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Driver charged in Pattullo Bridge collisions

New Westminster – On August 6th 2015 at approximately 6:00pm, members of the New Westminster Police Department and Surrey RCMP responded to the Pattullo Bridge for a multi-vehicle collision. An adult female from Surrey was travelling north bound over the Pattullo Bridge when she crossed over the centre pylon dividers and collided with over 30 […]

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NWPD investigate two sexual offences

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department Major Crime Unit is actively investigating two sexual offences that occurred in the evening hours of March 17th. At about 5:30pm an unidentified man approached an adult woman standing at a bus stop on Howes Street. The man walked up behind her and pulled her pants down. […]

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NWPD seeking Good Samaritan in possible child luring

New Westminster – On March 14th, the New Westminster Police Department distributed a sketch of a suspect who had approached an 11 year old girl shortly after 3:00 pm on March 8th. The man was driving an older model red panel van when he approached a young girl who was walking in the 200 block […]

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NWPD Seek Public Assistance to Identify Suspect

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance to identify a theft suspect. An unknown man entered into a local business in the 600 block of 6th Street on January 28th 2016 and stole $18,000 worth of iPads. At approximately 3:30pm, the suspect entered the warehouse portion of the store […]

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Public Information – Suspicious Male

New Westminster – On March 10th, the New Westminster Police Department informed the public of a suspicious male who had approached a young female shortly after 3:00 pm on March 8th. The man was driving an older model red panel van when he approached a young girl who was walking in the 200 block of […]

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New Westminster Police search for suspicious van that approached young female

New Westminster – The NWPD would like to inform the community about an incident that occurred on March 8th 2016, during which a young female was approached by a suspicious vehicle in the in the 200 block of 3rd Avenue, in New Westminster. The male driver of the vehicle asked the young female to get […]

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NWPD Request Assistance in Locating Missing person Tania Polling

New Westminster – The NWPD is asking for public assistance in locating Tania Polling. Ms. Polling was reported missing from her care home in New Westminster on March 7th 2016 although she had not been seen by staff for two days prior. Polling is a 41 year-old Caucasian female, about 5’3”, 240 lbs, brown eyes […]

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Fraud Suspects Charged

New Westminster – On December 7th 2015, members of the NWPD Patrol Division responded to an apartment building in the 100 block of 7th Street to keep the peace while a Bailiff Service executed a Writ of Possession. The Bailiff Service served several eviction notices, and in course of their duties they located a number […]

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New Westminster Police Department Arrest Suspect with Several Warrants

New Westminster – On March 1st 2016 members of the NWPD Operational Support Unit conducted an investigation to locate a male who was known to have multiple Canada-wide and BC-wide warrants for his arrest. Members of the Operational Support Unit located the male exiting a stolen vehicle in Burnaby, and when officers approached the male […]

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NWPD Investigate Firearm and Drug Offences

New Westminster – On February 21st 2016 at approximately 10:00am, members of the NWPD investigated a report of shots fired inside a building in the 600 block of Blackford Street. When officers arrived, they observed a bullet hole through a door and wall. There were no injuries that resulted from the shooting, but the Major […]

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