Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel charged an Estevan man with assault with a weapon as well as for resisting arrest after they attended to a scene of a domestic dispute on the evening of March 6.
Police received a call from a 22-year-old female who said she was assaulted by her 26-year-old common-law boyfriend. She informed police that he had left the residence but when police came to the address, it was noted that the subject of the complaint had returned.
EPS members arrested the man and during this process he resisted their efforts. The man was scheduled for his first court appearance on March 7.
On that same evening, EPS members attended to a local lounge after receiving a call regarding two intoxicated people who were refusing to leave the premises after being asked to do so. While they were en route to the lounge, police were informed that the two people had entered a taxi and had left the area so no further action was taken.
On the night of March 9, Estevan police initiated a routine vehicle stop in the city and a 19-year-old man was found to be in possession of a controlled substance (marijuana). He was taken to police headquarters where he was charged and given a future court date.
A 27-year-old Moose Jaw man was stopped by police and was judged to have been operating a vehicle while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent. He was charged accordingly and now has a future court date.
Another driver, this one being a 20-year-old Estevan man, was also charged with driving while over .08. He now has an upcoming court date.
EPS members fielded a call regarding a fight in a lounge in the north central part of the city on the night of March 10. Their investigation revealed that a woman had been struck while two men were involved in the fisticuffs.
One of the combatants left the scene prior to police arrival and the other parties who had been involved in the event provided only limited information as to what had taken place and none of them made a follow-up appearance at the Estevan Police Service headquarters to provide these details.
A 57-year-old Winnipeg man was arrested at a lounge in the east central area of the city on the night of March 10. The man had been involved in a dispute with lounge staff members which escalated to the point that he had assaulted one of them. He was lodged in cells until sober.
A 29-year-old Estevan man was issued a 24-hour licence suspension after being seen operating a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level was over .04 per cent. The man was given a court date and later released by police.
Police next received a report of a westbound car travelling on Fourth Street that had gone out of control and off the road.
When police attended the scene, they found a 26-year-old Estevan man operating the vehicle that had gone over the boulevard and struck a residential fence on the north side of Fourth Street. No injuries were sustained in the incident.
The man was administered a breathalyzer test which revealed that he was impaired by alcohol with a reading in excess of .08. The man was also charged with dangerous driving under the Criminal Code and was lodged in cells and released later after appearing in front of a justice of the peace.
On the night of March 11, police received a report of a suspicious man in the south central part of the city so patrols were made in the area, but police were not successful in uncovering any potential suspects.
Police next received a report of a number of young adults in a motor vehicle near a local restuarant who appeared to be intoxicated. The vehicle was located and a 16-year-old female was charged with being in possession of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
