Between Aug. 24 and Sept. 24, the Lillooet/Lytton RCMP detachment received 298 calls for service.
Trespassers
On Aug. 24, an employee at the Lillooet Rec Centre reported that three people seemed to be setting up camp behind the centre, and told police they wanted the people gone. An RCMP member attended, but the three people had left. Police made foot patrols, but no one was observed camping there.
Trailer fire
At 5:15 a.m. on Sept. 2, the Lillooet Fire Department advised RCMP that a parked hay bale trailer near Main Street in Lillooet was on fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. There were no witnesses to the fire starting, and anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Lillooet RCMP (reference Lillooet-Lytton RCMP file 2024-1928) at (250) 256-4244.
Theft from trailer
On Sept. 18, a man in Lytton reported to an RCMP member that numerous items had been stolen from a trailer which was parked at a rest stop on Highway 1 near Lytton. Among the items stolen were a Champion 3500-watt generator, a Hilti TE7 hammer drill, a Fluke 1587 Megger electric tester device, a Rigid corded vacuum, and a Hilti corded vacuum. There were no witnesses, and not enough evidence to proceed further.
Sextortion scam
RCMP are warning the public about an ongoing extortion scam in which the perpetrators contact victims via email and claim to have acquired compromising pictures, videos, and personal information of the victim. They direct victims to send money to a Bitcoin wallet, and threaten to send the compromising material to friends and family if they do not. The Coquitlam RCMP detachment alone received more than 18 reports about this scam in a one-week period.
In order to make the scam more convincing, the perpetrators will provide personal information which is readily available online, such as a photograph of the victim’s house, which can easily be located via a quick internet search.
If you are targeted by this, or any other, scam, report it to your local RCMP detachment. If someone contacts you and demands payment — particularly via cryptocurrency or gift cards — it is almost certainly a scam. Do not send any funds, do not give out any personal information, and immediately cease all communication with them.
If you have information about any ongoing police files, or wish to report a crime, contact your local RCMP detachment’s non-emergency line (only dial 9-1-1 if it is an emergency or a crime is in progress). If you have information about a police file or crime and wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-888-222-TIPS (8477).
