The past several weeks have been quite busy for the Weyburn Police Service and this last one followed that same trend with officers having to attend 78 different incidents between September 13 and September 19.

One adult male is facing a charge of Assault Causing Bodily Harm after officers were called to a reported domestic dispute at a residence.

"The officers spoke to the parties involved and after further investigation, one male was arrested and charged then released with an upcoming court date," shared Deputy Chief Brent VanDeSype.

During the week, a total of 5 charges were laid against individuals that either failed to attend court when required or failed to comply with a condition of their release.

Thanks to the quick intervention of an alert store employee, an elderly individual was saved from purchasing a very large amount of gift cards as part of an online scam. You can read that full story HERE.

One motorist received a three-day driver’s license suspension and had their vehicle impounded for the same amount of time following a traffic stop in which the officer noted signs of impairment.

"The driver submitted to an Alcohol Screening Device test and the result was a warning," VanDeSype stated. "It was below the criminal amount of 80 milligrams but it was high enough that it fell into the 72-hour suspension."

The week also saw several hit-and-run incidents being reported to the Weyburn Police.

"Most of them occurred in a parking lot," told VanDeSype. "So the Weyburn Police are just asking that if you hear a bump or something turns your head and you notice that one vehicle was close to another and appears to leave the scene without contacting the owner then please give us a call and we can come to check it out."

He added that there was one driver that was caught hitting another vehicle on security cameras and as such, they were charged under the Traffic Safety Act for Failing to Report the Accident.

During this past week, officers were notified of a person that was reported missing from a local health facility. The individual failed to return after going out for a walk and the staff was concerned for his wellbeing.

"We were notified that the adult male had failed to return after a late-night walk so the officers were alerted and they tried to locate the individual," VanDeSype said. "It did take several hours but luckily a motorist had notified the Weyburn Police and let us know that they had actually seen this individual and gave him a ride to a location. So officers were able to attend there and speak to the individual and he willingly returned to the health facility."

Also during the week, officers encountered two individuals that were found to have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

"Through the course of interacting with people during the week and doing patrols these two individuals were found to have outstanding warrants and they were two separate incidents," told VanDeSype. "So what the Police will do is contact the Police agency that has the warrant for them and see what their wishes are for a court date and things like that. So they were released with a new court date as desired by that Police agency."

All in all members of the Weyburn Police Service ended up having to lay a total of 15 charges last week. Of those charges, eight were under the Criminal Code of Canada and four under the Traffic Safety Act.

If anyone has any information regarding one of these matters, or any other matter of a criminal nature, is encouraged to contact the Weyburn Police Service at (306) 848-3250, the local RCMP Detachment at 310-RCMP (7267), or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Listener submitted photo from a past check stop that the Weyburn Police Service conducted.