Serial Nanaimo Poppy Box Thief Released, Strikes Again: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Nov, 2015 11:47 AM

NANAIMO, B.C. — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they have arrested a man who is accused of stealing poppy donations in four separate thefts.

RCMP say a 49-year-old man was arrested last Thursday after police received two reports of money being taken from poppy donations.

Investigators recommended the man be charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and he was released on a promise to appear again in court.

Mounties say the same man is alleged to have stolen more poppy donations from Home Hardware and Patties Party Palace within 24 hours of being released.

He turned himself into police Tuesday morning.

Police say investigators will recommend at a bail hearing that the man remain in custody.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Dalhousie University Student Charged With Murder Back In Court Next Month

The case of a 22-year-old man charged in the death of a fellow student at Dalhousie University in Halifax will return to court next month.

Dalhousie University Student Charged With Murder Back In Court Next Month

Harper Enters French Debate With Political Allies But Bloc Backing On Niqab

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper doesn't have a reputation as a gambler, but his 2015 federal election call is shaping up as an all-or-nothing bet on another Conservative majority.

Harper Enters French Debate With Political Allies But Bloc Backing On Niqab

Merritt, B.C., Demonstrators Fight Biosolids, Arguing Sewage Sludge Unsafe

First Nations and members of the group Friends of the Nicola Valley are demonstrating outside the convention, hoping to convince delegates that dumping the biosolid material is unsafe.

Merritt, B.C., Demonstrators Fight Biosolids, Arguing Sewage Sludge Unsafe

La Presse Laying Off 158 Workers As It Ends Weekday Printed Edition

Montreal La Presse is laying off 158 employees as it prepares to eliminate its weekday printed newspaper in January.

La Presse Laying Off 158 Workers As It Ends Weekday Printed Edition

U.S. court to rule on settlement fund for victims of Lac-Megantic rail disaster

A bankruptcy judge in Maine is set to rule on a $338 million US settlement fund for victims of the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., that claimed 47 lives.

U.S. court to rule on settlement fund for victims of Lac-Megantic rail disaster

Akal Takht Pardons Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The Akal Takht -- the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion -- on Thursday said it has pardoned Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh following a written apology from him.