Cameron Cole, left, Charles Patrick (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)

By James Peters

Charges Stayed

Charges stayed after 2018 weapons, explosives seizures in Kamloops

Aug 26, 2020 | 11:46 AM

KAMLOOPS — The B.C. Prosecution Service has confirmed it has stayed charges against a pair of Kamloops men charged after weapons and explosives seizures in 2018.

In an email, Crown spokesperson Alisia Adams told CFJC Today charges against Cameron Cole and Charles Patrick have been stayed.

In January, 2018, RCMP responded to a reported home invasion at a home on Badger Drive in Campbell Creek. This led to the seizure of firearms, bomb-making materials, cash and narcotics from the home.

After a nearly year-long investigation, officers raided a business on Lorne Street, finding more potential explosive devices that turned out to be benign.

Cole and Patrick were charged after the raid, but Adams says they are no longer facing prosecution.

One Man's Opinion

COLLINS: If it's Tuesday, this must be Kamloops

30m ago

Question of the Week

Is returning to a balanced budget one of your BC election priorities?

Oct 07, 2024

BC Votes

B.C. Election 2024: Where to go, how to register ahead of advance voting

Oct 07, 2024

Adams says prosecutors must determine if a case against any individual will result in a substantial likelihood of conviction and is within the public interest. She says one of those two tests was no longer met.

CFJC Today reached out to Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay, who heads up the Kamloops RCMP Investigative Services team.

Pillay wouldn’t comment directly on the Crown decision to stay charges, but said local RCMP “remain committed to the vigorous investigation of all violent and organized crime cases in our community.”