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Category: Arrests

Male Arrested For Robbery

On Friday November 11th at approximately 1550 Hours, New Westminster police officers responded to a report of a robbery at a business located in the Seven-Hundred Block of Columbia Street. A suspect description was broadcast as patrol units attended the area. Acting Sergeant Smith observed a male matching the suspect description running towards Eight Street. […]

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Male Arrested For Impaired Driving On Board Walk

On Monday September 12th at 2131 Hours, the New Westminster Police received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a vehicle driving on the Quay Boardwalk. Police officers immediately attended the area and located the suspect vehicle, a grey Audi, as it exited the Boardwalk onto the roadway. Patrol officers activated their vehicles emergency equipment and the suspect […]

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Males Arrested For Possessing Stolen Property

On May 2nd 2011 0730 Hours, the New Westminster Police Service received information that during the night, a boat was observed suspiciously stopping at numerous house boats along the Fraser River. Officers attended the area and observed the suspect boat towing another boat on the river in the area of the Nine-Hundred Block of South […]

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Male Arrested For Vehicle Theft

On March 21st at 2219 Hours, the New Westminster Police received a 9-1-1- call from the owner of a vehicle advising that an unknown person had just stolen his Dodge pickup truck from his residence in the Six-Hundred Block of Twelfth Street . Furthermore, the owner’s son had been following the stolen truck in another […]

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Male Arrested For Assaulting Police Officer

On Wednesday February Sixteenth 2011 at 2024 Hours, a male entered the front lobby of the New Westminster Police Service asking for police assistance. The male, a Forty-Four old New Westminster resident, complained of experiencing emotional health issues and requested a member transport him to Royal Columbian Hospital. A police officer was assigned to transport […]

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Male Arrested – Attempted Vehicle Theft

On February Twentieth at 2214 Hours, a complainant contacted the New Westminster Police Service to advise of witnessing a male breaking into vehicles parked in the Six-Hundred Block of Queens Avenue. Patrol officers immediately attended the area to set up surveillance. Once in position, officers observed a male exiting the driver’s side of a parked […]

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Escaped Prisoner Arrested

On Monday January 10th at 0238 Hours, New Westminster Police patrol officers located and arrested Forty-Six year old Susan Smith. Smith had escaped from police custody in Burnaby on Friday January 7th and was subsequently subject to an arrest warrant for escaping lawful custody. Smith was arrested in the 12th Street area of New Westminster […]

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45 Year Old Vancouver Male Arrested On Christmas Eve For Burglary

On December 24th at 7:30 pm an upstairs resident of a home in the 1300 block of 4th avenue heard a smashing sound. Knowing that the downstairs resident was away, the upstairs resident called New Westminster Police and then went to investigate. Upon looking into the suite the resident discovered the glass entry door was […]

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Robbery At 7-11 – Two Men Arrested Nearby

On December 26th, at 2:36 AM the 7-Eleven Store on 6th Street called New Westminster Police to report that two males had just robbed the store at knifepoint. Police responded and immediately deployed a police dog. The police dog managed to track both suspects to the 300 Block of 4th Street where they were arrested. […]

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Off-Duty Police Officer Aids In Arrest

On Tuesday September 7th at 9:00 p.m. off-duty New Westminster police officer Constable Crowston was driving on East Columbia Street in the 800 Block when he observed that the passenger van in front of him was being operated erratically. Crowston continued his observation of the vehicle as it sped up and slowed down arbitrarily. Constable […]

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