City police noted that a number of telephone and internet scams seem to be prevalent again. As these seem to be happening on a weekly basis, the police are hoping that people are becoming more wary of them. The police stress that if it sounds too good to be true, or seems like an odd way to do business, the contact is likely a scam.
• Weyburn police received a call of possible gun shots in the Albert Street area just after midnight on Saturday. Upon attending a small gathering in a yard was identified as the source. It was not gunshots but rather firecrackers.
Police remind residents that the setting off of firecrackers within city limits is an offence under the bylaw.
• City police were advised that a vehicle parked in the 300 block of Third Avenue SE had been damaged by being spray painted on July 4.
• Police responded to a call of a domestic disturbance between a 40-year-old male and a 46-year-old female at about 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday. The matter was able to be successfully mediated without need for further police involvement.
• Weyburn police are investigating a report of an assault between a 16-year-old male and a 14-year-old female on Thursday.
• City police responded to a two-vehicle collision on 18th Street at First Avenue on Thursday. As the result of the investigation, a 50-year-old female was issued a traffic ticket for proceeding before safe from the stop sign. There were no injuries.
• Weyburn police received information regarding an erratic driver on Thursday afternoon. At the conclusion of the investigation a 16-year-old male has been charged with driving without due care and attention.
• City police were dispatched to a report of a domestic disturbance at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival the matter was mediated with some of the parties agreeing to leave the residence.
• As the result of a traffic stop on Thursday evening, a 46-year-old male was arrested and charged with impaired driving.
• Weyburn police received a call regarding an ongoing family issue on Thursday evening. As a result of this a 16-year-old male was arrested and has been charged with mischief.
• City police received a call about a domestic disturbance in progress at about 9:45 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival, the 38-year-old male had left the residence. He was later located and arrested and has been charged with assault on a 31-year-old female.
• City police received a call to a local pub regarding a 21-year-old male who was threatening self-harm at about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. The male was found to be in possession of a knife and had already caused an injury to himself. The male was transported to the Weyburn General Hospital.
• As the result of a traffic stop on Saturday, a 34-year-old male had the vehicle he was driving impounded for seven days in accordance with SGI impound rules.
• Weyburn police received a call of an unresponsive male lying in the grass at about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday. The male was transported to Weyburn police cells where he was assessed by EMS then lodged in custody until he was sober.
• Police received a call of an unresponsive female lying on a sidewalk around 9 p.m. on Sunday. EMS was called to the scene and once the 48-year-old female was medically cleared, she was lodged in cells until sober.
