Bench heist
A pair of youth were arrested June 30 after a report came in just after 4 p.m. of a daylight theft in Centennial Park.
Someone had stolen a bench from the skateboard park in Centennial Park. With a vehicle description, officers were able to locate a vehicle containing two young people and the bench. One Victoria youth and one Central Saanich youth were arrested and charged.
Public input
Police stopped a vehicle at Mount Newton X Road and the highway after a report from the public of an erratic driver on Highway 17 around 6:45 p.m. on June 30. The officer saw symptoms of impairment and the driver was administered a roadside screening device. As a result the Langford man driving was issued 90-day driving prohibition plus the vehicle was seized and towed.
Worrisome walk
Canada Day started with a report of a man walking close to traffic in the 800 block of West Saanich Road around 8 a.m. The man was described as wearing one shoe, and appeared to be intoxicated. Officers located a male who had been drinking and, to ensure his safety, drove him to his home in North Saanich.
Safe ride
A passenger asleep on the bus drew Central Saanich Police around 1 a.m. on July 2. Police woke the cooperative man and drove him home to Brentwood Bay.
Cells hotel
A Nanaimo man spent the night in cells on July 2 after officers found him in the 1100 block of Verdier Avenue. The man was located laying on the side of the road, and had been drinking, police said. After failed attempts to contact family the man was placed in cells until sober and released in the morning.
Impaired charges
Police were called by the public about a possible impaired driver at Mount Newton X Road and Highway 17 on the eve of July 2.
Police located a vehicle near Mount Newton and Central Saanich Roads and detected an odour of alcohol, plus noted signs of alcohol consumption. The officer started an impaired investigation and the North Saanich man driving was taken to the office for breath samples.
He was given a roadside suspension and released on a promise to appear on charges of impaired driving and driving over .08.
CounterAttack time
A series of drivers were checked during a roadblock at Mount Newton X Road on July 2.
At 9:25 p.m. an officer stopped a vehicle and after noting evidence of alcohol consumption, administered a roadside screening. A Central Saanich man was issued a three-day immediate roadside prohibition and his vehicle impounded.
Around 10 p.m. a North Saanich driver showed symptoms of alcohol consumption, after a roadside screening she was subsequently issued a three-day roadside suspension and the vehicle was impounded.
Minutes later another driver, a Central Saanich man, earned a similar fate at the roadblock with a three-day suspension and vehicle impounded.
The officers moved to West Saanich Road and Wallace Drive around 12:30 a.m. There, a Central Saanich driver showed signs of alcohol consumption and after a roadside screening the man was issued a three-day immediate roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded.
Minutes later a Victoria driver exhibited symptoms of alcohol consumption and after a screening, the woman was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
Remove all valuables
A series of thefts from vehicles kept police hopping July 4. In the 7900 block of East Saanich Road a cell phone was stolen overnight. In the 7600 block of East Saanich a GPS and coins were stolen from another nearby vehicle. In the same block, another cell phone, a charger, iPod adapter and change were taken from a vehicle. A third vehicle was rummaged in the same block.
