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Creston RCMP respond to assaults, harassing phone call and more

A female was arrested and later released on an undertaking following a domestic assault in the 1800 block of Pine Street...
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The Creston RCMP detachment is located on 16th Avenue South.

Creston RCMP responded to 51 calls for service from Nov. 26-Dec. 2, Cpl. Monte Taylor reported on Monday.

November 26

•A female was arrested and later released on an undertaking following a domestic assault in the 1800 block of Pine Street.

•A report came from the 400 block of Leadville Road of an erratic driver.

•When police stopped another driver who had been reported as driving erratically, he said he didn’t believe he had been weaving but, if he was, it was because he was tired.

•A complaint over possession of a truck from the 6000 block of Highway 3A was determined not to be a police matter.

•A ladder placed beneath a window was one clue that a break and enter might have taken place in the 2200 block of Birch Street.

•A male reported to be making harassing phone calls to a Cory Road residence and possibly stalking individuals was warned about his behavior.

•An investigation of a male in the 1500 block of Cook Street reported to be in breach of his probation revealed that he was not.

•A resident of the 1400 block of Hillside Street who expressed concerns about a home support worker was advised to contact the employer.

November 27

•Creston police assisted Kaslo RCMP by serving a summons to a male who has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

•A female from the 2800 block of Highway 3 reported that on the day previous she had been awakened by a strange female in her house who was yelling out an unfamiliar name. The intoxicated female left, apparently having realized she was in the wrong house.

•The source of a 911 cellphone call could not be traced.

•Police kept the peace while a female retrieved possessions from her residence following a domestic dispute.

•When police responded to a call from the 2100 block of Elm Street about a male bleeding in the kitchen, they found him. He was intoxicated and had lacerations on his body. A possible weapon was located in the home and the female was arrested and held in police cells until a justice of the peace ordered her release until a future court date.

•Police are investigating a report of a historical and long-term series of sexual assaults on a female in Yahk.

November 28

•When a father reported his concern for the safety of his daughter in a Lister residence police investigated and learned she was in Cranbrook for the weekend, apparently in good care.

•A possibly suicidal person was transported to hospital for evaluation.

•A Good Samaritan moved an abandoned car seat from Highway 3 off to the side of the road, then reported its whereabouts to police.

•Police were on their way to a Crawford Bay residence when the parents of an adult male called to report the intoxicated male had calmed down and police presence was no longer required. The call initiated when the man’s parents took away his car keys so he couldn’t drive, an action he responded to by pushing his father and damaging some property.

December 29

•Police and a victim assistance counsellor notified the next of kin about a death on behalf of Strathcona, Alta., RCMP.

•When police responded to a report from a provincial agency that a sex and drug orgy was going on in a residence while children were in the same room, they found only a male and female in the residence, and no evidence of drugs.

November 30

•A short time later, a call came from Cook Street accusing the male in the aforementioned residence of causing a disturbance, which police determined couldn’t have happened.

•A female reported she had hung up after dialing 911 when she learned her boyfriend was also calling police to complain about harassment.

•Ammunition was turned into the RCMP station to be destroyed.

•No injuries resulted when a semi turning from Highway 21 onto Erickson Road clipped a pickup truck.

•The female’s passport that was found in the 1500 block of Canyon Street can be claimed at the RCMP station.

•Following numerous incidents of vehicles passing stopped school buses in front of Adam Robertson Elementary School, school officials have asked police to issue tickets, not warnings, and also informed police that they are willing to appear in court as witnesses if the tickets are challenged.

December 1

•More than $1,000 in damage was sustained by a vehicle that collided with a deer on Highway 3 at Thompson Road. No injuries were reported.

•A report from a woman on Murdoch Street expressing concern for her adult son’s safety was determined to be civil, not criminal, in nature.

December 2

•A female was arrested on Simon Road after her partner reported she had attacked him. A court appearance is pending.

•An intoxicated female on Riverview Road was arrested and held in cells until sober.