Super-prolific offender charged with firearms, trafficking offences could face warrant for arrest if he skips court again

Cole Amey was once caught running a meth lab in a rented home while under house arrest

Members of the public unfamiliar with the criminal justice system might be hard-pressed to understand why Cole Larry Maurice Amey is ever released on bail when accused of serious crimes. His history of arrests, charges, convictions, and breaches of release conditions is lengthy.

But here we are. 

The short, heavy-set man with a huge backwards swastika tattooed on his chest IS out of custody, and the well-known super-prolific offender did not show up for his court appearance on Thursday (Oct. 23, 2025), something that likely surprised few in the local justice system.

Amey’s latest foray into the criminal code includes four charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and six firearms charges. That includes three careless use or storage of a firearm, two counts of possession without licence or registration, and one count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm. 

He also faces a separate file from the same alleged day of the offence, April 2, 2023, three more firearms charges.

The now 40-year-old has an extensive criminal record for theft, weapons and violence in the Fraser Valley with more than 50 convictions as an adult, nearly half for breaching court-ordered conditions.

These latest 10 charges stem from April 2, 2023, but he only had a first appearance on the file on July 15, 2025 after being arrested while wanted on a warrant.

He was then a no-show for an Aug. 15 appearance, appeared Sept. 5, and on Oct. 10 they fixed a date of Thursday, Oct. 23, to elect trial by judge and jury or judge alone. 

But he again didn’t show up, presumably, based on the entries in court services online where his next appearance is listed for Nov. 4 where Crown will apply for a warrant for his arrest if doesn’t attend.

Landlord’s nightmare

Amey’s history while out on bail is not good, and it’s downright terrible if you ask one Chilliwack landlord.

Back on April 25, 2019, he was arrested facing 11 criminal charges most of which were connected to firearms. He was eventually found guilty of three counts: possession of stolen property over $5,000, occupying vehicle knowing a firearm was present, and possession of a firearm contrary to order.

Amey already had a lifetime ban on the possession of firearms.

He was released on bail a month after his arrest on those charges and, much to the chagrin of a Chilliwack landlord, his release plan ordered that he live with his mother in a Princess Avenue home that she did not own.

Less than two months into his bail, on July 5, 2019, a police raid turned up a loaded shotgun, a modified handgun, two cross bows, ammunition, and replica handgun air pistols. Also seized were a motorcycle, dirt bike, and two scooters linked to thefts reported to Chilliwack RCMP together with drugs believed to be fentanyl, paraphernalia associated to drug trafficking, and cash.

And there was also evidence of methamphetamine production.

“The two older ladies who we had a rental agreement with kept the place immaculate,” said a family member of the landlord who talked to me at the time and who asked not to be named. “When the home was raided by the RCMP in July, 2019, we were devastated by the condition of the home which resembled a hoarder house. Following the raid by the RCMP we were informed we were not allowed to enter the home due to possible meth production and a do not enter or occupy order was posted on the home.”

Amey was charged with two breaches of his release order and one count of possession of a firearm contrary to order.

Amey has caused countless problems and aggravation, but he has had a rough time as well, spending much of his time in segregation at the Surrey Pretrial Centre after being attacked and stabbed multiple times. A judge heard at a bail hearing in 2019 that he had to receive hundreds of stitches after the attack.

Amey has an extensive criminal record for theft, weapons and violence in the Fraser Valley. 

In provincial court in Chilliwack on Dec. 16, 2020, Amey was sentenced to one day jail, essentially time served, followed by 12 months probation for the substantive charges and the subsequent breach. He was sentenced to the same for an April 14, 2019 conviction for two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

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