Creston RCMP responded to 72 calls for service from Aug. 18-24, Cpl. Monty Taylor said on Monday.
August 18
•A red and chrome Road King bicycle was found on Erickson Road.
•An elderly male was in a 15th Avenue North parking lot when he hit the gas instead of the brake pedal and drove into a building. The car and building were damaged but no injuries resulted.
•Children were reported to be shooting potato guns in the Canyon-Lister Elementary School yard.
•A well-being check in the 8300 block of Highway 3/95 revealed the resident was OK.
•A daughter called 911 from Highway 3/95 out of concern for violence by a mother who was angry when the caller and her father came home late for dinner. The mother had left the premises when police arrived.
August 19
•Two drivers in a near crash on Helen Street called police to complain about each others’ driving.
•Police are investigating a report of elder abuse involving a large sum of money on 26th Avenue North.
•A shoplifter has been banned from a Northwest Boulevard business.
•A complaint was received about an erratic driver on Highway 3. The complainant said the driver appeared to have his eyes closed.
•The owner of a vehicle abandoned on the Corn Creek Forest Service Road has agreed to remove it.
•A driver of a an ATV on a road near Goat River Bridge on Highway 21 was given a $595 ticket for driving without insurance.
August 20
•BMX bike riders who set up jump ramps on the Creston and District Community Complex parking lot were told to remove them and move on.
•Speeding vehicles were reported on Huscroft Road.
•An Evans Road resident reported her computer was hacked and documents were stolen. She is concerned about potential identity theft.
•Speeding motorcycles were reported on Highway 3A.
•Several calls were received about an elderly male who was driving slowly and erratically on Highway 3. When located, he told police he was driving to a funeral in Manitoba. Because he was staying within his lane, police had no cause to take his licence.
•Three tires were slashed on a vehicle parked on Canyon Street.
August 21
•Two males fighting on Beam Road were gone when police arrived.
•A battery was stolen from a vehicle on 12th Avenue North.
•Two babies and a child were reportedly left untended in a vehicle in the 1400 block of Canyon Street but the vehicle was gone when police arrived.
•A wallet and cash were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Valleyview Drive.
•Harassment by a coworker was reported at a Canyon Street business.
•The part owner of a semi complained about a tow charge incurred after the vehicle was in a crash in the Lower Mainland. A tow company is demanding $45,000 over the $12,000 paid by ICBC. He was informed this is a civil dispute.
•A vehicle had to be towed after it went off Loki Creek Forest Service Road.
•Articles of clothing were found at the Highway 3 rest stop at Kidd Creek.
•Loud music was reported in an ongoing neighbours’ dispute on Dogwood Street.
•A female reported being threatened by her adult son on 19th Avenue South.
•Police assisted Sechelt RCMP by serving a warrant on a male.
•A 40-year-old intoxicated male was arrested on Elm Street and held in police cells until sober.
August 22
•A vehicle in the ditch on 11th Avenue South was towed.
•Cherry pickers in a dispute with an Erickson Road fruit grower reported they were threatened with a knife.
•A total of 226 marijuana plants were destroyed in the dismantling of an outdoor grow-op near Pilot Bay. (Recent busts included over 1,000 plants.)
•Shots were reported near Elsie Holmes Road.
•A vehicle reported to be stunting in the 1800 block of Highway 3 was not located.
•A cellphone, iPad Mini and iPad were stolen from an unlocked vehicle in a Cook Street parking lot.
August 23
•A driver was ticketed for not signalling the intention to make a turn on Lower Wynndel Road, leading to a collision.
•A warning letter has been sent to a B.C. driver who failed to stop for a pedestrian in a Cook Street parking lot.
August 24
•When police contacted the owner of pallets dumped at a Highway 3 rest area, he said they were left temporarily and that he intended to pick them up.
•A pack of dogs attacking a deer near Crusher Road was reported.
•A motorcycle was found on Highway 3A but the owner was not located.
•Police were unable to locate a black Ford Escort being driven erratically on Highway 3.
•U.S. border officials reported arresting a male for illegally entering the U.S. between border checkpoints. He said he was visiting relatives in Nelson and had entered Canada in Newfoundland.