Impaired driving and thefts keep RCMP busy
During the past week Tofield RCMP responded to 47 calls for service. Included in the calls for service were two motor vehicle collisions and two false alarms.
On Nov. 18, a business owner in Tofield reported an attempted break and enter. A suspect had cut the perimeter fence to the business but fled prior to stealing anything. The suspect was wearing a dark coloured Under Armour hoodie with a large under armour crest in the centre of the chest.
On Nov. 19, a business owner in Tofield reported there was a large hole cut into chain link fence surrounding the property. Suspects entered and stole some copper wire from the location.
On Nov. 19, Tofield RCMP were on patrol and located a GMC Yukon which had a licence plate that did not match the vehicle. RCMP conducted a vehicle stop and found the driver of the vehicle was a suspended driver. The driver, a 52-year-old male from Hardisty was charged with driving while unauthorized and issued a summons to attend Vegreville Provincial Court on Jan. 27, 2020 at 10 a.m. The GMC Yukon was towed and seized for 30 days.
On Nov. 22, Tofield RCMP received a call of a possible impaired driver who had struck a curb and was swerving. RCMP attended and located the vehicle a Toyota Corolla parked by the Tofield Hotel. The vehicle was running and the driver was sitting in the driver seat. The driver provided samples of his breath the result being a fail. The driver was arrested and brought to the RCMP detachment where he provided two samples of breath both being 130 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. The driver, a 71- year-old male from Tofield was charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level over 0.08. He was released from custody on a Promise To Appear to attend Vegreville Provincial Court on Dec. 23 at 10 a.m. . . . contd.
