RCMP Southeast District

• Kamloops woman, 42, charged with 4 counts of wildfire arson: B.C. RCMP

  Police say Angela Elise Cornish was arrested on May 11 and was charged. She’s currently in custody, awaiting a bail hearing on May 16.

  Crime

  May 13, 2022
  
• Body discovered in rural area near Merritt; police call death suspicious

  ‘Our priority at this time is to identify the dead person and notify their next of kin,’ RCMP said of their investigation into the discovery of a body in a rural area of Merritt.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2021
  
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• Two arrested after man assaulted, forced into vehicle, say Salmon Arm RCMP

  RCMP say the Southeast District Emergency Response Team was called in after the two suspects, a man and a woman, tried hiding inside a nearby residence.

  Crime

  Aug 24, 2021
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• RCMP’s regional tactical team brought in to arrest wanted West Kelowna man

  Police say the arrest happened along the 3000 block of Cougar Road in West Kelowna, with the man having several outstanding warrants.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2021
• Face of the RCMP in Okanagan transferring to Atlantic Canada

  Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, who was raised and graduated from high school in Penticton, is moving to Newfoundland with his young family.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2021
• Alleged armed Kelowna, B.C., man arrested following 7-hour standoff

  A 51-year-old Kelowna man remains in custody after his standoff with police, on Monday night.

  Jan 19, 2021
• Six RCMP officers injured on the job in Southern Interior in four days

  A number of front-line officers were hurt while carrying out arrests of volatile individuals, said a news release issued by the RCMP Southeast District.

  News

  Oct 8, 2020
• Police officers in Okanagan wearing red to remember fallen constable, other Nova Scotia shooting victims

  “Our employees and communities across the province are finding their own ways to honour her memory,” the RCMP said of Const. Heidi Stevenson.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2020
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• ERT deployed after Grand Forks, B.C., woman barricades herself inside apartment: RCMP

  RCMP say a 43-year-old woman from Grand Forks, B.C., was arrested after she allegedly barricaded herself inside her apartment on Sunday evening.

  Mar 31, 2020
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• Off-duty police officer made ‘heroic’ attempt to free submerged driver in North Okanagan

  Police say the sedan left the highway and overturned in a creek that runs along Highway 97.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2020