It was a week of variety for the Estevan Police Service as the community moved into the final long weekend of the traditional summer months.
On Aug. 27, EPS members were issued a search warrant which they executed at a residence in the central part of the city. The search was conducted under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. As a result of the search, four suspects were arrested including two 51-year-old men, a 36-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman. The matter remains under investigation.
On the night of Aug. 27, EPS members arrested a 56-year-old woman for being intoxicated in public after they located her wandering around a business establishment on the east side of the city. She was kept in custody overnight for her own safety.
An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with being in possession of a controlled substance after police found him smoking marijuana in his vehicle on the north side of the city. He now has a Sept. 29 court date.
Police were alerted to a possible impaired driver within the city on Aug. 27, but when they tracked down the vehicle in question it was determined that the driver was not impaired and no further action was required.
Police received two separate 911 calls on the night of Aug. 27 regarding a man who was seen walking along a street in the central part of the city, carrying two handguns. When the man was located, he was not carrying the weapons but admitted that he had been carrying two airsoft guns earlier and he had dropped them off at his residence. Police followed up on the story and confirmed that the guns were, in fact, airsoft guns that resembled typical handguns. The man was talked to about the manner in which he had been carrying and delivering the weapons and the issue it had raised in the neighbourhood.
In the early morning hours of Aug. 28, EPS members were called to a residence in the Trojan area of the city to look into an incident that involved a man entering a yard and then a deck at a home owned by a senior citizen. His activities had awakened her and when police located the subject, who was extremely intoxicated, they learned that he had obviously attended to a wrong address so he was taken into custody and lodged in cells until he regained sobriety.
Police received a call from a mobile home park on Aug. 28 regarding the fact that someone had left a suspicious bag close to a home owner's shed. Police retrieved the bag that contained several items that police said would be destroyed by the end of the weekend if the owner had not claimed it by Sept. 1.
A young child located in the parking lot at the Estevan Shoppers Mall on Aug. 28, became the subject of police attention when concerned citizens reported that the youngster did not appear to be under the supervision of an adult at the time. The child was able to communicate well enough to assist police in locating his parents and no further policing action was required.
An alarm raised at a local oil company led to police attendance on Aug. 28. When they arrived police learned the system was being checked by an employee who was conducting a test on the safety equipment.
On the night of Aug. 28, EPS received a report of a possible impaired driver on the north side of the city. The vehicle and owner were found but the owner was not operating the vehicle. Police noted he had been drinking so a warning was issued.
Police looked into a report of a suspicious person in the yard of a residence which was confirmed by a neighbour who had also witnessed a person running from the yard. Police were unable to locate a suspect in the area and noted that no damage had been inflicted on either residence, but have kept the incident under investigation.
A roadside screening device check of a 49-year-old male driver led to a 24-hour licence suspension on Aug. 28.
A 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with being in possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, when police contacted him regarding other outstanding warrants. He now has an Oct. 6 court date.
A 39-year-old man was arrested and charged with impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol level was above .08 per cent. Police had discovered his vehicle on the night of Aug. 28 parked in an area of the city that was deemed suspicious at the time. The man has a Sept. 29 court date.
On the night of Aug. 29, a 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault as a result of a domestic disturbance on the south side of the city. He now has a Sept. 29 court date slated.
The resident of a home on the city's north side was charged with creating an unnecessary noise on Aug. 29 after police attended to the address in response to a complaint.
A patron who was refusing to leave a business after being asked to do so by staff, was released into the custody of a roommate who assumed responsibility for the 24-year-old.
An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged by EPS members on the night of Aug. 28 after he was caught being in possession of a controlled substance (marijuana). He was also seen to be in breach of his court-ordered conditions of probation. During the same traffic stop, a 17-year-old youth was also charged with being in breach of his probation conditions that included abstaining from the consumption of a controlled substance. The two young men will appear on court on Sept. 29.
A 30-year-old man who was causing a disturbance at an establishment on the city's east side on the night of Aug. 29, was taken into custody and lodged in cells after being charged with being intoxicated in public. He was also charged for refusing the leave the premises after being asked to do so.
On the night of Aug. 30, EPS responded to a complaint from the central part of the city where a person was refusing to leave. The 24-year-old subject was arrested and transported to cells and held in custody due to his level of impairment. He was released when sober.
A 19-year-old driver who blew an 'alert' level of intoxication when subjected to a roadside screening on the night of Aug. 30, was issued a three-day licence suspension. He was also ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign.
During that same night shift, two home owners had to be warned about the city's noise bylaw as police followed up on complaints regarding excessive noise in a couple of neighbourhoods. A third noise complaint call resulted in a homeowner being charged after police found it necessary to return to the home a second time after the first warning had not been heeded.
On the night of Aug. 31, police responded to a call regarding a woman in distress in the central part of the city. When police located her, they learned the woman had been involved in a domestic dispute, which police then helped diffuse before the woman was transported back to her home without further incident.
A search of a construction area on the north side of the city in response to a call regarding suspicious activity, did not result in any arrests and no further calls were received regarding any further activity.
Police noted that during their Aug. 30 nightshift they issued a number of traffic offense tickets for such things as proceeding through an intersection against a red light, as well as speeding and other actions that warranted ticketing.
