100 Mile House RCMP responded to 71 complaints and calls for service during the past week. Some highlights are as follows:
Mail box vandalism
Sometime over the night of Sept. 16, rural mail boxes near Judson Road at Bridge Lake were vandalized and mail was stolen. The amount of loss is not known at this time.
Illegal immigrant
On Sept. 14, 100 Mile House RCMP were called to a suspicious person asleep in the back of a company vehicle. The male suspect was located and detained. During the investigation, it was determined that the male was an American citizen in Canada illegally. A Charge of mischief was recommended to the Crown in relation to the damage caused to the company vehicle and the male suspect was held in custody. The Canada Border Services Agency was contacted and will be attending 100 Mile House to begin the process of removing the male from the country.
Overdue traveler found
On Sept. 13, 100 Mile House RCMP were advised of a possible overdue traveler who was supposed to arrive at an address in the Eagle Creek area. While Search and Rescue and the police helicopter were being activated on the morning of the 14th, the complainant called to say that the traveler had been located and was safe. The overdue traveler had lost control of her vehicle on the Hendrix Lake Road and gone into the ditch. She spent the night in her vehicle and was located by a driver in the morning. The overdue traveler was not injured.
Theft and break and enter
Sometime between 12 and 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 13, unknown culprits broke into a residence on Simon Lake Road and stole a number of items including power tools, a riding lawn mower and a flat deck trailer with BC Plate WAS75K. If anyone has information about this break and enter, they are asked to call the 100 Mile House RCMP or call Crime Stoppers.
If you have any information on this or any other crimes in the 100 Mile House area, call 1-800- 222-TIPS (8477). You can also contact www.bccrimestoppers.com.
Your identity will remain unknown. Should your information lead to the arrest of the responsible party Crime Stoppers will pay cash for the TIP.