Accident at Buckinghorse and several impaired drivers

Vodka theft
Last Monday evening police received a complaint from a 31-year-old female resident of 49th Street reporting that two persons known to her, a 24-year-old man and 29-year-old female, had attended her residence where they stole a bottle of Smirnoff vodka. The complainant told police the man walked into her kitchen and opened up the fridge, looking for some juice to drink. When she checked her fridge a few moments after the man and his girlfriend departed the residence, she noted the 40 ounce bottle of vodka was missing.
The complainant also advised police the man had offered to sell her some cocaine while he was in the residence with his girlfriend. Police are now looking for the man, who is well known to them, with the intention of arresting him for Theft Under $5,000 and three counts of breaching his probation.
Vandalism
Police are looking for the person responsible for smashing the windshield of a vehicle parked on 52nd Avenue East. Last Tuesday evening at 10:35 p.m. police received a report that a younger looking male wearing a black hoodie was seen running away from the damaged vehicle.
Police examined the windshield and confirmed that the damage clearly indicated that someone had struck the vehicle’s windshield approximately three times with a heavy object similar to a baseball bat.
Stolen vehicle
Last Wednesday evening police received a complaint from a resident of Golo Road reporting his black GMC Sierra truck had just been stolen from the driveway in front of his house.

Within a matter of just a few minutes police located the inept thief driving north along the Alaska Highway passing the Airport Connector Road. Police stopped the vehicle, arrested the 48-year-old Fort Nelson woman behind the wheel, and transported her to the police office where she was later released on her promise to appear in court on January 13th, 2014 to answer a charge of Possession of Stolen Property Over $5,000.
It’s called a “Fog Line” for more than one reason
Shortly after midnight on Thursday police were busying themselves relieving another impaired driver of their driving privileges and vehicle. Initially, police observed a black 2013 GMC Sierra pickup truck travelling north along the Alaska Highway near the Airport Connector at 60 kms per hour in the 80 km zone, hugging the fog line rather tightly. This is a common tactic used by those folks who have tipped back a few too many to drive and who also know it. These folks will often line up their right tires and focus their eyes on the fog line, or as it is more commonly known, the shoulder line, and follow it as closely as possible. They use it as a driving guide in an attempt to keep their vehicle perfectly situated on the right side of the road so as not to attract the attention of the police, drive into the ditch, or worse into the opposing lane of travel. However this is difficult to do even for a sober driver, so when an impaired driver attempts to pull this off for more than a couple of hundred metres it becomes pretty obvious to the police officer following behind that something is amiss and stopping this vehicle may not be a bad idea. In the end the 30-year-old Fort Nelson man operating this particular vehicle, after providing a roadside breath sample, was issued with a 3-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition from driving.
Another three day special
Friday evening at 8:49 p.m. police observed a silver 2003 Silverado pickup truck, with one headlight, glide through the stop sign at the corner of 42nd Street and turn right onto Highway #97.
Police stopped the vehicle and quickly detected the unmistakable odour of liquor inside. When quizzed about the liquor odour in the vehicle, the 53-year-old Fort Nelson man driving advised police he had been drinking earlier in the evening. As a result police obtained a roadside breath sample from the driver resulting in a warning indication triggering an automatic 3-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition from driving as well as the impoundment of the vehicle.
Things only went from bad to worse when police, in the process of conducting their usual computer queries, discovered the driver was currently on court imposed conditions not to consume any alcohol. Police arrested the man and returned him to the police office where he was later released on his promise to appear in court on January 13th, 2014 to answer charges related to breaching his court imposed conditions not to consume alcohol.
Several hours later police were interacting with a 23-year-old Whitehorse man who police determined deserved a little more intense scrutiny, judging from the overwhelming bouquet of marihuana wafting from within his vehicle. The subsequent search of the black 2005 Toyota Yaris revealed a small quantity of marihuana, not enough for police to recommend criminal charges. However the driver’s unusual physical appearance convinced police that the Whitehorse resident might not be in any condition to safely operate a motor vehicle. Police subjected the driver to several roadside Standard Field Sobriety Tests which the driver performed rather poorly. This resulted in police impounding his vehicle and issuing him with a 24-hour prohibition from driving.
Alcohol mixed with a liberal shot of bad-assery and testosterone, with a twist of Hallowe’en foolishness, lit up the sidewalk in front of the Fort Nelson Hotel bar this past Saturday night. Around 11 :45 p.m. police received a report that a person dressed in a green guy Hallowe’en costume was fighting with another person in front of the bar.
When police arrived moments later they located one male laying face down on the sidewalk with several people standing around him. Witnesses told police the green guy and the other male became embroiled in an argument while standing around outside the bar. According to witnesses the two individuals began fighting with the green guy and landed a knock-out punch after which he promptly took his leave from the scene. Police summoned BC Ambulance to the scene to take the injured male to the hospital where it was determined the only injury he suffered was to his pride. When police attempted to speak to the 24-year-old man from Ontario he became very uncooperative and refused to talk to or discuss the incident with police.
With the arrival of the first snow and freezing temperatures, police were kept rather busy responding to numerous early winter motor vehicles incidents all along the Alaska Highway. The most serious was reported to police Sunday evening when several callers reported a white Kenworth tractor flat deck unit with a hydraulic lift had left Highway #97 between Prophet River and Buckinghorse and rolled over a couple of times, which demolished the tractor unit.
Witnesses on scene reported the driver had climbed out of the wrecked unit and appeared to be extremely agitated and intoxicated. Police attended the scene only to discover, none too surprisingly, the driver had already departed the scene in another vehicle. Based on several eyewitness accounts of the incident police are continuing their investigation that speed, alcohol, or possibly drugs may have been contributing factors to this incident. Police are currently in the process of attempting to locate the 39-year-old Fort Nelson man who was driving the vehicle.
The report of doughnuts had nothing to do with the quick police response
Shortly after 8:00 a.m. Monday police received a report of a person on an ATV tearing around Heritage Crescent spinning “doughnuts” on the road. Police were advised the ATV had apparently stalled or quit running for some reason and the operator was now attempting to re-start the machine. Police were on scene within three minutes to corral the ATV and it’s operator who was still attempting to re-start the ATV. This was a precautionary measure just in case the ATV operator should wish to depart the scene before police had the opportunity to chat with him. Police quickly confirmed the 19-year-old man operating the ATV was intoxicated and in no mood to discuss the finer points of his predicament with the police. Police impounded the ATV and detained the man for impaired driving. He was returned to the police office where, after failing two Approved Device Tests, police issued the young man with a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition from driving and a couple of additional traffic tickets for Operating a Vehicle on a road without a driver’s licence and without insurance. The tickets totalled $874.
Police also determined the ATV had been stolen earlier in the morning from a residence along Cottonwood Road, which further aggravated the young man’s situation, which police continue to investigate.
On September 10th police received a report from the security personnel at the Canfor OSB plant that they had located three lawn mowers neatly placed in the gravel pit behind the OSB plant. Security personnel advised that they had observed a small pickup truck speeding away from the gravel pit shortly before they discovered the lawn mowers. The security personnel described the truck as having a large box that sat as high as the cab and half the length of the truck box. Police are attempting to determine if the lawn mowers, which appear well used, are stolen or were simply illegally dumped there by someone who chose not to dispose of them properly at the community landfill.
Staff Sergeant Tom Roy
Officer-in-Charge
Northern Rockies Detachment

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