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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Check your bank statements Illegal bank card-reading devices found at two Qualicum Beach banks PARKSVILLE — Police this week warned anyone who used either the Royal Bank or CIBC bank machines in Qualicum Beach to beware. Their banking information may have been accessed by thieves. Oceanside RCMP sergeant Darrell Robertson said a bank card reading device was spotted by an alert bank worker at the Royal Bank and reported to police just before 1 p.m. Saturday. Police attended the bank and determined that the card reader had already been removed. Security camera images were obtained, showing a male suspect removing the device from the bank machine. Police scoured the area but were unable to find the suspect. Checks of other nearby ATM machines found another reader installed at the CIBC bank machine, along with a very This surveillance photo of small video camera. suspected bank card skimmer Both were seized by has been released by police. police. RCMP PHOTO Downtown businesses were canvassed by police, who circulated a picture of the suspect, but he remains unidentified. Anyone with information on the identity of this man is asked to call the Oceanside RCMP at 250-2486111, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477. SEE
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Firefighters battle a trailer fire in Coombs Friday morning where an 84-year-old resident was badly burned. NEIL HORNER PHOTO
Senior burned in trailer fire Fire destroys a Coombs home on Feb. 3; resident in hospital in stable condition By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER
Neighbour Barbara Wagar was one of the first people on the scene as she began ferrying her children to be picked up for school. “I’ve known old Steve since the kids An 84-year-old Coombs man was rushed This story was were babies,” she said. to hospital with severe burns and smoke “Another neighbour found him layinhalation after his trailer caught fire [online first ing outside on the ground beside his car. Friday morning. Oceanside RCMP Corporal Jesse Forewww.pqbnews.com Flames were shooting out of the roof. It was very scary.” man said police received a call about a The neighbour, she said, managed to get trailer fire in the 1600 block of Alberni the man into a chair and wrap him in a blanket. Highway in Coombs at 7 a.m. “He was scorched black all the way down one side,” When firefighters from Dashwood, Coombs and ErrWagar said. “He was breathing and coherent and he ington arrived on scene, the trailer in the Pires Mobile knew his name, but he was in really bad shape for Park was completely engulfed in flames. someone who was almost 90.” Trailer park owner Gabriel Pires said the man had lived in the trailer park for almost 14 years. SEE NEIGHBOURS ON A4
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