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.
