{"id":159305,"date":"2025-10-30T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/10\/30\/merritt-mountie-charged-with-firearms-offences-breach-of-trust\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:30:00","slug":"merritt-mountie-charged-with-firearms-offences-breach-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/10\/30\/merritt-mountie-charged-with-firearms-offences-breach-of-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Merritt Mountie charged with firearms offences, breach of trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Merritt RCMP officer has been charged with breach of trust and multiple firearms offences.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BC Prosecution Service charges have been approved for Const. David Paul Feller following events that took place in Merritt and Kamloops between Feb. 1, 2020 and May 19, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Feller has been charged with one count of breach of trust, two counts of possessing firearms obtained through the commission of an offence, two counts of storing firearms contrary to the Firearms Act, one count of possessing unloaded restricted firearms with readily accessible ammunition, and one count of possessing restricted firearms at an unauthorized location.<\/p>\n<p>Feller is expected to appear in court in Merritt on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The charges have not been proven in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Const. 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