During the period July 21-27, the Weyburn Police Service dealt with 119 calls for service, including a rash of thefts from vehicles and vandalism, such as graffiti and property damage.
During the period July 21-27, the Weyburn Police Service dealt with 119 calls for service, including a rash of thefts from vehicles and vandalism, such as graffiti and property damage.
Police received 13 complaints of vehicles that were entered that were located at residences in the northeast section of Weyburn. Items commonly missing to most owners are wallets, change, cash, and cigarettes. Larger items reported missing are a laptop computer, and a PDF scanner. All vehicles had much of their contents scattered about the vehicle. The Weyburn Police Service is encouraging all citizens to light up their neighborhoods and report any suspicious activity to the Weyburn Police Service.
City police say they cannot stress enough that these are crimes of opportunity. If the vehicle is locked the people will pass it by looking for an unlocked vehicle.
Citizens are advised to be aware of a potential computer scam received from individuals claiming to reimburse Microsoft users for unused services. It is important not to provide these individuals with any personal information or give them access to your computers, banking or credit card information. Please report these incidents to the Weyburn Police Service or Phone Busters.
There have also been a number of incidents of graffiti. City police urges anyone with information on this to contact the police. Graffitti, or tagging, as it is commonly called, is indicative of other underlying issues that need to be identified and dealt with. Police also urge anyone who has been "tagged" to immediately clean it up after having called the police. Graffiti is in a lot of ways a "look at me" offence, so the quicker it can be cleaned up the less opportunity the culprit has to have their work visible and the less likely they are to repeat or continue as all their hard work is for nothing.
An Allis-Chalmers riding lawn mower was stolen from an apartment complex on Fifth Avenue North on Sunday. The mower is off-white in colour and is about 20 years old. Police received a report on July 21 of a domestic dispute and located a 27-year-old female and a 31-year-old male having an altercation. The male threatened to shoot himself. Firearms at the residence were seized for safe storage. Both parties declined to make reports about the incident. Police left the scene without further incident.
A report was received of a vehicle crashing into the fence at the Don Mitchell pool on Saturday. Investigation revealed that a vehicle had struck the fence and fled the scene. The vehicle was subsequently located and a 15-year-old female has been charged with driving without a licence.
A 38-year-old male resident reported that an unknown driver of a dark-coloured vehicle ran over his dog and continued driving away on July 23. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Weyburn Police Service.
Police received a report on July 21 about a fight outside of a local bar involving two males. Reports received indicate that a knife may have been used during this altercation. The matter is still under investigation.
Police received a call about a 19-year-old suicidal female who was reported to have taken a bottle of pills on July 21. Police gained access to her residence and transported her to the hospital for medical attention.
A 39-year-old female and her family were driving by a local bar on July 21 when a sign was thrown at their vehicle. They confronted a 29-year-old Alberta resident and three others about their actions and were met with racial insults. As the family was leaving, one of the three unknown males banged on their windows and broke the side mirror. The matter is still under investigation.
Police assisted a 37-year-old male in removing a 29-year-old intoxicated female who was causing a disturbance on July 23 from their residence. The female was arrested and released from cells once sober.
Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle with no tail lights on July 23. The 18-year-old male driver was found to be intoxicated. He was arrested and charged under the Criminal Code for impaired driving, for being over .08, and driving while suspended.
The male also had outstanding warrants for incidents occurring in Moose Jaw. The male's vehicle was impounded and he was lodged in cells until he sobered.
