When Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel observed a man staggering along the street on the night of Sept. 27, they took the 52-year-old into custody and began questioning him.
The man was unable to provide answers regarding his clear identity so he was retained in custody for his own safety and released after gaining sobriety. He is also now facing charges of being intoxicated in public.
On that same shift, police located another man who was passed out in a lane behind a local lounge. He was also lodged in cells for his own safety and charged with being intoxicated in public.
EPS members next handled two separate calls regarding possible impaired drivers but their attempts to locate the offenders were unsuccessful. While police were attempting to track down those two drivers, they did arrest a 31-year-old female for impaired driving and driving while her blood-alcohol content was over .08 per cent after they had observed her erratic driving activities. The woman now has a Nov. 19 court date.
Police attended to two different areas of the city on the night of Sept. 27 to deal with young people who were seen loitering and causing a disturbance. The same group of children were dispersed from two different locations and during the first incident two of the young people were issued tickets for being minors in possession of alcohol.
A disturbance in a local lounge that same night resulted in a 24-year-old man being arrested for breaching the conditions of his recognizance and for being intoxicated in public. He was lodged in cells until sober and has been issued a future court date.
A fight between roommates at a residence on the south side of the city on the night of Sept. 27 led to police intervention. The issue was resolved with one of the people leaving the scene for a period of time which allowed the other party to remove their belongings from the residence. No further police action was required.
Police next fielded a 911 call that originated from a cellular phone on the east side of the city. Attempts to locate the source of the call were unsuccessful, and repeated calls back to the phone were also unsuccessful so the incident remains under investigation.
A barking dog complaint that came from the north side of the city was looked into by EPS members and the dog's owner was warned about the local noise bylaw.
On the night of Sept. 28, city police charged a 25-year-old Estevan man for impaired driving and driving while over .08 and also arrested five more men for being intoxicated in public. They were all lodged in cells for the night.
On that same evening, a 33-year-old Lampman man was arrested and charged with being in breach of recognizance conditions.
During the day shift on Sept. 30, EPS members responded to a call from the south central part of the city. The call came from a service station where it was reported that two donation boxes had been taken from the store. A 46-year-old male suspect was located a short time later and he was taken to police headquarters and charged with theft. He now has a Nov. 5 court date.
During the Sept. 29 and 30 period, a 22-year-old man was arrested for being in breach of his recognizance conditions and a 20-year-old Alberta man was arrested and charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08.
