Friday, July 23, 2004

ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
A 34-year old male will be appearing in bail court this morning after police received a report of an assault yesterday in the City’s west end. It is all alleged that at around 5:30 pm the male assaulted his girlfriend by grabbing her by the neck and throwing her to the ground on the driveway of the residence. He has been charged with one count of assault.


THEFT FROM PURSE
19-year old Roland Periard of 2-587 Second Line West will also appear in bail court in relation to a number of charges stemming from a theft of money from a purse. It is alleged that the accused entered the office of an employee of the Sault Area Hospitals on the 12th of July and removed some cash.

Officers from the Investigation Services Section were assigned to follow-up on this matter and were able to determine that Mr. Periard was likely the person responsible for the theft. Mr. Periard was on a number of release documents at the time of the offence.

Yesterday morning shortly before 7 am, patrol officers observed Mr. Periard walking in the central area of town. When the officers checked Mr. Periard it was also learned that he was on a release document with a curfew of 11 pm to 7 am.

Mr. Periard was arrested and transported to the station where it was also learned that he has not been residing at the address shown on this release document. He has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000, 2 counts of breaching a release document and 2 counts of breaching his probation.


CHARGED WITH THREATENING DEATH
Yesterday around 3 pm City Police responded to a report of a neighbour dispute in the 200 block of McNabb Street.

It is alleged that Linda Karchie age 50, of McNabb Street slashed the tires on the vehicle of one of her neighbours, assaulted another neighbour by grabbing the chest area and threatened to kill the manager of the property as well as family members of the manager.

The accused has been charged with one count of assault, one count of mischief, and one count of threatening death. She will appear in court on August 30th.


THIEVES TARGET AUTOS
In the last 24 hours City Police have taken 4 more reports of vehicles being entered. 3 of the vehicles were in the downtown area and one was in the “P” patch area of town.

In June there were 57 reports of thefts from vehicles and so far this month 94 reports have been received. You are reminded to take steps to make it harder for a thief to get into your vehicle.

When you leave your doors unlocked and the windows down on your car you are making it easy for a thief to get your property. These thieves are usually looking for money or items that can be sold or pawned for money. Thieves have taken loose change, credit cards, large quantities of CD’s, cameras and even a laptop.