Phone Theft Suspect Uploads Selfie

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RCMP seek help identifying suspects 
iPhone theft & para-gliding equipment

Phone theft suspect uploads selfie

The Nanaimo RCMP is asking for the public's assistance with two recent thefts. The first involves the theft of an I-phone and purse in the 600 block of Kennedy St, where the suspect in his infinite wisdom uploaded a picture of himself. The second consisted of $20,000 of para-gliding equipment stolen from a vehicle on Sealion Place. The owner of the stolen equipment lives in New Zealand and is devastated by the loss.

On July 5^th, the owner of the I-phone told police, she was in the process of carrying garbage to a nearby disposal bin. She left her purse beside her vehicle while carrying the garbage and as she was carrying the garbage, she looked back and saw a male near her vehicle. When she returned her purse and the male seen were long gone. 

The next day she obtained a new phone. When the phone was activated, pictures were automatically uploaded and one was of the male seen by her purse just before it went missing.

$20,000 para-gliding equipment theft

The second consisted of $20,000 of para-gliding equipment stolen from a vehicle on Sealion Place. The owner of the stolen equipment lives in New Zealand and is devastated by the loss.

The para-gliding theft occurred on July 13, and involved a rental vehicle being broken into and stolen were two complete para-gliding packs. The owner reported the following items missing- a Samsung phone, tents, poles, foldable hiking poles, a GPS instrument, a hand-held radio and a blue and black Advance harness. The owner of the equipment has reached out to the para-gliding community and has gone to all pawn shops in Nanaimo, with no success. 

If anyone has information on either of these two incidents, they are asked to call the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com, text 274637, keyword Nanaimo or call 1-800-222-8477