A group of teenagers causing a disturbance around the Civic Auditorium resulted in a call to the Estevan Police Service (EPS) on March 27. Police found the young people and warned them about their actions and instructed them not to return to the facility or the area.
Shortly after their departure, police received a call from the staff members at the Civic Auditorium informing them they had located some drug paraphernalia, so police attended the scene to remove the materials.
That same day police conducted a traffic stop that resulted in a 66-year-old man being charged with impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent. He now has an April 29 court date. EPS members dealt with a large number of residential alarms and parking complaints during the March 27 day shift and were also asked to check into a traffic accident on the east side of the city. Their investigation into the incident has led to charges pending against an 18-year-old male driver.
During the night shift on March 27, police were called to a business on the northeast side of the city in response to a report of an unconscious, intoxicated woman. The woman regained consciousness just prior to police arrival and departed the premises with a friend. Police followed up on the matter and learned the woman had been taken home.
On the night of March 29, a 38-year-old man was arrested for impaired driving and now has a May 27 court date while two other drivers, aged 26 and 37, were handed 24-hour suspensions of their drivers' licences after their breathalyzer readings registered over .04. That same night there was a request for police to help locate a missing 15-year-old female. The young girl was located early the next day.
Police also attended to a noise complaint in the north central part of the city on March 29. The occupant of the home was warned about the city's noise bylaw and no further action was required. A 28-year-old man was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place on March 30 after he was removed from the lobby of a local hotel. During this activity, police learned that the man was in breach of conditions imposed on him from a previous charge, so he now has court date of April 11 to respond to the new issues.
A 19-year-old man was also arrested for being intoxicated in public when he was found walking around near a local lounge making comments about driving home. He was lodged in police cells for his own safety and it was learned that he had outstanding warrants against him from another police service. A blaring vehicle horn attracted the attention of police on March 30. When they arrived at the scene, police discovered that the driver had struck a deer on the west side of Fourth Street causing extensive damage to the vehicle. The dead deer was later removed from the road by police.
Another accident on Fourth Street, this time on the east side of the city, on March 31 was also significant enough to require the services of a tow truck to remove one of the two vehicles involved. No injuries were reported. A domestic disturbance on March 31 required police attention on the east side of the city. The report came in as an assault complaint. During their investigation, EPS members learned that no one had been physically injured during the incident and all parties involved in the dispute remained in the home and there were no further incidents recorded that involved police intervention.
On that same night, a young woman reported an assault involving four young men who had confronted her while she was walking in the central part of the city. This matter remains under investigation.
