A woman faces charges after the multi-jurisdictional rundown of a person using a debit card stolen in Oak Bay.
Police were at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre Sept. 8, investigating a report of items stolen from lockers, when one person tracked her debit card in use at a nearby business, the department said in a news release.
Officers went to the business and gathered a description of the person who had used the card and that the person had left in a taxi. Police and E-COMM dispatchers worked with the taxi company and Victoria Police Department to intercept the cab and arrest a suspect. Police say she was in possession of identification and property stolen from multiple people.
Morgan Blanch, 38, faces two counts of theft under $5,000 and one count of using a stolen credit card.
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Still speeding
A trend for speed and enforcement continues in Oak Bay with two more drivers ticketed the week of Nov. 20 to 26.
Officers enforcing speed limits near Beach Drive and Newport Avenue on Nov. 20 around 7:30 p.m. stopped a 21-year-old man going 111 km/h in a 40 km/h zone. He was issued a ticket for excessive speed with a $368 fine and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
A 43-year-old man faced the same fate two nights later in the 1000-block of Beach Drive after police clocked him at 85km/h in a 40 km/h zone.
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