A Chilliwack man was sentenced to five years in prison last month for his part robbing two 樱桃视频banks.
Shawn Bystrom, 41, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Jennifer Marlatt, pleaded guilty last month in Provincial Court in Kamloops to charges relating to a four-week crime spree throughout the province, including a pair of 樱桃视频bank robberies in December.
Bystrom pleaded guilty to 13 counts of robbery while Marlatt admitted to being involved in six robberies.The pair robbed banks, liquor stores and retailers to the tune of $25,000.
Marlatt was handed an 18-month jail sentence while Bystrom will spend five years in prison.
The two banks robbed in 樱桃视频were hit four days apart. The Bank of Montreal was robbed on Dec. 10 and the Scotia Bank was hit Dec. 14.
Drug dealers sentenced
Two men arrested last April following a police raid at a home on Sixth Avenue in downtown 樱桃视频were sentenced this week after being found guilty of possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking.
Douglas P. Hassall of 樱桃视频was given a conditional six-month sentence and Roger J. Bergen was fined $250.
Police entered the home last year with a search warrant and two ounces of cocaine, half a pound of marijuana bud and 22 tablets believed by the RCMP to be ecstasy were seized. A quantity of money was taken from the home along with other drug-related paraphernalia.
The pair was sentenced on May 25 at Provincial Court at North Vancouver.
Six cars crash at construction site
A fatigued driver may have triggered a six-car crash near Strachan Point on Hwy. 99 last Friday (May 27).
A vehicle driven by a 34-year-old woman from 樱桃视频crossed the centre line as traffic was slowly making its way through the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project area. The vehicle sideswiped one vehicle and then collided head-on with another vehicle, said Cpl. Ritchie.
Once all the traffic came to a halt a total of six vehicles were involved.
Ritchie said damage was minimal because of the slow speeds but the driver of the vehicle that strayed over the centre line was taken to Lions Gate Hospital with minor injuries. The woman was later released.
Ritchie said the accident is still under investigation and driver fatigue is something being looked into.
The drivers of the other vehicles involved were from Squamish, Whistler and Vancouver.
Fake American currency circulating
The 樱桃视频RCMP is warning money handlers to watch out for fake American $50 and $100 bills.
Cpl. Dave Ritchie of the 樱桃视频RCMP said a tall and slim man with longer grey hair is buying small low-cost items with the bills and getting change back in Canadian currency.
Ritchie reported that the man was seen driving a red four-door sedan and he has been accompanied by two children on occasion and on other occasions he was seen with two adult females in their twenties.
One of the females is described as having long black hair and a dark complexion. The other female is about 1.68 metres (5 foot 6 inches) tall and 73 kilograms (160 lbs.) with long brown hair and a noticeable gap in her front teeth.
The fake money was passed in 樱桃视频and Britannia Beach at six different businesses over the course of two days.
Cougar killed
The RCMP was asked to attend the salt sheds area of Hwy. 99 between 樱桃视频and Whistler at 11:45 p.m. on Monday (May 30) after a vehicle hit a large cougar.
Cpl. Ritchie said the cougar was injured and the cat managed to escape into the forest.
The driver of the vehicle left the scene, too afraid to stop. The vehicle was damaged but not enough to prevent the driver from making it home to Whistler. Ritchie said police found parts from the vehicle on the ground at the scene of the accident.
A member of the RCMP found the badly injured cougar and destroyed it.
