Between 6 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 and 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 55 calls for service.
Sunday, Aug. 9
• At 8 a.m. there was a complaint of a male sleeping in an apartment lobby. He was woken up by officers and directed to the Lighthouse Shelter.
• There was a complaint of a vehicle driving dangerously at high speeds on Highway 4 north of the city at 3:36 p.m. An officer located the vehicle and issued the driver a ticket.
• There was a theft from a business on 101st Street at 4:40 p.m. Officers located the shoplifter with the stolen merchandise nearby and arrested him for theft. The 29-year-old man was held in custody and released when he was sober and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
• A house in Meota was broken into sometime between Aug. 6 and Aug. 8. There was damage to the home and several items were stolen out of it.
• Officers attended a residence on the 1600 block of 101st Street after there was a complaint of a male and female fighting at 11 p.m. A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault and was released with a scheduled court date.
Monday, Aug. 10
• There was a house fire on the 1500 block of 103rd Street reported at 12:49 a.m. North Battleford Fire Department was also dispatched to the fire. There was no one injured as a result of the fire. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
• There were complaints of slashed tires that occurred overnight on the 1200 block of 109th Street.
In addition, there was one person arrested for alcohol-related offences, seven disturbances reported, six traffic complaints, two nuisance 911 calls and four false alarms.
If you have information regarding these or any other crimes, please contact Battlefords RCMP at 306-446-1720 or if you have information and you wish to remain anonymous in your reporting, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a tip via their website: http://saskcrimestoppers.com/ or text in a tip: TIP206 + your tip to CRIMES (274637).
