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Suspect charged in stabbing

New Westminster – On June 1, 2014 at 4:29 pm, the New Westminster Police Department received a report that a male had been stabbed in the 500 Block of Brantford Street in New Westminster. Patrol members arrived on scene to locate a male suffering from a stab wound to his head and covered in blood. […]

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NWPD Investigating Suspicious Fire – Seeking Assistance from Public

New Westminster – On May 27, 2014 at 5:10 am, the New Westminster Police Department responded to a structure fire inside 615 Front Street. The vacant building had already sustained significant damage due to a previous fire in October, 2013. The most recent fire is under investigation by the New Westminster Police in conjunction with […]

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NWPD Member Suffers Injury While Investigating Stolen Vehicle

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department is advising that one of its police officers was injured in a motor vehicle collision on May 29, 2014. The New Westminster Police member was seconded to IMPACT (Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team) as an investigator. The IMPACT team was conducting an investigation of a stolen […]

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UPDATE: NWPD Request the Public’s Assistance to Identify Thief

UPDATE: We’d like to thank the public for your help in identifying the suspect below. She has now been located. New Westminster – The New Westminster Police are asking the assistance of the public to help identify a female that has stolen money from unsuspecting victims. On April 18, 2014 at 2:33 pm, the suspect […]

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NWPD investigate overnight stabbing

New Westminster – On May 15, 2014 at approximately 9:30 pm, the New Westminster Police received a call of a stabbing at an apartment building in the 400 block of 8th Street. NWPD patrol officers responded to the scene and located an adult male victim suffering from stab injuries. The male was subsequently transported to […]

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Accused To Face Several Charges for Break and Enter and Breaking Out of Businesses

New Westminster – On April 17, 2014 at 3:44 am, NWPD received a report of an alarm sounding at a restaurant in Columbia Square. Patrol members arrived on scene and found evidence of a suspect being inside the business, but the suspect had fled the scene. After a thorough investigation involving members from the Patrol […]

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NWPD Want to identify suspect in Break and Enter

New Westminster – On February 24, 2014 at 2:42 am, a male broke into a restaurant in Columbia Square in New Westminster. His description is as follows: Caucasian Male 20-40 years old Slim build Black toque Red shirt   Anyone who can identify the male or has any information about the Break and Enter, is […]

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NWPD investigates theft of cancer fundraising boxes

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department wants to tell the person(s) responsible for stealing cancer research fundraising boxes that they will be brought to justice. In April, there were three reported cases of the Daffodil Pin fundraising boxes being stolen in New Westminster from several local businesses. Other similar thefts are believed to […]

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The City of New Westminster and the New Westminster Police Department prepare to host the first ever Amazing Disaster Rally

The event will take place on May 10, 2014, at the end of National Emergency Preparedness Week. In order to bring attention to the importance of New Westminster residents being prepared for serious incidents and disasters, the City of New Westminster’s Emergency Management Office, in partnership with New Westminster Fire & Rescue Services and the […]

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UPDATE: Male charged after execution of search warrant

New Westminster – On April 23, 2014, the New Westminster Police Department and the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team executed a Search Warrant at a residence on 10th Avenue, New Westminster, and a male suspect was arrested. The male is identified as Nathan Matthew Gravenor, a thirty-seven year old resident of New Westminster. Accused Gravenor […]

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