It was a busy 24 hours for North Battleford RCMP as members responded to more than 40 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 24 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 25.
Among those calls were seven false/nuisance 911 calls, seven false alarms, two municipal bylaw/noise complaints and six traffic complaints.
Tuesday
8:57 a.m. - Call to a residence on 114th Street. Three patrons failed to pay for a cab fare on a previous occasion and now driver demanding subjects pay up front and they started swearing at him. Maybe a good idea just to not give them a ride at all.
9:31 a.m. - Theft of gasoline from a business on Territorial Drive North from the previous evening reported. Suspect vehicle information provided.
12:49 p.m. - Report of a fraud and cheque theft.
12:59 p.m. - Three youths, all 14 years of age, reported missing from a group home. All subjects located in the early evening and returned.
2:54 p.m. - Report of man wobbling onto the roadway as he was walking north on 99th Street. 46-year-old man located, very intoxicated, arrested and held in custody until sober.
3:33 p.m. - Report of suspicious men with what appeared to be a large amount of stolen electronic equipment in a van. Subjects located, were able to show proof of ownership of merchandise, however, were advised they were not permitted to be selling items without a business license.
4:35 p.m. - 15-year-old youth reported missing from a group home. Located and returned after 10 pm.
6:19 p.m. - Caller called 911 to attend a residence on 110th Street to remove her nephew because he was drunk. When members arrived subject was already gone. Caller was also quite intoxicated. Then caller and another occupant of the home called 911 several more times over the next two or three hours to check if police had located and arrested her nephew yet. So both occupants were arrested and no more 911 calls came from that residence. The members did not find her nephew.
6:28 p.m. - Two-vehicle collision at Clements Drive and Territorial Drive. No injuries, both vehicles had to be towed from scene. Cause remains under investigation.
7:02 p.m. - Hit and run on 108th Street around noon. Unknown vehicle causing minor damage to a parked vehicle at that location.
8:02 p.m. - Caller contacted detachment because her nine-year-old son was outside refusing to come in the house and was throwing things at the house. After a brief discussion, caller agreed to deal with matter on her own.
8:32 p.m. - Unwanted intoxicated person at a residence on St. Laurent Drive, subject left when police called.
10:03 p.m. - 51-year-old woman arrested for mischief, intoxicated, bothering staff at a business and demanding free things.
Wednesday
12:03 a.m. - Report of an assault with a weapon on Winder Crescent. Male victim was treated for minor injuries. Victim involved in an altercation with unknown man that escalated to point where a weapon was alleged to have been used. Investigation continuing.
1:17 a.m. - Call of persons damaging street signs on Foley Drive.
2:02 a.m. - Disturbance reported on 8th Avenue. 32-year-old man arrested for assault, found to be quite intoxicated and involved in a minor physical altercation with caller.
4:46 a.m. - Call of suspicious persons on 98th Street, possibly looking into vehicles. Patrols of area negative.
5:00 a.m. - Call to residence on Clark Drive, couple drinking and arguing and decided to contact the police to discuss their dispute.
