Union Bay blogger’s car and home vandalized

Local Journalism Initiative

June 26, 2024 at 8:39 p.m.·2 min read

Mary Reynolds, the woman who runs the All Things Union Bay blog, recently faced a bout of vandalism at her home.

Reynolds told CHEK News she believes what she has shared in her blog — regarding a controversial shipbreaking operation at Union Bay as well as a development that she has spoken against — incited the vandalism. She also recently partially won a legal battle against shipbreaking company Deep Water Recovery, which attempted to sue her for damages related to drone footage she posted of the controversial operation.

According to CHEK News, Reynolds woke just before 3:30 a.m. on June 23 to the sound of broken glass. A window in her home was smashed, as well as her car windshield. Three of her car tires were flattened and damaged, the side of her car was scratched and her surveillance camera was stolen.

Reynolds told The Discourse in an email that she was shaken up, but that it won’t stop her from her fight against Deep Water Recovery, which has been breaking ships in Baynes Sound since 2020.

Because the surveillance camera was stolen, Reynolds was not able to see who did the damage, but she reported it to RCMP. She told CHEK News she saw someone leave on a bike after the damage was done, but could not make out who it was.

On June 24, the day after the vandalism, drone footage appears to show someone with a motorcycle walking up to a car and taking photos inside of it. They then have an exchange with two others, get on the motorcycle and ride away and onto a property across the way. Reynolds told The Discourse she was inside the vehicle with another Union Bay resident and that the person walking up to the car and taking photos was one of Deep Water Recovery’s directors, Mark Jurisich.

“The cops need to take some action. The more times he gets away with this, he will be free to use whatever tactics he deems fit on anyone,” Reynolds told The Discourse.

In a statement sent to CHEK News, Deep Water Recovery’s owner said “Mary Reynolds is a person that has caused a lot of trouble for a lot of people. It’s not surprising,” and added that she “has made a career out of causing tremendous trouble for decent hardworking people.”

The Discourse has reached out to RCMP and Deep Water Recovery for comment but did not hear back by publication. The Discourse will continue to follow this story.

Reynolds stated that Jurisich was recording herself and another passenger in the car. Screenshot from of allthingsunionbay.com

Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Discourse

People
Fla. Woman Who Sexually Abused Her 2 Young Sons, Family Dog Learns Fate: 'It Doesn’t Get More Evil'
Natalie Jesslynn Wagner, 28, of Port St. Lucie, made and sold videos of herself committing sex crimes against her children, 1 and 3, authorities said
The Canadian Press
Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter's name in lawsuit settlement
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz's name, and Cruz cannot give any interviews without his permission, under a settlement reached in a lawsuit.
People
‘Torn to Shreds’: Man Might Lose Leg After Woman Backs Boat Propeller into Him in Alleged Drunken Accident
Kelly McCandless has been arrested in connection with the incident that seriously injured Kyle Lively
Digital Spy
Corrie's Roy to be conned by his loved ones after prison stint
Coronation Street spoilers as Roy Cropper will be conned by his nearest and dearest in new scenes.
People
A Mother Served Her 19-Year-Old Son an Eviction Notice. Now He's Accused of Strangling Her to Death
Conner Kobold is charged with the murder of his mother, Shanelle Burns
Tacoma News Tribune
He fatally shot plumber he’d called to his home. Pierce County man now guilty of murder
Thomas Lorezca, 40, was shot multiple times after being called out to a Spanaway home for a repair job in May 2022.
The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Tells Bannon He’s Gotta Show Up to Jail on Monday
MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon will have to report to jail on Monday after the nation’s highest court declined to indulge his pleas for a last-minute reprieve.Bannon, 70, was sentenced to four months in jail in 2022 for contempt of Congress after he blew off a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Capitol riot. He has spent two years since then trying every avenue of appeal, arguing that he was only following the advice of his lawyer, who told him then-President Donald Trump had evoked
People
Former “American Ninja Warrior” Champion Drew Drechsel Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Sex Crimes
The TV competitor was arrested in August 2020 after having a sexual relationship with a teenage victim he met in 2014
Canadian Press Videos
Owner of suburban plumbing business ordered by judge to remove illegally posted signs in Detroit
As part of court-ordered community service for illegally posting hundreds of promotional signs, the owner of a suburban plumbing company is required to remove similar placards in Detroit (AP video: Mike Householder)
The Canadian Press
Man charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings Thursday.
CBC
Ontario trucker found at border with as much as $29M worth of meth sentenced to 12 years
A Brampton, Ont., man convicted of smuggling 200 kilograms of methamphetamine into Canada via the Ambassador Bridge has received a 12-year prison sentence.Mohamed Ahmed Abdirahman, 40, was convicted in April on charges of importing methamphetamine and possession of the drug for the purpose of trafficking.At the time the charges were laid in 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency said it was "the largest methamphetamine seizure, on record, for the CBSA within the past seven years."His lawyer, Je
People
Man Arrested, Elderly Woman Injured After 40 Feral Wolf-Dogs Are Found in North Carolina Home
Deputies found the residence "uninhabitable for people and dogs," the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said in a release
Canadian Press Videos
Judge snaps at Karen Read after testy exchange over accuracy of verdict form in her murder trial
The judge in the trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm snaps at Karen Read after a testy exchange her lawyer.
People
What Did Kaitlin Armstrong Do? How the Yoga Teacher Turned Killer Tried to Outrun the Police with Plastic Surgery
Kaitlin Armstrong killed Moriah Wilson in a fit of jealousy over her on-and-off again boyfriend Colin Strickland
Global News
Man found dead inside Toronto taxi beside subway station
A man was found dead inside a Co-op taxi in a parking lot next to Ossington Station. The witness who noticed the dead man says he was sitting in the driver’s seat of the cab, rigor mortis had set in and he wondered if he had been robbed. Catherine McDonald reports.
BuzzFeed
29 Massive Family Secrets People Uncovered As Adults That Range From Heartbreaking To Downright Disturbing
"What really sucked was when my mom told one of my aunts, she found out that not only did everyone else know, but they'd agreed not to tell my mother for going on 60 years now."
CBC
Man acquitted after being accused of running over Walmart security guard in Sherbrooke, Que.
The man accused of killing a Walmart security guard in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Sherbrooke, Que., has been found not guilty of all charges related to the incident.Nacime Kouddar went to trial last winter for allegedly ramming security guard Philippe Jean in the Galeries Quatre Saisons parking lot on April 4, 2020. At Kouddar's trial in February, the court determined that he was in a position of self-defence.Late Thursday, Quebec Court Judge Hélène Fabi acquitted Kouddar of a charge
The Canadian Press
Driver convicted in deaths of 8 people struck by SUV outside migrant shelter sentenced to 60 years
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border.
CBC
Boy, 3, dead after truck strikes family at marked crosswalk in southwest Edmonton
A three-year-old boy is dead after he and his family were struck by a truck at a marked crosswalk in southwest Edmonton Thursday. A 39-year-old woman and her two young children, the boy and a seven-year-old girl, were hit as they crossed the street in the Allard neighbourhood around 5 p.m., Edmonton police said in a statement. A 2019 Ford F-150 truck was travelling north on Allard Road S.W. when it stopped quickly at the three-way stop at Allard Boulevard S.W., police said. At the same time, the
The Canadian Press
Man convicted of murder in death of Washington police officer shot by deputy sentenced to 29 years
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man found guilty of murder for his role in the 2022 death of a police officer who was mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Friday to 29 years in prison.

Latest Stories