A Creston woman pleaded guilty to two drug-related charges in the Creston Law Courts April 17 and was sentenced to a total of 15 months and ordered to pay a $200 victim surcharge.
Jhana M. Bradshaw faced several charges. She was given a 12-month jail sentence for production of a controlled substance and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. A three-month sentence was handed out on a charge of possession for the purposes of trafficking.
Stays of proceedings were issued on another count of each of the preceding charges, as well as possession of property obtained by crime and contravention of firearm regulations.
Police Beat
Creston RCMP responded to 60 calls for service from April 14-20, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Tuesday.
April 14
•Three people were arrested after a drug-related home invasion on Lakeview-Arrow Creek Road that ended in a chase that wound up in the RCMP parking lot. The three were held in custody to face charges of breaking and entering and assault.
•A debit card from a wallet stolen in Yahk was used fraudulently.
•Windows were smashed at a Ninth Avenue South residence and cameras and a motorcycle stolen in a crime believed to have been connected to the aforementioned home invasion.
•A cheque from a Highway 3 residence was filled out with the intent to defraud.
•Keys and a passport were stolen from a vehicle on Alder Street.
•A mobility scooter being operated on 16th Avenue North was reported to be obstructing vehicular traffic.
•A family dispute involving a father and son was reported on 19th Avenue South.
•Police assisted with a medical emergency on Dogwood Street.
•A male was reported to be sending harassing text messages to a 17-year-old female on 14th Avenue North.
•Youths were reported to be jumping off Goat River Bridge on Highway 21, “a very dangerous practice at any time, but especially now with the river running high and fast,” Gollan said.
•A male was caught boating across the international border into Canada at Rykerts. He was extradited back to the U.S.
April 15
•A theft from a vehicle was reported on Moyie Road.
•A Sixth Avenue South resident heard noises in the basement and reported a break-in in progress. Police could find no signs of entry.
•Police attended a Lakeview-Arrow Creek residence while provincial officials apprehended two children.
•A suicide threat made on the Internet from the U.S. was referred to Interpol.
April 16
•Two dead dogs reported in the ditch beside Highway 3 were not located.
•A driver was warned after he nearly hit a pedestrian while making a turn onto Canyon Street.
•A driver was given a ticket for distracted driving after his vehicle rear-ended another on Northwest Boulevard.
•When police responded to a report of five people fighting on 18th Avenue South they found no one who would co-operate in the investigation. One male was taken to hospital with facial injuries and another was arrested and held in police cells for being drunk in public.
April 17
•At the same location as the previous item, flooding was reported in an apartment after someone apparently left water running in a stopped sink intentionally.
•A purse was reported lost on a street between Cook Street and Cavell Street.
•When police responded to a report of strange noises coming from Ninth Avenue South, they found four people climbing trees and “goofing around,” they said.
•An intoxicated male was found on Erickson Road and arrested. He spent the night in police cells.
April 18
•When police responded to a domestic dispute on Simon Road, they found a small number of marijuana plants, which were seized and destroyed. Two hours later, a male who had left before their previous visit returned, and police were called back. The male was arrested for being intoxicated and held overnight in cells.
•A driver reported his vehicle was hit by a snowplow near Kootenay Pass, but the plow driver doesn’t recall making any contact with the vehicle.
•Police picked up a quantity of male erection medication that was seized at the Rykerts border crossing.
April 19
•Fireworks were shot off by unknown persons in the community complex parking lot.
•A man who passed out on the ground near 15th Avenue North was taken to hospital for observation and given a ticket for being drunk in public.
•Shots fired near Reclamation Road turned out to have come from licensed turkey hunters.
•A person causing a disturbance at a Cook Street business was banned from the store.
April 20
•Two males found to be smoking marijuana at the Highway 3A lookout had a small quantity of marijuana and their bong seized.