Vancouver Crime

• Owner hit with fines and impound fees after BMW abandoned at Stanley Park

  The Vancouver Police Department Traffic Section said Tuesday the vehicle was found 90 metres away from the parking lot at the Hollow Tree.

  Crime

  Jan 31
  
• Thieves steal up to $250K in products from Vancouver snowboard shop, owner says

  The owner of The Boardroom, a ski and snowboard shop in Vanvouver, said four or five suspects returned multiple times to reload during a break-in Tuesday morning.

  Crime

  Jan 18
  
• Advertisement
• No jail time for ex-B.C. Uber driver convicted of sexually assaulting passenger

  Mohammed Abu Sayed, 69, was convicted in October of assaulting the female passenger during a trip from Vancouver to Coquitlam.

  Crime

  Jan 17
• Advertisement
• B.C.-wide warrant issued for accused hot soup-thrower who skipped bail: Vancouver police

  Fabrio Mabanza, 27, is facing charges of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and theft in the Jan. 8 incident at a Granville Street 7-Eleven. 

  Crime

  Jan 16
• Vancouver gets first look at $2.2M plan to revitalize beleaguered Chinatown

  The Uplifting Chinatown Action Plan envisions actions starting in the second quarter of 2023, with just under $2.2 million in funding from the 2023 operating budget.

  Canada

  Jan 13
• Man accused of bringing gun into Vancouver pub was breaching bail: police

  Marcus Phillip Van Schilt has now been charged with possession of a weapon and breaching bail, and is due back in court on Jan. 17.

  Crime

  Jan 11
• Vancouver police cleared in 2022 multi-vehicle crash involving fleeing suspect

  The suspect was arrested with the help of a police dog after crashing a Nissan into a Mercedes and a Ford near the intersection of Quebec Street and East 2nd Avenue on April 5.

  Crime

  Jan 11
• Man accused of throwing hot soup in 70-year-old B.C. store clerk’s face charged

  The incident happened Sunday night at a 7-Eleven on Granville Street, when the 70-year-old victim confronted the suspect for allegedly shoplifting. 

  Crime

  Jan 10
• Advertisement
• VPD deploy beanbag shotgun on man ‘seen carrying a gun’ in downtown bar

  The incident happened just after 6 p.m. at the Lennox Pub near the intersection of Granville and Robson streets, VPD spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison said. 

  Crime

  Jan 9
• Advertisement
• Paramedics, police officers shot with pellet gun fired from Hastings Street rooming house

  A man was arrested Sunday night after Vancouver police and paramedics were shot with a pellet gun fired from the window of a Hastings Street rooming house.

  Crime

  Jan 9