Creston RCMP were kept busy with a week dominated by false alarms and car accidents on icy roads.
“Maybe it’s the cold weather that’s causing alarms to go off,” Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. “But I don’t know why that would be.”
They responded to 59 calls from Nov. 10-16.
November 10
•A vehicle that had sat abandoned on 32nd Avenue South since August was towed when the owner couldn’t be located.
•Police assisted the Integrated Child Exploitation Team in investigating the uploading of images to the Internet.
•A complaint about uttering threats was received from 16th Avenue South.
•Police assisted a local agency with a child custody issue.
•When police responded to a report about a male and female yelling on Ash Street, they determined the dispute was only verbal.
•A 911 call from a 10th Street residence was found to be the result of children playing with the phone.
•When police were asked to notify the next of kin about a death in the family, they learned the next of kin had died two years ago.
•Power lines were knocked down by a falling tree on Murdoch Street.
•In a second break-in to a 15th Avenue North residence, a dozen one-gallon jars of cherry wine were stolen.
•Power lines were down on Elsie Holmes Road.
November 11
•A complaint was received about a black Camaro convertible driving erratically on Goat River Road.
•A female driver and her dog were uninjured when a vehicle went off the road and into the ditch on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass.
•Two passengers required hospital treatment for minor injuries when their vehicle went off Highway 3 and into a ditch when the driver lost control on icy roads.
•An intoxicated male who was causing a disturbance on Seventh Avenue North was arrested and held in police cells until sober.
•A person who has been driving on private property on Hilton Place has been identified and will be questioned.
November 12
•While investigating a reported break-in to a 14th Street residence, the owner told police that he had learned that people entered through a window to get some telephone numbers and that he didn’t want to pursue charges.
•A wallet found on Canyon Street is being returned to the owner.
•Police could not locate the source of shots fired near Zapp Road.
•Significant damage to a vehicle resulted when a driver swerved on icy roads to avoid a deer and hit a bridge abutment on Highway 3/95.
November 13
•A commercial alarm on 10th Avenue North was set off by moving balloons.
•Employees in a 10th Avenue North office reported being threatened by a female who is in jail.
•Police are investigating a theft from a purse at a Highway 3A hotel, and have video evidence of a male picking up the purse and taking it into a washroom.
•Extensive damage to a vehicle was reported after a driver lost control on an icy Mallory Road and drove into some trees. No injuries resulted.
•Minor damage but no injuries resulted from a collision on Canyon Street.
•When police conducted a well-being check on Pilot Bay Road at the request of a concerned employer, they found the female resident was sick with the flu.
•An intoxicated male on Northwest Boulevard was gone when police arrived.
November 14
•A car went out of control and came to rest against a concrete barrier on Canyon Street and 16th Avenue. The female driver declined to provide a statement.
•A male smashed a window at the Creston Museum to enter it during the night. He was sleeping when an employee arrived, but woke up and ran off carrying a large backpack.
•Once again, Pioneer Villa was entered by unknown persons.
•Minor injuries resulted from a three-car collision on Canyon Street. A vehicle that stopped to parallel park was rear-ended by a car that was in turn rear-ended.
•A complaint was made about a school bus driver who regularly turns a corner “too fast” on Scott Street.
•An erratic driver was reported on Riley Road.
November 15
•A complaint was received from Eighth Avenue South about a suspicious intoxicated male.
•A window was broken at a Pine Street residence.
•A driver who was stopped on 10th Avenue South refused to provide a breath sample. He has been charged with impaired driving under the Criminal Code.
November 16
•No injuries resulted when a vehicle went off Highway 3 and into the ditch.
•A Northwest Boulevard property owner reported that he advertised the home for rent on Kijiji but that an unknown person had “rented it out” for $1,000.
•Manure was left on the steps of a Vancouver Street residence.
•Police were unable to locate the source of yelling reported on Dogwood Street.