News Release Weekly Media Release. Members of the Oak Bay Police Department attended 89 calls for service in this last week. Among those calls were six instances of “theft from auto”, remarkable due to the fact that one of them involved a “forced entry”. A tool had been used to pry the underside of the Continue Reading
During the week police responded to 92 calls for service. June 19 Police seized a purse found in Anderson Hill Park on Island road. Subsequent investigation revealed the purse had been stolen from a nearby residence overnight. The suspects entered the home through an insecure garage door. Police later recovered a stolen electric bicycle which Continue Reading
Week of June 11th to June 17th, 2012 During the past week the Oak Bay Police Department responded to 69 calls for service. There were seven theft from vehicles reported over the week which occurred throughout the Municipality. On June 12th, 2012 members of the Oak Bay Police Department recovered property that was stolen from Continue Reading
In the last week Oak Bay Police responded to 113 calls for service. On January 06, 2012 three youth were confronted by three teenage males behind Oak Bay High School. The victims were threatened with pepper spray & were robbed of their personal belongings. The suspects were subsequently identified and arrested. On June 26th one Continue Reading
Oak Bay Police have been investigating a series of Break and Enters that occurred to various commercial institutions between January 28th, 2012, and January 29th, 2012, including the following: On January 28, 2012 between 8:00 pm and 9:30 pm, the Story Studio business in the 2200 block of Cadboro Bay Road , in Oak Bay Continue Reading
Week of June 3rd to June 10th, 2012 During the past week the Oak Bay Police Department responded to 109 calls for service. There were five theft from vehicles reported over the week which occurred throughout the Municipality. The majority of these thefts occurred where the vehicles were left unlocked. It is recommended that you Continue Reading
Week of May 28th to June 3rd During this last week, Oak Bay Police Department responded to 126 calls for service. 2012-05-28- OB File# 12-1964 Sometime overnight an unknown culprit entered a carport on Tod Road and stole a blue Trek road bicycle with white & red accents. The bike was valued at $500.00 2012-05-29- Continue Reading
Week of May 21st to May 27th During this last week, the Oak Bay Police Department responded to 111 calls for service. File# 2012-1849 On 2012-05-21 at 0920 hours, the Oak Bay Police Department received a report of a significant amount of clothing discarded on Foul Bay Road from Byron Street to Fort Street. The Continue Reading
At about 2:00 p.m. on the afternoon of June 2, 2012, Oak Bay Police responded to a report of an armed robbery on the 2400 block of Beach Drive. A group of Asian home stay students had just exited a BC Transit bus when they were approached by two males. One of the males grabbed Continue Reading
On March 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm, the Oak Bay Police Department attended at the public beach/park located in front of 3290 Beach Drive, Oak Bay for a report of a suspicious device washed up on the beach. The device appeared to be a pipe bomb with cell phone, 9 volt battery and two wire Continue Reading
During this last week, Oak Bay Police Department responded to 102 calls for service. Of those calls, there was only one reported “Theft from Auto”. On Monday morning, May 7, police responded to a report of a Break and Enter from a shop in the 2500 block of Estevan Avenue. The building had been entered Continue Reading
Oak Bay Police File 2012-1704 On the afternoon of May 9, 2012, Oak Bay Police responded to a report of a male assaulting a female in the 1200 block of Newport Avenue. The male had pushed the female over the trunk of a car and was punching her and pulling her hair. Witnesses driving by Continue Reading