![]() ![]() “It wasn’t meant to cause bodily harm it was just meant to stop them,” said May. May was unaware of the charges pending against him. Kurvers said the alleged assailants are 16 years old. “We have identified the people and are trying to work out arrangements from both parties, but it is a police investigation, so we can’t release too much.” ![]() “So we are looking at both sides of this. “We do have an active investigation on both sides - there is an alleged assault, and on the other side… he (May) set traps that can harm people and that is a criminal offence,” said Comox Valley RCMP Insp. Owen May’s actions are not without consequences of their own.Ĭharges are also pending against him, relevant to Section 247 (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada: Traps likely to cause bodily harm. The assailants allegedly used flashlights as weapons and ripped her top off.Īssault charges are pending against the youths. His injuries are so extensive he can’t put on socks or shoes, and therefore can’t work. The ensuing struggle with the teens at the front of the Mays’ house resulted in severe lacerations to Owen’s arms and legs. The one youth tripped, and the front door immediately opened and May’s wife, Laura, pounced on the fallen trespasser. “As soon as they came and kicked on the door, I was on the other side of the door and pulled the line tight and caught his ankle,” said May. The Mays saw them approaching, jumped out of bed and went to the front door. He set up a trip wire with fishing line under the door so that when the perpetrator kicked the door and tried to run away, the line would trip him up. After the fourth incident of the week, Friday, March 17, May decided to take matters into his own hands, in an effort to catch the perpetrators. He said he called the RCMP after the second incident, but the trespassing persisted, to no avail. ![]() The latest incidents began the week of March 13.Īccording to May, his door was kicked repeatedly, late in the night on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. There are eight other homes on my street that just by this incident this week, I have found out they have all installed security cameras on their properties because they had their doors kicked in. They are doing it to their homes as well. “Probably 80 per cent of our neighbourhood in Crown Isle are seniors. Kicking the doors, causing damage… the first time I thought our house was on fire (and someone was warning us). “It usually goes on for about a week straight, then it stops for about a year, and then it starts again. “It’s been four, four-and-a-half years of these kids kicking down our door in the middle of the night,” said the Crown Isle resident. Owen May has been on the receiving end of this prank for a number of years. A TikTok challenge involving kicking a home’s door and running away before the occupants answer took a nasty turn in Crown Isle, when the homeowners confronted the youths. ![]()
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