Creston RCMP responded to 42 calls for service from Feb. 16-22, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday.
February 16
•RCMP assisted Nelson City Police in serving a driving prohibition order to a Gray Creek Road resident.
•Caught in a radar check on Highway 3 was a prohibited driver at the wheel of a Mustang. He was arrested and held in custody pending a court hearing. The vehicle was towed.
February 17
•A dispute arising from a softball landing in a yard on Erickson Road was determined to have involved a person suffering from dementia.
•A complaint came from Duck Lake Road that an individual is misrepresenting himself as a professional engineer.
•An 11th Avenue South resident who has a court ordered curfew was charged after he broke the curfew conditions.
•A Highway 3A resident reported that she heard someone outside her home, and then later heard a vehicle drive off. Police found no evidence of any attempt to enter the residence.
February 18
•A report of shots fired in the Boswell area was received.
•A female driver who missed a turnoff on Duck Lake Road put her vehicle into reverse to correct the error and backed into another vehicle. She was given a ticket for unsafe backing.
•Responding to a report of people breaking the windows of an unoccupied house on Highway 21, police found an intoxicated male, who was arrested and placed in cells.
•A blue Dodge Neon with Alberta plates reported to be driving erratically on Canyon Street was not located.
•When police responded to a report of a single vehicle accident on Highway 3A, they saw two passengers walking away from the scene. A third was standing by the vehicle, drinking a beer. He was arrested for having no vehicle insurance and using a wrong licence plate. He was also charged with being drunk in public.
•Two males who were drinking beer on Canyon Street were ticketed for consuming alcohol in public.
February 19
•A female resident on Dogwood Street called to report her freezer wasn’t working and that her meat was going to start to thaw.
•A Ziploc bag filled with white powder was found on 36th Street. It has been sent to a lab for testing.
•When police conducted a well-being check on Railway Avenue they learned the resident was in the hospital.
•A bicycle rider complained of being harassed by the driver of a large black jacked-up pickup with a large chrome exhaust on Canyon Street.
February 20
•A vehicle collided with a deer on 20th Street.
•A driver in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot forgot he was pulling a trailer and hit a vehicle, which was pushed into another vehicle. All three vehicles had minor damage. The driver was issued a violation ticket for making an unsafe turn.
•Police attended a Purcell Crescent resident to deliver the news of a death.
•A collision on Cook Street occurred when a vehicle exited an alley and hit an oncoming vehicle.
•A well-being check on Crawford Street revealed the female resident was OK.
•An intoxicated male found lying near the railroad tracks beside Cook Steet was arrested and held in cells until sober. He was issued a ticket for being drunk in public.
•A Northwest Boulevard business turned in what might be a counterfeit $10 bill. Police have sent it off for testing.
“It is missing some of the security features but if it is counterfeit it’s the best I have ever seen,” Gollan said.
•An unwanted guest at a 10th Avenue North residence left before police arrived.
February 21
•A male was found sleeping at the wheel of his idling vehicle in a Canyon Street parking lot, with the car in gear and his foot on the gas pedal. When wakened, he refused to provide a breath sample and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
•A vehicle driving on Highway 3 slowed to avoid one deer, but then struck a second one. The vehicle was then rear-ended.
•A female being driven to hospital from Highway 3A lost consciousness and could not be revived by paramedics when they arrived. She was 71.
•Police received a complaint about a group of suspicious youths on Fifth Avenue South.
•Possible drug activity was reported on Northwest Boulevard.
•Participants in a consensual fight over a girl on Eighth Avenue South did not co-operate with police questioning.
February 22
•A male youth asked police to accompany him to his home so he could remove his computer. The request was declined.
•A warning letter was sent to the registered owner of a white Chevrolet pickup on Highway 3 that was reported to be speeding, tailgating and flashing bright lights at vehicles.