VicPD

The Victoria Police Department is looking for a suspect after a woman was assaulted with pepper spray in Victoria’s Centennial Square. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police search for suspect after assault with pepper spray in Victoria’s Centennial Square

Woman hospitalized after an assault with pepper spray

The Victoria Police Department is looking for a suspect after a woman was assaulted with pepper spray in Victoria’s Centennial Square. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police are looking for Hamada Hussein Yiyia, who has a provincewide warrant out for his arrest after he was charged with four counts of sexual assault but skipped his court date. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Provincewide warrant issued for man charged with sexual assaults in Victoria

Hamada Hussein Yiyia has been charged with a series of sexual assaults from June

Victoria police are looking for Hamada Hussein Yiyia, who has a provincewide warrant out for his arrest after he was charged with four counts of sexual assault but skipped his court date. (Courtesy of VicPD)
VicPD is investigating after a fire was lit at a supportive housing building. (Black Press Media file photo)

VicPD investigating arson at supportive housing building

Police say the suspect reached through a window and lit a fire

VicPD is investigating after a fire was lit at a supportive housing building. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police have arrested the suspect they think is involved in a series of armed robberies related to online listings for used gaming systems. (Black Press Media file photo)

Suspect arrested after four armed robberies in Greater Victoria

Used Victoria works with police after robberies linked to gaming system postings

Police have arrested the suspect they think is involved in a series of armed robberies related to online listings for used gaming systems. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police are asking for the public’s help in finding Sara Elbahir after she was last seen on Sept. 28 and reported missing on Oct. 13. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: Victoria police locate woman named in Oct. 31 missing person alert

27-year-old reported safe Nov. 1

Victoria police are asking for the public’s help in finding Sara Elbahir after she was last seen on Sept. 28 and reported missing on Oct. 13. (Courtesy of VicPD)
VicPD is seeking information to help their investigation into a random rock attack which caused more than $5,000 in damage and injured a woman sitting in her living room. (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)

VicPD investigating after woman hit by rock while in living room

Two rocks were thrown through a window at a Chambers Street home Oct. 25

VicPD is seeking information to help their investigation into a random rock attack which caused more than $5,000 in damage and injured a woman sitting in her living room. (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)
Victoria police are warning about a seller who used an online ad for a PlayStation to set a meetup with a victim before allegedly pointing a gun at the buyer and taking their money. (Black Press Media file photo)

Online PlayStation ad used to lure buyer before gunpoint robbery in Victoria

Police warn public to use caution after a second person reported similar meetup planned

Victoria police are warning about a seller who used an online ad for a PlayStation to set a meetup with a victim before allegedly pointing a gun at the buyer and taking their money. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Victoria Police Department is seeking help from the public in an investigation into an incident Wednesday morning in which coffee was thrown at a mother and her baby. (Black Press Media file photo)

VicPD investigating after coffee thrown on woman, baby

Anyone with information on the Wednesday morning incident is asked to contact police

The Victoria Police Department is seeking help from the public in an investigation into an incident Wednesday morning in which coffee was thrown at a mother and her baby. (Black Press Media file photo)
A woman investigated by VicPD for impaired driving winds up with an assault charge after an early morning stop on Oct. 22. (Black Press Media file photo)

Mischief call leads to impaired driving sanctions, assault charge for Victoria driver

Officer originally flagged down over mischief call in 500-block of Yates Street

A woman investigated by VicPD for impaired driving winds up with an assault charge after an early morning stop on Oct. 22. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police officers were called to the 0-block of Simcoe Street for a report that a man was attacked and had his car stolen late Friday night. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police seek witnesses, footage of Victoria stabbing, robbery, hit-and-run

Man targeted by two strangers, police said

Victoria police officers were called to the 0-block of Simcoe Street for a report that a man was attacked and had his car stolen late Friday night. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Victoria Police Department is asking Vic West residents to get in touch if they have security footage after a string of vehicles were damaged early Friday morning. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police seek security footage following string of vehicle damage in Vic West

Cars were damaged on several streets early Friday morning

The Victoria Police Department is asking Vic West residents to get in touch if they have security footage after a string of vehicles were damaged early Friday morning. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police officers are reaching out to hair salons and spas in downtown as they continue to investigate a string of break-ins and robberies that stretch back to Aug. 31. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police warn downtown spas, salons amid string of break-ins, robberies

Nine incidents of break-in, theft have been identified since Aug. 31

Victoria police officers are reaching out to hair salons and spas in downtown as they continue to investigate a string of break-ins and robberies that stretch back to Aug. 31. (Black Press Media file photo)
B.C.’s director of police services says the Township of Esquimalt needs to pay its share of the Victoria Police Department 2022 budget increase. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Esquimalt ordered to pony up its portion of 2022 Victoria police budget increase

Esquimalt council voted against police budget expansion in March

B.C.’s director of police services says the Township of Esquimalt needs to pay its share of the Victoria Police Department 2022 budget increase. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Victoria police responded to a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted and robbed near St. Ann’s Academy on Tuesday night. (Black Press Media file photo)

Woman attacked, sexually assaulted and robbed in downtown Victoria

VicPD special victims unit is investigating

Victoria police responded to a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted and robbed near St. Ann’s Academy on Tuesday night. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police seized a large ‘mace-style’ weapon at a Victoria transitional housing facility on Sunday (Oct. 16). (Courtesy VicPD)

VicPD seeks information after discovering medieval-looking weapon

Mace-style weapon seized

Police seized a large ‘mace-style’ weapon at a Victoria transitional housing facility on Sunday (Oct. 16). (Courtesy VicPD)
VicPD is asking for potential victims of sophisticated rental scams, connected to the suspect pictured, to come forward. The man was arrested in September in relation to several fraud investigations, before he was arrested again on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Rental fraud suspect arrested again in Victoria

Police found evidence the man was still running alleged scams despite prior charges

VicPD is asking for potential victims of sophisticated rental scams, connected to the suspect pictured, to come forward. The man was arrested in September in relation to several fraud investigations, before he was arrested again on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Victoria police responded to a report Sunday morning of a man punched in the face by a stranger. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police arrest suspect after man punched by stranger at Victoria bus stop

Man released with a court date

Victoria police responded to a report Sunday morning of a man punched in the face by a stranger. (Black Press Media file photo)
Michael Lund has a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest and was the subject of a wanted person notification on Sept. 9. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police continue search for man who failed to return to Victoria halfway house

Michael Lund is serving a one-year provincial sentence for multiple offences

Michael Lund has a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest and was the subject of a wanted person notification on Sept. 9. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police arrested a man breaching several court conditions after he allegedly robbed another man on Oct. 11. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man breaching court conditions arrested after alleged robbery in Victoria

Police received multiple reports about a man chasing another man on Oct. 11

Victoria police arrested a man breaching several court conditions after he allegedly robbed another man on Oct. 11. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has handed a Victoria police officer a 30-day suspension over his conduct during an off-duty sexual encounter in Vancouver in 2018. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police officer handed 30-day suspension for off-duty sexual misconduct

Incident involving Sgt. Brent Keleher took place in Vancouver in 2018

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has handed a Victoria police officer a 30-day suspension over his conduct during an off-duty sexual encounter in Vancouver in 2018. (Black Press Media file photo)