Prince George men receive criminal charges following bear spraying incident at FNSS
Northern Rockies RCMP have completed their investigation into the bear spraying and production of replica firearm incident in front of Fort Nelson Secondary School on October 9th. This would be the incident where two Prince George men, 19 and 22 years had the tables turned on them when they threatened several youths with a canister of bear spray and fired a replica firearm pellet handgun at them.
During the confrontation one of the youths snatched the bear spray from one of the two men quickly giving both men a blast of their own bear spray and incapacitating them. To compound their problems both men have now been charged with numerous criminal charges. The following criminal charges have been laid against the 19-year-old accused:
1. Assault with a weapon. 2. Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose. 3. Discharging a firearm with intent to wound. 4. Uttering threats. 5. Possess firearm while prohibited. 6. Use of a firearm while committing or attempting to commit an offence. 7. Commit an offence of possessing weapon for dangerous purpose. 8. Laundering the proceeds of crime.
The 22-year-old accused faces the following criminal charges:
1. Assault with a weapon. 2. Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose. 3. Discharging a weapon with intent to wound. 4. Uttering Threats. 5. Use of a firearm while committing or attempting to commit an offence.
Both men are required to appear in court in Fort Nelson on November 5th, 2012 to answer these charges.
Truck rolled over driver trying to attach chains in snowstorm
On Monday evening a 44-year-old Dawson Creek man was very fortunate to be alive and back home in Dawson Creek after he was nearly crushed beneath the wheels of his truck.
While travelling northbound along Highway #97 (Alaska Highway) at km 520, and trying to navigate the uphill grade before the brake check, the man realized that, without chains, he was slowing losing traction, and not be able to make it to the top of the grade. When the truck finally lost its forward momentum, the man parked the tractor trailer unit and began to chain up. At some point during the chaining, the tires began to roll backwards, and pinned the driver beneath the wheels, where he remained until he was rescued by passing motorists.
Emergency Services attended the scene, with BCAS transporting the man to the FNGH where he was treated for cracked ribs and released the following morning.
Cell phone chat ended her life
RCMP in Strathcona County (outside of Edmonton) are investigating the use of a cell phone as a contributing factor in a collision that claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman Monday morning. The preliminary investigation indicated the victim was driving a Ford Fusion and failed to stop at a stop sign when she was struck broadside by a tractor trailer unit.
It would appear that these types of news reports and the obvious hazards of driving while using electronic devices still escapes a significant number of our own local drivers. Last Monday, police received a complaint from a 42-year-old Fort Nelson woman advising she and her son had narrowly missed being struck head on when a woman driving a black Tahoe turned left right in front of them. It appeared as though the woman was distracted, using an electronic device of some kind. Police were provided with a licence plate number and will be following up with the registered owner of the Tahoe.
A free word of advice for those people who continue to ignore the Electronic (Distracting) Devices legislation by continuing to use them while driving, set aside a few dollars. You will be receiving tickets starting at $167 and going into the thousands of dollars when police catch you using your electronic devices while driving, especially if you are responsible for a collision that results in property damage, injury, or death.
Blowing off the hood
Table tops, window ledges, chairs, stair well steps, bannisters, floors, dashboards, public washroom counters, their own hands, other people’s hands, garbage can lids, public toilet bowl lids, toilet tank lids…these are just a few of the places and surfaces police have found really special folks filling their noses with cocaine. This past Thursday morning, police received a report of a male snorting cocaine off the hood of a car. When they arrived, the young man was long gone, just like most (but not all of) the cocaine he was snorting. Police were advised by the vehicle owner that she had walked out of the store and caught the young man doubled over the hood of her car, snorting powder up his nose. When police examined the hood of the car, they found what appeared to be cocaine residue still clearly visible on the hood.
Helping themselves to oil company transportation
Police are looking for two stolen ATVs and the thief (or thieves) who took them. On October 19th, police received a report from Progress Energy that one of their storage containers had been broken into at KM285 on the Daniels Creek Road. Missing is a 2002 Polaris Sportsmand 500 (blue with a pink stripe) and a 2012 Honda 500 (red in colour). Police also learned that Devon Canada’s work site just across the road had also been hit by thieves, who helped themselves to a water pump.
Staff Sergeant Tom Roy,
Officer-in-Charge
Northern Rockies Detachment
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