A flasher in the central area of the city last week is the subject of an ongoing police investigation according to information released by the Estevan Police Service (EPS).
Around 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 2 a 20-year-old woman was the victim of an act of indecent exposure in the south central part of the city when an unknown man walked out of some nearby bushes and exposed his genitals to the woman as she was driving past him.
The man is described as being Caucasian, approximately 20 years old and about 5'8" with a thin build. He had brown hair that was short on the sides and spiked on top.
Anyone with further information regarding this event or a similar incident is asked to contact the EPS.
In other policing activities following the Labour Day weekend, police followed up on a report of a suspicious vehicle that was parked behind a school in the northeast area of the city. The vehicle's operator was informed that he would not be able to sleep in his car in this particular area of the city.
EPS then received a report of three young people, all under the age of 12, who were being cruel to animals in the south central part of the city. The police investigation into the incident(s) revealed one male as the main suspect. The boy and his family were spoken to by police regarding his actions.
An erratic driver was also spoken to by police regarding his driving activities, but no further policing action was deemed necessary at the time.
Next on the EPS agenda was a 32-year-old Estevan man who was spoken to by police following some harassing behaviour he had exhibited towards a female in the southeast area of the city.
A man, attempting to scale the wall of a residence using a ladder was reported to police that same night. He was confronted by the homeowner and at that point, fled the scene. Police were not able to locate him following the incident.
EPS members next came across an unoccupied vehicle with expired registration that was stopped partially on a street in the central area of the city.
While the vehicle was being towed, a 31-year-old Estevan man who had been driving the vehicle returned to the scene as a passenger in a vehicle being operated by a 22-year-old Benson man.
Both men were arrested on outstanding warrants and the 22-year-old was also arrested for driving while impaired and driving while his blood-alcohol content was over .08 per cent.
Both men were lodged in cells pending a court appearance the following day and a future court date in Carlyle in response to the outstanding warrants.
A loud disturbance on the city's northeast side attracted police attention Sept. 3. Police investigation revealed there had been a disagreement between two young men, aged 16 and 18 regarding an airsoft/pellet gun. It was learned the two males were acquaintances, but the airsoft gun was seized and the incident remains under investigation.
On the night of Sept. 4, police were alerted to the fact that an intoxicated man was wandering on the streets in Estevan and had almost been struck by a passing motorist. The man was located and lodged in cells until sober. He was examined to see if he had sustained any injuries in the incident. He had not been injured, but he was charged for being intoxicated in public.
On the night of Sept 5, EPS members checked a vehicle and its occupant on the north side of the city after they observed the vehicle being driven in an erratic manner. A 48-year-old man was found to be impaired, so he was arrested and charged accordingly and now has an October court date.
On Sept 7, EPS members were called to a local mobile home park in response to several calls from a man in the area who felt insecure in his surroundings. Police offered him a safe place to sleep for the remainder of the evening and he accepted the invitation.
EPS members also dealt with an impaired driver who was booked and lodged in cells for impaired driving and driving while over .08 on the night of Sept. 7. The man told EPS officers that his eight-year-old daughter was at home alone and he had to get home for that reason. Police asked members of the local detachment of the RCMP to follow up on the situation and it was revealed that the man was lying to police in an attempt to get out of the police cells, so he was handed a further charge of mischief that will be addressed at his next court appearance.
Police were next called to the local exhibition grounds to check on a man who was acting in a peculiar fashion. Complainants state that the man in question was generally bothering people and asking for cigarettes while leading a horse around the exhibition grounds.
Police found the man and the horse and arrested him for being intoxicated in public and further investigation revealed that he was not the owner or keeper of the horse, so charges of mischief were added to the list as he was lodged in cells until sober.
