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Creston RCMP report missing rear plates and decals

A rear licence plate went missing from a truck on Elsie Holmes Road in Wynndel...
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The Creston RCMP detachment is located on 16th Avenue South.

Creston RCMP responded to 78 calls for service from March 26-April 1, said Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan on Monday.

March 26

•A company representative called to say an alarm at a Northwest Boulevard business was false.

•A rear licence plate went missing from a truck on Elsie Holmes Road in Wynndel.

•A baseball bat was found on Kootenay River Road.

•A rear decal went missing from a licence plate on 37th Street in Lister.

•An assault was reported on Erickson Road.

•When police investigated the complaint of a moving vehicle being shot at on Highway 95, it was discovered that the alleged bullets were rock falling off of a cliff.

•RCMP responded to an issue between an estranged Erickson couple regarding a mailbox key.

•Police searched for a subject who crossed the border on foot without stopping at customs, but the subject was not located.

•RCMP received a complaint of an erratic driver on Cook Street, but the vehicle was not immediately located. It was, however, later involved in a single-vehicle accident on Crawford Street just after 12 a.m. on March 27. Both a female passenger and the male driver were extremely intoxicated; she stayed at the scene while the male driver was found walking home. The investigation continues with regard to possible charges.

•A suspicious white truck in a 16th Avenue parking lot was a semi, in which the driver was catching some shuteye.

•RCMP found everything secure when they responded to a business alarm on Devon Street.

•Two suspicious vehicles were in the parking lot of a business on Helen Street, but police were called to more serious situation while en route.

March 27

•Subjects consuming alcohol at a noisy party on Goat River Road were advised to keep it quiet.

•A complaint on Ninth Avenue South regarding custody of children was turned over to the Ministry of Children and Family Services.

•Police visited an elderly female who had reportedly been driving on 25th Avenue South — but in the wrong lane at 20 km/h. They explained their concerns and sent a letter to ICBC to request a review of the driver.

•Three young girls were reportedly playing on the street and blocking people from walking down a Murdoch Street sidewalk.

•A helicopter flying around shooting near Kitchener Road turned out to be conservation officers trying to net wolves.

•RCMP were asked to check up on a subject recently released from the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre to make sure conditions were being followed.

•Police responded to a fight between a 15-year-old brother and his 13-year-old sister on Centre Road, and turned the situation over to the teens’ guardians.

•The situation between two males in a fight at Lister party will likely be turned over to community justice to mediate.

•A property representative attended a false alarm at a Canyon Street business.

•RCMP responded to a 16th Avenue residential alarm and found the building was secure.

March 28

•One rear licence plate was reported stolen and another was reported to have fallen off trailers on Northwest Boulevard. A rear licence plate also fell off a cattle trailer on 20th Street.

•A vehicle was scratched on both sides on Cedar Street.

•A driver who parked a 1996 Ford pickup behind the Royal Bank, returned from the bank to find a long gash in right rear quarter panel.

•RCMP served an outstanding warrant on behalf of the Kelowna detachment to a subject on Ash Street.

•A warning will be sent to the registered owner of car that was being driven erratically on Highway 21.

•A resident on 11th Avenue North complained of receiving unwanted phone messages.

•Traffic was reported to be bad on Hedstrom Road in Crawford Bay.

•A subject who was stopped by Canada Border Services at Rykerts blew a fail on a screening device, and received a three-day driving prohibition.

•An intoxicated female subject was provided with a ride to a safe location after a complaint of a disturbance on Highway 3A.

•RCMP visited a Masuch Road residence to make a next-of-kin notification on behalf of the Calgary Police Service for a subject who died in Mexico.