Creston RCMP responded to 71 calls for service from March 3-9 in a week dominated by poor driving conditions and flooding, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday.
March 3
•The first of a half-dozen untraceable 911 calls from cellphones was received.
•A break-in during the past year was reported at a Lakeview-Arrow Creek Road residence.
•A male was injured and transported to hospital following a structure fire on Meadow Wood Road in Kitchener.
•Police attended a Kitchener Road residence to assist with a child protection issue.
•A male turned himself in to the police station on a warrant.
•Vehicles went off the road in icy conditions on Canyon-Lister Road, Highway 3A and Highway 21. No injuries were reported.
•After a semi was reported to be having difficulty getting up Erickson Road from Highway 21, the police called the highways department to request sanding.
•Police were unable to locate two youths reported to be snowboarding off a roof on Pine Street. They did find evidence of such activity, though, in the form of snow mounded on the ground.
•Two adult brothers on Third Avenue South reported being assaulted by each other in an argument over food ownership. They appear to be in a battle over inheritance of the property.
•A male was arrested for the third time in recent weeks for breaching a no-alcohol probation order.
March 4
•The same brothers on Third Avenue South were again embroiled in an argument.
•Conservation officers were notified about an injured deer on Bathie Road in Wynndel.
•A male was reported to making threats to furniture movers at a Dale Street residence.
•A male reported to be causing a disturbance at a previous employer on 32nd Avenue left when police were called.
•Police entered an Eighth Avenue South residence and shut off a water valve when notified of a break in the water line. The owners were not in town and have since been notified.
March 5
•Three vehicles ended up in the ditch on Highway 3/95 after one crossed the centre line on an icy road and collided with two oncoming vehicles. No injuries resulted.
•No injuries were reported when a vehicle went into a ditch on 36th Avenue North.
•A female in distress, possibly because of a drug overdose, was transported to hospital.
•A male reported to have sent money to Turkey in what police are convinced is an Internet scam has continued to try to send more money despite warnings.
•Water was reported on Highway 21 South.
•People reported to be smoking marijuana in vehicles on Canyon Street were gone when police arrived.
•When police responded to a report of a vehicle stolen from a Cook Street parking lot they located it across the street. The driver had forgotten having parked there.
•Three pizzas purchased for a hockey team at the community complex were stolen by three males. One contributed some money as reparation after being located by police. The other two males have been identified and are being sought by police.
•Flooding was reported on Sinclair Road at 24th Street.
•When police responded to a loud party on 16th Avenue South they found an intoxicated male walking on the road nearby and arrested him. He was held in police cells and released when sober.
March 6
•When police conducted a well-being check on 32nd Avenue South they learned the resident was in the hospital.
•Police attended a Meadow Wood Road residence to investigate a historic assault.
March 7
•A report was received about two semis driving erratically on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass.
March 8
•A person in medical distress on Highway 3A was taken to hospital by emergency health services.
•A vehicle struck a concrete barrier on Highway 3A near Sanca, leaving torn-off parts behind when it drove off.
•A large chunk of ice fell from a cliff onto Highway 3 near Summit Creek Park.
•A driver arriving at the Kingsgate border crossing was found to be driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle with a plate from another vehicle she owned. The vehicle she was driving, recently purchased, was found to have been written off in Alberta and then repaired. It was towed.
•Police assisted Creston Fire Rescue with traffic control during a Canyon Street fire.
•A well-being check in Wynndel on a Mill Road resident indicated he was OK.
•A theft of syringes was reported by the hospital.
•A shed door on Erickson Road was damaged, but no entry was gained.
March 9
•The town was notified after police received a report of a hole forming on 25th Avenue South.
•A checkstop of 50 vehicles resulted in one infraction for failing to wear a seatbelt, one for a driving being unable to produce a licence, one for no licence plate and the seizure of a small amount of marijuana.
•A 77-year-old male died suddenly in his Lakeview-Arrow Creek home. The death appears to be from natural causes.