There was an array of erratic and illegal activities in the Energy City during the past week that led to the need for police intervention.
On Dec. 13, Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel stopped a vehicle on a local street due to the fact the vehicle did not have activated tail lights. Upon closer inspection, the female driver exhibited signs of impairment, so a roadside breathalyzer test was made, which she failed. Subsequent breathalyzer tests were undertaken later at the police station, and in both instances, the driver failed, so she has been charged for driving while impaired and driving while her blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent.
Another call that day led police to a local lounge in response to a disturbance. When they arrived, police were informed that the person causing the disruption had left, but pointed out the woman who had been involved in the incident who was talking to a group of people outside the establishment. As the police officer got into the police cruiser, the woman in question also got in and refused to leave, so she was arrested and charged with being intoxicated in public and held in cells until regaining sobriety.
On the night of Dec. 13, EPS members were called to a business in the city's northeast sector in response to a call concerning suspicious behaviour by a patron. The 32-year-old subject was spoken to by police and left the premises when asked to do so.
Following that event, police stopped a 17-year-old woman in the central part of the city and seized an amount of marijuana along with some paraphernalia. Police also confiscated a quantity beer. The woman was charged with being in possession of marijuana and is now slated for a court appearance on Jan. 6. She was also charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol.
The next stop for EPS members was in the central part of the city, to follow up a report of a sighting of several young people consuming alcohol. Three youths were charged for being minors possessing alcohol.
The next dispatch signal sent police to a north side lounge to follow up a report of a patron causing a disturbance. A 55-year-old man was arrested and transported to the police station where he was lodged in cells until sober after being charged with being intoxicated in public.
While on patrol later that night, EPS members spotted a 39-year-old man walking on the street in the central part of the city and carrying an open container of alcohol. He was charged with having and consuming alcohol other than in a private place.
A call regarding a suspicious person possibly entering a vehicle in the central part of the city was looked into. Police found the person in question and spoke to him about his suspected action and placed the incident under investigation.
Police were called to a residence in the central part of the city as a result of a noise complaint. The homeowner was warned about the City's noise bylaw.
A domestic disturbance attracted police to the city's north side later that same night. Further investigation led to the arrest of a 39-year-old woman who was transported to police cells and lodged there for the night.
The Dec. 13 night shift ended with police responding to one more disturbance that resulted in the participants fleeing before police arrived, one intoxicated female who was refusing to get out of a taxi cab and a number of other violations associated with people using cellphones while driving or speeding on city streets.
On the Dec. 14 night shift, police attended to several residences in response to noise complaints. Most were handled with warnings.
As the night progressed, EPS members were called to a northeast establishment in response to a report of a disturbance in progress. They ended up arresting a 33-year-old man who was lodged in cells until sober after being charged with being intoxicated in public.
EPS personnel were then called to a north central lounge after a male patron was refusing to leave and was in possession of an open container of alcohol where it was not allowed. The 26-year-old man was arrested and lodged in cells until sober and was charged for being intoxicated in public.
Another 26-year-old man was transported to the police station after kicking in a door at a north central business. He was lodged in cells until sober.
The Dec. 14 night shift wrapped up with a 31-year-old man observed leaving a north central establishment with an open container of alcohol. Due to his level of intoxication, he was arrested and lodged in cells until sober and was charged with being intoxicated in public.
