Close X
    Thursday, November 28, 2024
    ADVT 
    National

    VPD re-arrests woman for second stranger attack in four days

    Darpan News Desk Vancouver Police, 07 Feb, 2022 11:11 AM
    • VPD re-arrests woman for second stranger attack in four days

    Vancouver – Vancouver Police have arrested a woman for the second time this week, after officers observed her randomly assaulting people in the city’s Strathcona neighbourhood.

    VPD officers were on patrol when they spotted the suspect randomly kicking and punching people as she walked near Main Street and National Avenue on Saturday afternoon. After arresting the woman, the officers were approached by a 26-year-old man who said he’d also been assaulted by the woman. Two other victims were identified, but told police they didn’t want to participate in a court process.

    Samantha Towedo, 38, is now charged with one count of assault in connection with Saturday’s incident in Strathcona.

    Towedo is also charged with assault in connection with an incident that occurred February 1 near Marine Gateway, in Marpole. In that incident, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly punched in the face when she declined to give a cigarette to a stranger.

     
     
    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Highlights from Freeland’s fiscal update

    Highlights from Freeland’s fiscal update
    The cost of resettling Afghan refugees in Canada is expected to be $1.3 billion over six years, starting in the current fiscal year, and $66.6 million in future years. Last week, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said he expects it will take two years to fulfil the government's promise to bring 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada.

    Highlights from Freeland’s fiscal update

    B.C. detects 44 cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron

    B.C. detects 44 cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron
    The cases are included in new infection modelling released today that also shows overall COVID-19 cases rising on Vancouver Island, driven by outbreaks at the University of Victoria and a religious gathering in the northern part of the island.    

    B.C. detects 44 cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron

    Military will act quickly on Arbour plan: minister

    Military will act quickly on Arbour plan: minister
    The Liberal government tapped Arbour last April to lead a detailed review and come up with better ways to address sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces.

    Military will act quickly on Arbour plan: minister

    Singh would back Bill 21 court challenge

    Singh would back Bill 21 court challenge
    The NDP leader said Tuesday he always believed the law was discriminatory but has hardened his stance on court action following the case of a teacher in Chelsea, Que., who was reassigned because she wears a hijab.

    Singh would back Bill 21 court challenge

    Liberals ready to release economic update

    Liberals ready to release economic update
    While the Bank of Canada has a mandate to keep inflation in check, the government agreed Monday it plays a role in helping the central bank maintain inflation around its two-per-cent target.

    Liberals ready to release economic update

    Indigenous people more likely to die from opioids

    Indigenous people more likely to die from opioids
    Data from the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia shows that Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience an overdose and three times more likely to die than other residents. The gap has been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, the authority said.

    Indigenous people more likely to die from opioids

    PrevNext