Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 67 calls for service between 6 a.m. Saturday, May 16 and 6 a.m. Sunday, May 17. Police are seeking information into the following incidents:
Saturday
- Found children’s bike on Borden Crescent.
- Complaint of erratic driving on Highway 4 North. The vehicle was described as a blue/grey Ford Escape driven by a younger female who appeared to be texting on her cell phone. The vehicle forced two other vehicles to take evasive action to avoid collisions.
- Complaint of an erratic driver on 100th Street. A silver Buick Lacrosse was all over the roadway, driving in the oncoming lane of traffic and forcing other vehicles onto the shoulders of the roadway.
- At approximately 9:38 p.m. the Battlefords RCMP Detachment received a report of a single Quad/ATV rollover off of Highway 16 on a grid road near Delmas. Two males were injured during this rollover and taken via ambulance to Battlefords Union Hospital for treatment of injuries. Alcohol was a factor in this incident and the investigation is ongoing.
- Complaint of a black truck with a lift kit driving back and forth from the bar in Meota at a high rate of speed.
- Report of two females outside an address located on the 200 block of 27th Street West in Battleford. The females were not located when members attended.
Sunday
- At approximately 3:08 am the Battlefords RCMP Detachment received a complaint of an armed robbery at the Delmas bar just off Highway 16 West of North Battleford. One person was injured and taken to Battlefords Union Hospital for treatment. Six males (both adult and young persons) were located and arrested in relation to this incident and will be held for court Tuesday morning. This investigation is ongoing.
- Report of an attempted break and enter at an address in the 700 block of 100th Street. The complainant confronted two males outside his residence after they attempted to get inside. He then chased them south bound from his address. The males are described as being non-white, both wearing black hoodies and in their late teens. One male was approximately 5’7” tall and the other 5’9” tall.
The Battlefords RCMP responded to several calls of intoxicated people in public. Other investigations included four 911 Act call, two false alarms, three Mental Health Act calls, eight traffic-related occurrences, five impaired drivers, one animal call and 10 disturbing the peace/municipal bylaw related occurrences.
If you have information about these or any other crimes, please contactthe Battlefords Detachment of the RCMP at 306-446-1720or you may call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through SaskTel at *8477, or submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com
