{"id":640404,"date":"2026-05-01T08:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640404\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:42:19","slug":"vancouver-resident-accused-of-stealing-crashing-kamloops-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640404\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver resident accused of stealing, crashing Kamloops bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A person from Vancouver is waiting for a bail hearing after being accused of stealing a Kamloops city bus.<\/p>\n<p>According to RCMP, a 55-year-old was arrested Saturday night after officers responded to a collision between the bus and a pickup truck on Landsdown Street, in the city&#8217;s downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet of the Kamloops\u00a0RCMP said in a release that when officers arrived, they learned the accused had allegedly stolen the bus while the driver had temporarily stepped away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thankfully, no one was physically injured,&#8221; Shoihet said.<\/p>\n<p>According to B.C. court documents, the accused has been charged with motor vehicle theft, dangerous operation of a conveyance, uttering threats and theft of $5,000 or under.<\/p>\n<p>A bail hearing is set for May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-640404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}