January 16th, the Osoyoos Holiday Inn reported that a truck used by the Hotel had been stolen overnight from their underground garage.  The truck is a 1988 Chevy pickup truck, white with blue in color bearing BC licence plate AM5359. The truck has a large crease in the tailgate, a missing tailgate handle, and the brake lights are not working.

January 17th, Osoyoos RCMP received a report that sometime overnight a Town of Osoyoos 1992 Chevy pickup truck was stolen from the parking lot of Sonora Community Centre. Police located the stolen truck in Osoyoos later in the day and arrested a 37 year old male.  The man who recently moved to Osoyoos is facing criminal charges for stealing the truck.

On January 17th, local Hotel / Motel owners met with the Osoyoos RCMP and Town officials to work together to prevent crime.  By using good business practices such as proper guest registration and by enhancing the Police and Hotel / Motel communication, criminals will lose the ability to stay in Osoyoos hotels anonymously.  The RCMP would like to thank the Hotel / Motel owners for their partnership and support of this Community Policing initiative.

Anyone with information to assist the Police with any of the above matters is asked to call the Osoyoos RCMP at (250) 495-7236 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.