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Category: Theft – Robbery

Stolen Excavator Valued at $65,000

New Westminster – On February 16th 2016 the New Westminster Police Department received a theft report. An excavator was parked in the area of 8th Street and 6th Avenue was stolen sometime overnight. The excavator is a yellow 35D John Deer valued at $65,000 with Horizon Landscape Contractors’ stickers on it and has a broken […]

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New Westminster Police Department Warn of Increase in Catalytic Converter Theft

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department has recently observed an increase in the theft of catalytic converters. A catalytic converter is an emissions-control device attached to a vehicle’s exhaust system, which converts toxic exhaust gases into less harmful emissions. Thieves have been targeting these, which in turn they sell for a small amount […]

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Robbery Suspects Arrested and Charged

New Westminster – On January 1st 2016 at approximately 4:30am, members of the NWPD investigated a personal robbery in Moody Park. The two suspects were fleeing on foot after committing a personal robbery at a gas station in Burnaby. While running through Moody Park the suspects approached another group of people and attempted to steal […]

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Robbery Suspect Arrested and Charged

New Westminster – On October 31st 2015, the NWPD investigated a robbery that took place at a bank in the Uptown area of New Westminster. Over the course of the investigation, the NWPD Major Crime Unit identified and arrested 26 year-old David Frederick Daniel Pullen of Surrey, BC. NWPD Major Crime Unit has an active […]

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Public Notification

New Westminster – The NWPD would like to inform the community of three personal robberies that may be related, which took place in the 800 block of 20th Street and in the 700 to 800 blocks of 22nd Street. The robberies occurred between October 13, 2015 and October 27, 2015 between the hours of 10:00pm […]

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Male arrested for Robbery

New Westminster – On September 25th, 2015 at approximately 2:10pm, NWPD responded to the Scotia Bank in the 700 block of Columbia Street, New Westminster for a report of a robbery. The suspect male stole cash and fled on foot. Patrols officers, along with officers from the NWPD Street Crime Unit quickly responded and located […]

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Update-Two Males in Custody after Taxi Robbery

New Westminster – On July 2nd 2015 at approximately 2:00 am, members of the New Westminster Police Department responded to the area of 5th Avenue and Ash Street for a report of a robbery.  The victim, a taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint after one male produced a gun and the other produced an axe […]

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NWPD Seeks Public Assistance in Taxi Robbery

New Westminster – On July 2nd 2015 at approximately 2:00 am, members of the NWPD responded to the area of 5th Avenue and Ash Street for a report of a robbery involving a firearm. The two suspects had originally flagged down the taxi in Burnaby however once they arrived in the area of 5th Avenue […]

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Two Charged in Cell Phone Store Robbery

New Westminster – On June 20th, 2015 at approximately 5:40pm, a lone male suspect entered the Wind Mobile Store in the 900 block of 12th Street and displayed what appeared to be the handle of a handgun to the store employee.  The male demanded the store safe be opened however he was not interested in […]

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NWPD seeking public assistance in mail theft

New Westminster – On the morning of Sunday, April 19, 2015, members responded to three complaints of mail theft that had occurred at three different apartment buildings in New Westminster between 8:00 am and 9:30 am. In each instance, the bank of mailboxes within the apartment building lobbies had been pried open and the contents […]

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