A brazen theft of an automatic teller machine from a local business is among the crimes committed in 2018 for which an arrest has not yet been made.
The heist occurred on the night of Nov. 11 when, at about 8:45 p.m., two men wearing masks, overalls and gloves smashed the glass door at the Spotless Dry Cleaners and Laundromat at 15th Avenue and Johnson Street, across from Value Village.
From there, they carried out the ATM and loaded it into a pickup truck and took off.
Images from a surveillance camera at the business were released but the two remain on the loose.
That might be understandable given how well they were disguised but the images did provide a good look at their getaway vehicle - a grey late-model four-door Dodge Ram 1500 with running boards, factory rims, split dual exhaust, trailer hitch and a large scrape on the passenger side front door.
It was not the only crime committed this past year that remains unsolved - some because the victim refused to cooperate with police but others because either the perpetrator was a complete stranger or simply not seen.
That was the case in a pair of shots-fired incidents.
Just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 5, RCMP received multiple reports of shots fired near the corner of Strathcona Avenue and Norwood Street in the VLA.
RCMP found a home that suffered damage that appeared consistent with bullet holes but were unable to nab a suspect. Several people were inside the home but there were no injuries from what police suspect was a targeted attack.
Mystery also continues to surround the discovery on Nov. 25 of a semiautomatic rifle on a walking path between the 2400 blocks of Oak and Victoria streets after a number of nearby residents reported hearing shots fired. Police were notified at about 8:45 p.m.
Arrests are also still to be made in a pair of attacks - one in which a man was hit with a hammer when he refused to hand over his phone, the other when an 18-year-old girl was the target of an attempted sexual assault.
The first occurred on Oct. 8 at about
9:30 a.m. on 17th Avenue near Larch Street.
The attacker was described only as a lone male wearing a mask and the victim was treated in hospital and later released.
The second occurred on the evening of Dec. 3 as the girl was walking along the 200-block of Ruggles Street. The assailant is described as dark-skinned, possibly African descent, 20-to-30 years old, six feet tall with a medium build and very little or no hair. He was wearing a grey sweater, jeans and a tuque.
Anyone who has information that could help police break these cases can call Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca (English only).
You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers. If you provide information that leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward.
