North Battleford RCMP received approximately 35 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 2 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Tuesday
• Officers responded to a report of a robbery at a business on the 1100 block of 107th Street at 11 a.m. A 23-year-old man entered the business, threatened an employee with a knife, and took the entire cash register out of the store. The man was located and arrested at a residence nearby. He has been charged with armed robbery and assault with a weapon and was held for court the following morning.
• There was a complaint at 3:10 p.m. of an intoxicated man at a business on 101st Street who was acting hostile toward an employee. The man left the business before officers attended, but was located nearby and arrested for public intoxication and held in custody until he was sober.
• Officers attended a residence on Sweetgrass First Nation after there was a complaint at 8:10 p.m. regarding a couple fighting. The fight was determined to be verbal and not physical and the couple was separated for the night.
Wednesday
• A vehicle on Mitchell Avenue was broken into overnight.
Officers also arrested two people for alcohol related offences, responded to five disturbances, two traffic complaints and two false alarms.
Anyone with information about these or any other crime is urged to contact the Battlefords Detachment of the RCMP at 306-446-1720, Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through SaskTel at *8477 or submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
