THE BATTLEFORDS — Battlefords RCMP responded to 537 calls for service from Wednesday, April 6 through Tuesday, April 12.
Six missing persons reported
One investigation is still active. Update: Carol Arnault, 39, of North Battleford has been located.
52 assault investigations
• Police were called to a disturbance at a residence on the 1900 block of St. Laurent Drive in North Battleford shortly before 7 a.m. on April 7. A woman in her early 20s was found with minor injuries to her mouth. No medical attention was required. A 29-year-old male was arrested on scene and later charged with one count of assault and two counts of failing to comply with a release order.
• Report of an assault at a residence on the 1800 block of 93rd Street in North Battleford shortly before midnight April 7. Suspect was reported to have attended the residence, struck the occupant of the home and refused to leave. Accused was gone as members responded but was located later the same evening at another residence and arrested without issue. A 27-year-old male is facing charges of assault, uttering threats, being unlawfully in a dwelling and mischief.
• Police were called to a residence on the 1400 block of 111th Street at 6 p.m. April 10. It was reported that a male suspect, who was previously involved with the complainant and forced his way into the residence, assaulted the complainant and stole keys to her vehicle and left with the vehicle. The vehicle was later recovered and the accused arrested. A 31-year-old man is charged with assault, theft of a truck, mischief and uttering threats.
• An incident at a residence north of Cochin was reported at 1:20 p.m. April 9. A male was reported to have gotten into an argument with another adult male and brandished a machete. No one was struck or injured during the altercation. A 44-year-old male was arrested and later released, facing one count of assault with a weapon.
• Police were called to a residence north of Cochin at 1:40 p.m. April 11for a report of a male damaging property and assaulting one of the occupants. A 21-year-old male was arrested without incident and has been charged with mischief, assault and failing to comply with a release order. No one was injured during the incident.
• A 911 call came in of an assault in progress at a residence on the 1400 block of 104th Street in North Battleford at 1:55 a.m. April 8. Upon arrival it was learned the caller had been assaulted and choked by the suspect during an altercation at the residence. A 25-year-old man was arrested and remanded into custody on charges of assault, uttering threats, choking to overcome resistance and unsafe storage of a firearm.
• Report of a robbery at a business on Railway Avenue East in North Battleford at 6:30 p.m. on April 6. Male suspect was reported to have concealed property from the store and when confronted by one of the staff, he pushed the employee down and fled the store. The suspect was later identified and arrested on the evening of April 7 after another reported incident of shoplifting at a business on 100th Street. A 25-year-old man is charged with robbery and breach of probation.
13 break and enter investigations
• Break and enter to a garage on the 1200 block of 107th Street in North Battleford some time in the early morning hours of April 9. A vehicle parked inside was damaged.
• Report of an attempted break and enter to a residence on the Moosomin First Nation at 7 p.m. April 11. One of the suspects was identified and later located and arrested a short distance away. When located she was found to have a machete on her person and attempted to flee from police on foot to avoid arrest. A 20-year-old woman is charged with break and enter, one count of theft under $5,000, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and failing to comply with a release order.
Eight vehicle thefts
• A stolen vehicle was located by patrolling members in a parking lot on Battleford Road in North Battleford shortly before 10 p.m. on April 8. Members were able to box the suspects in with several police vehicles. Suspect attempted to evade arrest and backed into a police vehicle causing damage to the stolen vehicle and one patrol vehicle before being taken into custody. A 25-year-old man is facing charges of possession of stolen property, flight from police, dangerous driving, driving while prohibited and breach of probation. He is also facing several weapons charges after police recovered a machete and a homemade taser during the arrest.
• Patrolling members located a previously reported stolen vehicle on Finlayson Island in Battleford at 11:45 a.m. April 7. The male driver was identified by members but fled the area in the vehicle, which was not pursued. The driver left behind a 31-year-old female passenger who was arrested. The male was later arrested in the Biggar detachment area after the vehicle he was driving caught on fire and was no longer operational. A 40-year-old male from Saskatoon is facing charges of failing to comply with probation, flight from police and dangerous driving and he is also facing charges out of the Biggar detachment area.
15 Mental Health Act investigations
Four traffic collisions
Three individuals charged with impaired driving
• Report of an ATV rollover north of Cochin at 5 p.m. on April 7. The 32-year-old male operating the ATV sustained injuries after losing control of the ATV and was treated in hospital for non-serious injuries and released. Further investigation found the suspect was over the legal limit for alcohol consumption and has been charged with driving while over .08 and impaired driving.
• Complaint of a possible impaired driver in a truck pulling a fifth wheel and a boat who was reported to have driven straight of the road shortly after 7 p.m. April 7 on Highway 4 north of North Battleford. A 56-year-old male was arrested and is facing charges of impaired driving and driving while over .08.
26 various traffic charges.
• A male suspect has been charged after failing to stop for police during an attempted roadside check of a vehicle on the Saulteaux First Nation at 10 a.m. April 8. The same male also fled from an attempted stop on Highway 4 near Battleford on April 10 at 1:30 p.m. The accused was located and arrested shortly after midnight on April 13 and held in custody on this and several other outstanding warrants. He has been charged with two counts of flight from police on this matter, as well as outstanding warrants for assault and break and enter stemming from an incident on the Red Pheasant First Nation from March 31, and warrants for failing to comply with release orders from other incidents.
• Report of suspicious persons in an alley off Clark Drive in North Battleford shortly after 6 p.m. on April 10. Suspects were reported to have exited a darker coloured truck and one male was reported to be holding a machete and a gun. The suspect vehicle was later located and seized for the investigation. A 31-year-old male and a 35-year-old female were taken into custody when the vehicle was seized. Both are facing charges on unrelated matters but no charges have yet been laid for this matter. The investigation is ongoing.
• Report of an argument between two people who know each other at a residence in the Cochin district at about 3 p.m. on April 6. One of the males involved was reported to have pointed a firearm at the second male at one point during the dispute. The accused was arrested on scene and a firearm was recovered from the vehicle the suspect was located in. A 25-year-old man was remanded into custody on charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats, possession of a weapon contrary to an order and breach of probation.
• A 911 call at 5 a.m. on April 9 from the 900 block of 102nd Street in North Battleford reported a female with a large axe trying to break down a door. A 24-year-old woman was located walking in the area with an axe and arrested without incident. She has since been released from custody and is facing charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and mischief to property.
Anyone with information on any incident is urged to call the Battlefords RCMP at 306-446-1720 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
This story has been updated with the locating of a missing person.
