BY LORNE ECKERSLEY
Advance staff
A search and rescue operation in the Crawford Bay area was underway at press deadline on Tuesday after a male was reported missing on Monday.
RCMP Cpl. Gerry Sliworsky said that a search and rescue team was on site, along with a police dog and helicopter, soon after the report was received. The male, a teacher at Crawford Bay Elementary School, had gone out to scout a location to take students hiking but was reported missing on Monday. His vehicle was located, unlocked.
Police were requesting that people not conduct independent searches in order to keep possible tracks uncontaminated for search dogs.
In other police news, Creston RCMP responded to 84 calls for service from May 23-29, Sliworsky said.
May 23
• A male who was bear hunting on horseback near Englishman Creek forest service road was injured when his horse spooked, causing his gun to drop and discharge. He was shot in the lower leg and taken to hospital for treatment.
• A planter and plants were stolen from a 20th Avenue South residence.
• A female called from California to follow up on crimes reported in Creston about 20 years ago.
• Police were involved in the investigation of an international fraud that originates in the Georgia republic.
• A letter has been sent requesting the retesting of an elderly female reported to be driving very slowly on Canyon Street.
• Six shots were heard by a female in Lister but police did not locate a source.
• A male driver on Railway Avenue in Yahk was stopped by police. He refused to provide breath samples for alcohol consumption screening and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
May 24
• Trees were reported on Highway 3/95 after a windstorm in the Yahk area.
• A female reported being nipped three times by a dog while walking on Ainsworth Avenue in Riondel.
• A 7th Avenue North resident reported being harassed by a bill collector following a dispute about an on-line purchase.
• A female driver had the misfortune of having a tree fall in front of her during the windstorm on Trainer Road at Highway 85. She hit the tree, but was not injured.
• The driver of a red Dodge pickup was stopped for speeding on Erickson Road and was found to have consumed alcohol. He failed a roadside screening test and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
• A red truck was reported to be passing vehicles on 16th Avenue North.
• A single vehicle crash was reported on East Kidd Creek Road.
• Trees were reported down on Highway 3/95.
• A Bluetooth speaker was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in an 18th Avenue parking lot.
• Three males in a white pickup truck were reported to have harassed a male pedestrian on 10th Avenue North. Police have identified the suspects and the investigation continues.
May 25
• A dispute between a mother and son about rent on 6th Avenue North required police attention.
• Police identified the source of shots fired after a complaint from Beam Road. A father and son were target shooting in a safe manner.
• A female was reported for an assault on Ainsworth Avenue in Riondel.
• A cordless phone and prescription marijuana were reported stolen from an Erickson residence.
• Police did not locate the vehicle from which electronic items were reportedly being sold on Erickson Road.
• A stop check on Erickson Road resulted in two drivers being given three-day driving prohibitions for alcohol consumptions.
• A male was reported to be yelling at neighbours on 6th Avenue North.
• Police were called to a family dispute on Juniper Street.
• An intoxicated bus passenger was arrested on 16th Avenue and held in police cells until sober.
May 26
• A vehicle swerved to avoid a deer and drove into the ditch near Airport Road.
• A driver was given a warning after passing a stopped school bus on 9th Avenue North.
• A white, red and black 250 cc dirt bike was stolen from 36th Avenue North.
• The identified suspect in a theft of pallets from a Northwest Boulevard business will make restitution.
• A landlord-tenant dispute was reported in the Meadow Creek area.
• An occupant sustained minor injuries when a vehicle collided with a deer near Yahk.
May 27
• Broken bottles from a previous night’s party were reported on Vancouver Street.
• Police attended to a disturbance on Erickson Road at 8th Avenue South.
• A yellow dirt bike reported to be speeding and running red lights on Canyon Street was not located.
• A male stopped for speeding in the 3600 block of Highway 3A was found to have consumed alcohol and issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
May 28
• A 2009 Dodge Caliber was stolen from a Stace Road residence.
• Police were called to a landlord tenant dispute twice on Crawford Creek Road near Yahk.
• A female faces charges after a domestic assault on 2nd Avenue North.
• Police are investigating a report of medical marijuana being stolen.
May 29
• A minor two-vehicle collision was reported on Northwest Boulevard.
• Police are investigating a complaint from Bossio Road about youths driving dirt bikes and doing damage to a private property.
• Speeding vehicles were reported near Burns Park on 25th Avenue South.