WEYBURN - The Weyburn Police Service received 107 calls for service during the period of Oct. 7-13, with 15 charges being laid during the week.
Police received a complaint of a scammer on Oct. 9, posing as a Canada Post representative who claimed to have located a package that had the individual’s license and passport. The scammer then pretended to transfer the victim to Canadian Security who asked the individual to withdraw money from their bank account. They further used the Weyburn Police Service phone number to make the scenario seem legitimate. Thankfully the citizen had no loss of personal information or funds and did the right thing by contacting the police.
Police are asking citizens to be careful just as this citizen was, and to never provide any personal information or funds to anyone making these types of claims or demands, and check with police or bank in person to be safe.
A 42-year-old female was charged with uttering a threat to cause bodily harm to two other adult females on Oct. 11. In addition, this individual was found to be on release order conditions to keep the peace and be of good behavior. Consequently she was also charged with breaching this order. She was released on no-contact conditions with the victims and is to attend court in November.
Criminal Code charges laid this week included failing to attend court as required by a court, justice or judge, uttering threats against a person, failing to comply with a release order condition, and theft under $5,000.
Traffic violations included Traffic Safety Act Charges for exceeding the speed limit, proceeding from a stop before safe to do so, proceeding before safe after yielding right of way, driving a vehicle without due care and attention, failing to comply with license endorsement or restriction and driving a vehicle while using a cell phone or device.
During this week, police attended calls for service in relation to business alarms which were found to be false. They conducted checks on offenders who were found to be abiding by court curfew conditions. Police also received requests to check on the wellbeing of a few citizens who were then linked to necessary helping services or family.
Police received a complaint of a stolen license plate off of a black Dodge Ram truck on Oct. 9. Culprits put the screws back in place and are unknown at this time. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact Weyburn Police Service or Crime Stoppers.
