A 34-year-old woman was arrested and charged following the report of a theft at a northeast Estevan retail outlet. She is scheduled to make her first court appearance in Estevan Provincial Court on June 12 at 9:30 a.m. A traffic stop in central Estevan resulted in a 39-year-old Estevan woman being arrested, charged and later released in regards to breaching the conditions of her release order pertaining to her entrance into a licensed premises. Her licence was also suspended and vehicle impounded for three days following a roadside screening test for marijuana.
Members of the Estevan Police Service made a couple of arrests on Sunday. A traffic stop was made in the north end of the city, which resulted in a 43-year-old Hitchcock woman being arrested and charged with theft of a credit card as well as fraud, after she used the card at various locations earlier in the week. article continues below
A 24-year-old man was arrested after he was observed outside his residence in contradiction of his court-ordered conditions. He was lodged in cells and will also appear in court Monday to answer to the new charge. Also, a 35-year-old man from Stoughton was arrested on an outstanding warrant for breaching his conditional sentence order. He will be held for court on Monday as well. A conditional sentence order is a court-ordered sentence where the subject serves his sentence in the community. They must abide by conditions set out in the order. Failing to do so can result in the subject serving the remainder of their sentence in custody.
A male fled the residence, but was soon found and arrested. The 30-year-old Estevan man was transported to the police station where he was lodged in cells pending a court appearance the following morning. He is charged with assault with a weapon, assault, two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and breaching the conditions of a release order. In other recent EPS news, a traffic stop was made in central Estevan on Thursday that resulted in a 24-year-old Estevan man being arrested for an outstanding warrant and other charges related to breaching the conditions of his conditional sentence order. He was also charged with driving while prohibited, displaying an unauthorized licence plate and operating an unregistered vehicle. He was remanded into custody and will be held until his next court appearance.
A 52-year-old Estevan man was located and arrested for committing an indecent act in a public place. He is facing charges for this as well as resisting arrest. He was taken before a justice of the peace and released on conditions as he awaits his first court appearance. Also on Friday, police were called to a local gym to a report of a man refusing to wear a mask. When members attended and attempted to reason with him, he continued to refuse to wear a mask properly. He was subsequently issued a $2,800 ticket for violating the current public health orders.