Columbia Valley RCMP Report

At 8:10 a.m. on Nov. 23 the Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment received a complaint of a damaged fence at the Thrift Store.  It appears that items left for donation are being stolen.  Anyone with information is requested to contact the detachment.  The money raised at the Thrift store goes to our local hospital. A separate report with photo will be provided to the media.

Deer put down

Also on Nov. 23, the detachment received a complaint of a severely injured deer on Merlo Rd.  Members attended to the scene and due to the injuries sustained to the deer it was put down by the responding member.

Fraud alert

A citizen, while researching on Google, found what appeared to be a lending agency called Citizens Primary Lending Source. The victim contacted the numbers provided and received a contract.  It was however requested that a sum of money be sent to this company in order to obtain a loan/insurance. Money was sent but after that no contact could be made.  Internet search of the name provided resulted in a number of hits of this being a scam.  Please do a little homework before dealing with an unknown entity on line.

Fail for Vanderhoof man

At 1:19 a.m. on Nov. 24, Columbia Valley Detachment received a complaint of a hit and run where a 2001 Ford pickup hit a light standard in Radium at McKay and Main. Direction of travel was provided to the police who located the vehicle within five minutes of the complaint on Highway 93/95. The 24-year-old driver from Vanderhoof displayed signs of being impaired and was given an ASD demand.  The driver blew a fail. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days, his licence suspended for 90 days and was issued a ticket for fail to remain at the scene of an accident.

Female charged for assaulting male

Columbia Valley Detachment members attended to a complaint of domestic abuse assault in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue at 1:22 a.m. on Nov. 26. A 23-year-old male was assaulted and observed to have a number of marks on him to indicate an assault had taken place.  As a result of the investigation a 20-year-old female was arrested and charged with assault. The female will be appearing in Invermere Provincial court Feb 12.

Movember reminder

To date we are at $1,996 – which is $4 short of our goal. Still have lots of time to go to this web site https://mobro.co/columbiavalleyrcmp and make a donation. Reach our goal and I am going to color streak some of the hair I have left. The next donation/ pledge puts us over our goal and one step away from my crazy motivation of coloring my hair RCMP colors. Why I think of these ideas is beyond me.

A crisis diverted

Columbia Valley Detachment members received a 911 emergency hangup at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 24.  Research of the call identified the area of the call as within 10 meters of the Kicking Horse Coffee shop.  The owner of the cell was immediately identified and is well-known to police. The male has been known to act irrationally if he does not receive his morning coffee in a timely manner. This was confirmed with family members. Once the male was identified as well as the location of the 911, there was an immediate fear for the safety of staff and patrons.

An immediate response was made by Cst. Harper, who advised that he had a good relationship with the suspect male, who is a large man, and would be able to calm him down should he be found in coffee withdrawal.

On attendance the male was located in the corner sipping on a nice hot cup of Kicking Horse Coffee (free advertising) and appeared to be quite content. When quietly approached to not cause an embarrassing scene, the male was asked if everything was fine. Cst Harper asked if all was going good with the family, wife okay, kids doing good, dog is behaving, lodge memory work ok, work is good. All the responses were good.

“Then maybe you want to explain why you called 911?” Tim asked. Somehow he must have hit a pocket dial by mistake. Cst. Harper was then provided a bribe to keep his prominent name in the community out of the story.

Images above and in story: The Columbia Valley Detachment is seeking information into identifying the two people depicted in this photograph. This will assist us in an ongoing investigation.

S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac

Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment

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