WEYBURN - The Weyburn Police Service (WPS) responded to 79 calls for service during the period of Nov. 18 to 24, resulting in a total of nine charges. Of the charges, one was laid under the Criminal Code of Canada, seven under the Traffic Safety Act (TSA), and one under the Vehicle Equipment Regulations (VER).
Police received a complaint of two motorcycles and a large amount of copper wire stolen from an enclosed trailer on Saturday. The motorcycles are described as a blue 2014 Yamaha XT 250 and a red 1984 Honda 350 XR. The wire is 200 feet of black copper wire and 100 feet of white copper wire. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Weyburn Police Service or Crime Stoppers.
The lone criminal charge was in relation to an individual who failed to attend court as required. Traffic charges resulting from the past week include speeding, proceeding from a stop sign before safe, failing to stop at a red light, and failing to properly wear a seat belt.
Police attended a traffic collision involving a school bus (with no passengers) that collided with another vehicle at the intersection of First Avenue and 16th Street on Tuesday. One driver sustained minor injuries and the other driver was charged under the TSA for failing to stop at a red light. Police caution motorists to be alert at this intersection as it was recently upgraded from a four-way stop to a functioning traffic light system.
On Friday, police received two complaints of hit and run incidents. The first incident occurred around 2 p.m. behind a local bank and resulted in substantial damage to a vehicle. The second occurred in the Canada Post parking lot sometime between 8:30-11 a.m. Anyone with information about either of these incidents is asked to contact the Weyburn Police Service.
Also on Friday, police mediated a situation between two males who had an altercation regarding property.
On another note, as the weather gets colder, police would like to remind residents that under the city noise bylaw, trucks within 100 meters of any type of residence (house, hotel, motel, etc) are only allowed to idle for a maximum of 20 minutes within a three-hour period.
The Weyburn Police also responded to a variety of other calls including alarms, domestic disturbances, suspicious persons or vehicles, mental health concerns, requests to check on an individual’s well-being, harassing communications, and calls relating to animals, parking, or other bylaw concerns.
*Anyone with information regarding one of these matters, or any other matter of a criminal nature, is encouraged to contact the Weyburn Police Service at (306) 848-3250, the local RCMP Detachment at 310-RCMP (7267), or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
