WEYBURN - The Weyburn Police Service responded to 66 calls for service during the period of Dec. 2-8, resulting in a total of 17 charges. Of the charges, seven were laid under the Criminal Code, 10 under the Traffic Safety Act.
In the very early morning hours of Dec. 3, officers responded to a welfare check. A concerned caller reported that an individual known to them, entered their home intoxicated and holding a knife. The caller was able to get the unwanted individual to leave their residence and believed the subject of the complaint drove home.
The caller requested officers attend to ensure the mental wellness of the subject. Officers located the subject behind the wheel of a vehicle, with multiple knives in the vehicle, and arrested the individual for impaired operation of a conveyance as well as breaching their probation and conditional sentence order. The subject in this matter was remanded in custody to appear in Estevan Provincial Court on Monday.
Officers attended to a report of a break-and-enter to a business on the east side of the city on Thursday. The business was subject to a break-and-enter where a fence was cut and theft of an ATV was attempted. The would-be thieves attempted pulling an ATV from the business with a tow strap but were unsuccessful. This investigation is ongoing and if anyone has information regarding this, please contact the Weyburn Police Service or Crime Stoppers.
While the winter weather has hit Weyburn and area hard with cold temperatures and freezing rain, few accidents have been reported and city crews have kept the roads in good shape. Officers were also kept busy with offender management checks, bylaw concerns and well-小蓝视频 checks.
*Anyone with information regarding one of these matters, or any other matter of a criminal nature, is encouraged to contact the Weyburn Police Service at (306) 848-3250, the local RCMP Detachment at 310-RCMP (7267), or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
