The Weyburn Police Service responded to 80 calls for service during the week of August 9-15, resulting in a total of 13 charges. Of the charges, only three were under the Criminal Code of Canada with the remaining 10 being traffic related.
Weyburn police received a complaint of an individual falling victim to an online scam resulting in a loss of a significant amount of money.
The scam is fairly popular and involves the scammer sending a cheque or money order to the victim with the agreement that the victim will keep a portion of the money and send a portion on to someone else as requested by the scammer. If the victim does as they are instructed, they will forward their own “good” money on to the person as directed before they discover the cheque or money order they received from the scammer was not valid and therefore rejected by their bank.
An adult female attended the WPS office and provided details of a reported sexual assault. This matter is currently under investigation.
An adult male faces a charge of assault after police responded with urgency to a frantic call advising of a domestic dispute in progress involving two adults and a young child. Upon arrival and speaking to the parties involved, the adult male was arrested, taken into custody, and later released on conditions with an upcoming court date. No serious injuries resulted from the incident.
During the week, officers responded to a health care facility several times at the request of health care personnel to assist with an uncooperative and aggressive patient. With the presence of the officers, health care personnel were able to attend to the individual without further incident.
Officers also responded to a variety of other calls involving domestic disputes, family relations, mental health, general wellbeing checks, and several City of Weyburn bylaw related issues such as parking, overgrown trees/bushes, and animal calls.
As noted on the Weyburn Police Service Facebook page, overgrown vegetation in back alleys can be a problem.
According to the City of Weyburn Bylaw: "overgrown" means in excess of 20cm in height, and no owner or occupant of land shall cause or permit any adjoining boulevards or land to be overgrown with grass or weeds.
If a complaint is received, or the Bylaw Officer becomes aware of a property that’s not in compliance with the bylaw, an inspection of the property will occur to determine if a maintenance order should be issued. If a maintenance order is issued, it will be sent out by registered mail and the property owner will have a specific length of time to complete the required work.
If the work is not completed within the specific time, City personnel will complete the work required and the property owner will be liable for the cost incurred. The owner will also face a bylaw charge for non-compliance of the order.
*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).
