The Weyburn Police Service are investigating a report of a fairly sophisticated scam. In this scam the victim is contacted and employed by the company. The first financial transaction is legitimate thereby suggesting that the employment situation is very legitimate.
Then, the second transaction for a substantial amount of money is fraudulent leaving the victim with a large debt to their bank. The police simply urge caution in accepting these types of on-line job offers. No legitimate company is going to hire an employee to deal with significant finance and company issues without at least a personal interview and background checks.
The Weyburn police are also advising the public they have received a complaint from the Weyburn Humane Society about a door-to-door fraud.
According to the Humane Society, a number of people have been solicited by a group of youth claiming to be collecting donations for the Humane Society.
The Humane Society does not solicit donations in a door-to-door method. Police ask that anyone who may have been solicited in this manner to call the city police.
As the result of a traffic stop on Feb. 29, the Weyburn police arrested a 25-year-old male and a 27-year-old male. The male driver was charged with obstruction and uttering threats to the police. He was also a suspended driver and the vehicle was impounded.
The 27-year-old female passenger was arrested for obstruction on an unrelated file. Both were held in custody and released later in the day.
A member of the Weyburn Police Service Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan Unit conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation on March 1. The 53-year-old male driver failed to stop for police, simply driving a distance home before stopping at his residence. He has been charged with impaired driving, driving over .08, failing to stop for police and disobeying a red light. His vehicle was seized. He will be making a court appearance in the near future.
City police responded to a two-vehicle collision at 5th St NE and 5th Avenue NE At about 10:30 a.m. on March 2. Although both vehicles had to be towed from the scene there were no injuries. The 29-year-old male driver of one of the vehicles has been charged with leaving a stop sign before it was safe to do so.
Police received a report of a hit-and-run collision to a fence at a downtown business at about 11:50 a.m. on Friday. As the result of the investigation a 40-year-old male was located and charged with failing To report the collision.
There have been a number of calls and questions lately about why the RCMP are doing so much enforcement in the city, and why our city cars are working on the Highways. This initiative is not new. In June 2015 the Weyburn Police Service officially became a partner with the F Division RCMP and SGI in the Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan enforcement unit.
This is a combined unit of two Weyburn police members and a number of RCMP members and is solely responsible for traffic enforcement with the primary objective of reducing serious and fatal crashes in the province. So, from time to time you will see the RCMP actively engaged in traffic enforcement in the city and will also see Weyburn Police Service vehicles on the highways in the surrounding area.
