimo is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345. (Black Press Media file photo)
Anyone with information on unsolved crimes in Nanaimo is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345. (Black Press Media file photo)
Vancouver police officers arrested a 50-year-old man on Dec. 31, who is suspected of stealing from a South Granville fine art gallery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Man with 115 convictions charged with stealing from Vancouver art gallery

50-year-old suspected of stealing $40,000 worth of fine art from South Granville gallery

Vancouver police officers arrested a 50-year-old man on Dec. 31, who is suspected of stealing from a South Granville fine art gallery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A thief broke into Victoria’s Madrona Gallery around 7:45 a.m. on Dec. 26, stealing these three Inuit carvings (not pictured to scale) valued at more than $40,000 combined. (Courtesy of Madrona Gallery)
A thief broke into Victoria’s Madrona Gallery around 7:45 a.m. on Dec. 26, stealing these three Inuit carvings (not pictured to scale) valued at more than $40,000 combined. (Courtesy of Madrona Gallery)
Two kids were briefly stolen in Merritt Dec. 9, after they were left in the backseat of a running car. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jens Meyer, file

Kids briefly stolen along with running car from B.C. elementary school

Children had been in backseat when car thief took off

Two kids were briefly stolen in Merritt Dec. 9, after they were left in the backseat of a running car. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jens Meyer, file
The New Westminster Police Department is hoping to catch and deter thieves from stealing off doorsteps by planting bait packages beginning this month. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police drawing out porch pirates with bait packages in one B.C. city

New Westminster department hopes tactic reduces holiday theft

The New Westminster Police Department is hoping to catch and deter thieves from stealing off doorsteps by planting bait packages beginning this month. (Black Press Media file photo)
VicPD arrested 17 people and recovered weapons and thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise during a recent crackdown on retail theft. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Cops nail 17 shoplifters in Victoria crackdown

Weapons were seized and thousands in stolen merchandise were recovered in the three-day project

VicPD arrested 17 people and recovered weapons and thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise during a recent crackdown on retail theft. (Courtesy of VicPD)
A Brinks truck in a file photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

Christmas Day heist in Langley netted almost $500,000, court filing reveals

A union grievance fight has shed light on a massive ATM theft from 2016

A Brinks truck in a file photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)
Les, Maureen and Luke Reynolds, of Reynolds Antiques and Collectibles, was robbed overnight, with at least $100,000 in gold and jewelry missing just as the busy holiday shopping season gets underway. (Courtesy of Luke Reynolds)

Sooke antique shop robbed of at least $100K in gold and silver

Luke Reynolds is trying to remain positive as the busy holiday shopping season approaches

Les, Maureen and Luke Reynolds, of Reynolds Antiques and Collectibles, was robbed overnight, with at least $100,000 in gold and jewelry missing just as the busy holiday shopping season gets underway. (Courtesy of Luke Reynolds)