Week of May 22 to 28, 2012
Total calls for service = 106
Impaired driving = 3
Assaults = 4
Break and enters = 1
Thefts = 3
Mischief = 9
1. May 22
4600 block Ontario Avenue
Police received a report of a theft. Two days earlier, a vehicle was broken into and a large amount of prescription medication was taken from inside the car. The vehicle was locked when it was broken into. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to please contact Powell River RCMP 604.485.6255 or CrimeStoppers at 1.800.222.8477 (TIPS).
2. May 27
7100 block Huntingdon Street
Police responded to a mischief complaint. Sometime during the previous night, all four tires of a vehicle parked at that location were slashed. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to please contact Powell River RCMP 604.485.6255 or CrimeStoppers at 1.800.222.8477 (TIPS).
3. May 27
Highway 101 at Stark Road
Police stopped a vehicle which was travelling at 150 kilometres per hour in a posted 80-kilometre-per-hour zone. The 21-year-old male driving the vehicle was issued a ticket for excessive speeding and his vehicle was impounded for seven days under the Motor Vehicle Act.
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