Creston RCMP responded to 97 calls for assistance from August 7-14, Staff Sgt. Ryan Currie said on Tuesday.
August 7
• A male reported to be highly intoxicated and falling down on Canyon Street was not located.
• A family fight in Erickson required police intervention.
• Police were called to deal with a landlord-tenant dispute that threatened to escalate into a physical confrontation.
• Stopping a vehicle in Erickson revealed the driver was impaired. He was given a 90-day driving prohibition and a ticket for driving without a licence. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
• Police assisted a distraught youth who had called a crisis line.
August 8
• A theft of rent money from a residence was investigated.
• Police investigated a breach of a no-contact order.
• Police were asked to assist a local business owner with a client who disputed a bill.
• Police and the Creston and Canyon fire departments responded to a fire in a truckload of hay on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass.
• A vehicle reported to be stolen from near 46th Street had been towed from a no parking zone.
August 9
• An attempted break-in to a shed was reported in Creston.
• Police assisted a distraught woman who lost her TV connection.
• A theft of electronic equipment from a communication tower near Yahk was investigated.
• Police were called to assist ambulance personnel with an injury from a consensual fight.
• Two youth are paying for damage caused by spray painting a Creston business.
August 10
• An intoxicated female was reported to be attempting to enter a residence in town.
• Police were part of an investigation of an airplane that landed at the Creston airport from the US without proper permits.
• A landlord reporting the theft of items by a previous renter.
• An intoxicated male who called to express concerns about a relationship involving two friends was invited to call back when he is sober.
• Police received two complaints about a large party.
August 11
• A vehicle check in the area of a loud party led to an impaired driver being given a 90-day driving suspension and having his vehicle impounded for 30 days.
• A report of possible gunshots from outside a business on Canyon Street was received.
• A complaint of a female continually harassing staff at a local business was received.
• An investigation about mischief to a vehicle was discontinued when the victim, who knows the offender, would not co-operate with police.
• An erratic driver on Northwest Boulevard was stopped and given a 90-day driving suspension. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
August 12
• Another erratic driver was stopped on Northwest Boulevard and given the same penalties.
• Police referred a report of a campfire at Twin Bays to BC Wildfire.
• Two young girls who walked away from their home were found safe.
• Charges are pending after an Alberta couple was stopped at the Rykerts border crossing with a large quantity of narcotics packaged for trafficking.
• A landlord-tenant dispute required police intervention.
• Police were called to assist hospital staff with a violent patient.
August 13
• An unlicensed driver stopped on Canyon Street was ticketed.
• A vehicle stopped for an incomplete vehicle inspection led to the drinking driver getting a 24-hour driving suspension and a vehicle impoundment.
• When police investigated a male brought to Creston in critical condition with a stab wound to his heart while camping at Shambala they determined the wound was self-inflicted after the ingestion of a number of narcotics.
• A suspected theft resulting from an ongoing neighbours’ dispute was reported.
• Police did not locate a reported impaired driver on Canyon Street.
