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Columbia Valley RCMP Report
Deer brake rear-ender
At 9 a.m. on Oct. 17, Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment attended to a two-vehicle collision on 7th Ave. near Pot Hole Park involving a 2014 Ford braking for a deer being rear ended by a 2005 Chev Trailblazer driven by a 19-year-old male from Invermere. The investigation is continuing.
Gate lock damaged
At 1:06 p.m. on Oct. 17, the detachment received a complaint of mischief resulting in a lock to a gate in the 3000 block on Horsethief Road near Wilmer being damaged. The owner believes hunters may have been trespassing on his property.
Departure without incident
At 10:56 p.m. on Oct. 17, officers attended to a loud party complaint in a condo complex in the 1300 block of 11th Ave. On attendance it was determined 15-20 people had gathered prior to departing for the evening. The owner cooperated with police and the group departed without incident.
Spider-Man locked out of room
At 1:55 a.m. on Oct. 18, police attended to the Alpen Motel in Radium Hot Springs as a result of a disturbance call of a male climbing onto the balcony of one of the units. On attendance police located an intoxicated male with the manager. The male had locked himself out of his unit and was attempting to get someone to open up for him. The man was apologetic for causing anyone concern and was allowed to return to his unit.
Loud party silenced
At 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 18, police attended to a loud party complaint at the Windermere Campground on Victoria Rd. A group of slightly intoxicated people were setting off fireworks. Group agreed with the police it was best to conclude the activities.
Drunken Westside aggression leads to arrest
At 6:35 p.m. on Oct. 18, police were informed of a highly intoxicated male who had been at the Hoodoos Restaurant. Information was received that the male may have departed to a vehicle on Westside Road that had broken down. Police located a 40-year-old male from Invermere at the vehicle. A high state of intoxication was confirmed. The male was arrested for drunk in public and became aggressive and combative kicking and punching out at the attending officers. The male was arrested and will be appearing in Invermere Provincial Court Jan 11.
Deer crash near Invermere
At 10:20 p.m. on Oct. 18, police attended to a vehicle versus deer accident on Highway 93/95 north of Invermere. A Honda driven by a 23-year-old female from Kimberley struck a deer resulting in damage to the passenger side of the vehicle. No injuries to the driver.
Divine intervention
Update, it worked. Rockies defeated Revelstoke in a hard fought battle 3-2.
Gate Night, Rossland
When pressed with time I have to go into my library of police tales and repeat a story. With Halloween soon upon us I thought I would recount my favorite Halloween story.
Never heard of Gate night until I worked in Rossland. Older kids would take to the street in large groups, up to 50 or 60 and be up to mischief the night before Halloween.
Halloween night was left for the little kids, while Gate Night was for the older kids. Rather than target the local businesses we on patrol seemed to be the target of egg throwing. It was a game we played along with, as it left the businesses in town alone.
Rule was you can target the police vehicle but not the officer. All bets off if any of us got hit. If we caught the culprit, into the back seat and off to the Detachment and our car was washed.
Kids would have their pockets loaded with eggs. There was a run-on of eggs at the store. Anyways, I seized a carton of eggs off one kid. I would grab hold of one kid in the crowd and asked if he had any eggs in his pocket. With confidence the kid stated he had none. So confident, he allowed me to search. Unknown to him and the others I palmed an egg and when checking the pockets of the jacket I would gently lay it down so sweet he or she could not feel it. Then I would confront them, “ah uh, an egg” and proceed to smack his pocket thus breaking the egg in his pants or jacket and making a mess. All I would get from the kid was “thought I got rid of them all.” Not until I did it to about the sixth kid did they catch on to what I was doing.