An 18-year-old man faced a couple of driving-related charges after he was stopped by members of the Estevan Police Service on the night of March 13.
Police made the stop after observing the man operating his vehicle at a very high rate of speed within the city. After making the stop and carrying out their routine investigation, EPS members discovered that the young man did not have an operator's licence so the vehicle he had been driving was seized, and he was charged with speeding as well as driving while suspended. He now has a May 14 court date.
A day earlier, EPS members received a complaint regarding drivers consistently using a private lot off 13th Avenue to access the Canada Post Office parking lot instead of using the PO's back lane access. Police indicated they will monitor the activities in the area and charges will be laid if the public continues to use the illegal access point.
On March 13, EPS members responded to a noise complaint in the central part of the city. When they arrived they found the area to be quiet and no further action was required.
On the night of March 13, EPS members arrested and charged a 26-year-old man for impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent. The arrest was made after police stopped the man's car due to his erratic driving. His court date was set for April 28.
Following allegations of a sexual assault, members of the EPS arrested and charged an 18-year-old male, noting that when the alleged assault took place the man had been under the age of 18, so no further information could be released due to the conditions within the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Police checked a vehicle that was being driven in an erratic fashion on the north side of the city, and they then detected a distinct marijuana odour while checking the vehicle and the driver. As a result of the stop and check, a 46-year-old man from British Columbia was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking when about three pounds of marijuana were found in the vehicle, along with a large quantity of cash.
When a patron damaged a video lottery terminal at a local lounge on the night of March 13, EPS members intervened and arrested the man who paid for the damages immediately, while still on the scene. At that point the matter was seen to be resolved but the patron was removed from the premises for the remainder of the evening.
Police were called to a residence on the northeast side of the city during the past weekend to assist the host of a party that was escalating out of control. The host requested police assistance in having everyone at the residence removed. Police intervened and broke up the party without any incident.
Also during the past weekend, police stopped a vehicle due to erratic driving actions and charged the driver with driving while impaired and driving while over .08.
A third call on the weekend, led police to a domestic disturbance that involved a heated argument fueled by alcohol. The two parties reached an agreement with the assistance of the police officers and no further action was taken.
A noisy party in the southwest area of the city on the weekend led to charges being laid against the owner/host after police were required to make a second visit to the home, following a warning visit earlier in the evening. The host was charged under the city's noise bylaw.
When police attempted to remove a man from a police cruiser in the secure bay of the police station into the building the subject bolted and fled from the station on foot.
This weekend incident took place following an arrest that EPS members had made of a man who was being charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08.
Police gave pursuit and followed the subject to his home about four blocks away where he was found in bed, supposedly sleeping. The feeble ruse obviously didn't work, and the man was subsequently charged with escaping lawful custody and returned to the police station where two samples were taken on a breathalyzer with both of them registering above the legal limit.
Police later intervened in an incident at a local confectionery store where an intoxicated woman was refusing to leave the premises after being asked to do so. When police arrived they found the woman outside the store. When they advised her to leave the area by taxi, she refused the order and began arguing with bystanders, so she was arrested and lodged in cells until she regained sobriety.
On the night of March 17, EPS members responded to two motor vehicle accidents at the intersection of King Street and Petterson Drive. No major injuries were reported.
EPS members were also asked to look into the matter of an alleged assault that same evening but further details could not be released since the investigation was only in its early stages.
A 44-year-old woman was charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08 following a police stop in the city on the night of March 17.
Police conducted pro-active checks in the parking lot of a lounge on the northeast side of the city on the night of March 17, St. Patrick's Day. Several patrons who exited the establishment and were thinking about driving home got engaged in conversations with police who urged them to make the wiser decision to call a taxi. All of them did.
When police stopped a vehicle on the northeast side of the city on the night of March 17, a small quantity of marijuana was discovered along with a small volume of cocaine in a container. The investigation into the incident continues and charges are pending.
