Trail and Greater District RCMP weekly report - 2024-04-09

Trail and Greater District

2024-04-09 14:24 PDT

In Double Trouble

File # 2024-1314

On Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 11:30 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer was conducting a routine patrol when he allegedly spotted a 41-year-old Castlegar woman driving a vehicle, while prohibited from doing so, in the 800 block of Farwell Street, in Trail, BC.

The officer went to detain her and the vehicle roadside but, by the time he turned around to stop it, he located the vehicle parked and unoccupied. He spotted the driver leaving the area on foot. The officer conducted patrols until he located the woman again; however, she again gave him the slip. The woman eventually returned to her vehicle and the officer was able to intercept her. The woman denied to the officer that she was driving the vehicle. The officer informed her that he had seen her doing so.

The officer arrested the woman for Drive while Prohibited contrary to Section 95 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act. The 41-year-old Castlegar woman was released after being issued an Appearance Notice for May 23, 2024, where she will make her first appearance on this matter in Provincial Court, in Rossland, BC. The vehicle was impounded for up to 7 days and issued a notice to repair outstanding defects.

Trail RCMP will forward a report recommending one count of Drive while Prohibited contrary to Section 95 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act to Crown Counsel.

File # 2024-1332

On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 10:50 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer was conducting a routine patrol when she detained the same 41-year-old Castlegar woman in a vehicle roadside on Fifth Avenue, in Trail, BC.

The officer asked the woman to identified herself and for her BC driver’s licence which she was unable to produce. The woman then attempted to walk away from the officer at the scene. The officer stopped the woman and arrested for Obstructing a Police officer contrary to Section 129 to of the Criminal Code. The officer identified the woman and discovered that she had been arrested two days previous for the same alleged offence.

The officer released the woman after she was issued an Appearance Notice for June 20, 2024, where she will make her first appearance on this matter in Provincial Court, in Rossland, BC. The vehicle was impounded for up to 7 days.

Trail RCMP will forward a report recommending one count of Drive while Prohibited contrary to Section 95 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act to Crown Counsel.

The officer also seized two packages of unstamped tobacco and a small quantity of a white powdery substance believed to be street drugs.

She is the driver of her own misfortune, says Sgt. Wicentowich

Man arrested after assault, threats towards another person

File # 2024-1337

On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 3:46 p.m., frontline Trail and Greater District officers received a report that a 30-year-old Maple Ridge man (formerly of Trail) had allegedly threatened and assaulted another person with a knife. At the same time, witnesses reported that the man was driving erratically and speeding in a vehicle on Hospital Bench Road, in Trail, BC.

Officers quickly located the man and the other person in the vehicle in downtown Trail. The officers arrested the man for Possession of a Prohibited Weapon contrary to Section 88(1) of the Criminal Code, Assault with a Weapon contrary to Section 267(a) of the Criminal Code, Unauthorized Possession of Weapon contrary to Section 92(1) of the Criminal Code, and Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle contrary to Section 320.13(1) of the Criminal Code.

The officer seized a weapon believed to be associated to the alleged offences from the vehicle.

The man was lodged into the Trail Detachment cell block. The 30-year-old Maple Ridge man was then detained into custody after a bail hearing before a Judge.

Chicken on the highway

File # 2024-1344

On Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 2:57 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded to a report of a single vehicle accident on Highway 3, near the Nancy Green Junction, in Rossland, BC.

The officer attended the scene and located the man and his crashed vehicle. The man reported that he was uninjured after the crash. His vehicle had sustained serious front end damage after colliding with a concrete barricade, and needed to be towed from the scene. The man allegedly told the officer that he was reaching for a piece of fried chicken when he veered into the barrier.

The officer discovered that his vehicle had allegedly expired, and the man was issued a $598 fine for No Insurance contrary to Section 24(3) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act.

This bite of chicken could have been deadly. Distracted driving one of the leading causes of fatal incidents on our highways in BC. Please stay focused on driving and leave the chicken dinner at home, says Sgt. Wicentowich 

Released for:

Sergeant Mike Wicentowich
NCO i/c Trail Detachment
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) / Government of Canada
Tel: 250-368-2180

Released by

Cpl. James Grandy

Email: james.grandy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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