Battlefords RCMP responded to 549 calls for service Wednesday, June 30, through Tuesday, July 6. These included:
* Five missing persons reported. One investigation is still active.
- Update: Skyler Tinker, 13 is still missing. Aliya Natomagan was located by Saskatoon Police Service in Saskatoon over the past weekend.
* 26 Assault Investigations.
- Report of a bear macing on Scott Drive in North Battleford on July 4 at approximately 5:30 p.m. A 28-year-old woman from North Battleford was arrested and has since been charged with assault with a weapon and is scheduled to make her first appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court on Aug. 23. The victim was treated on scene.
- Police were called to a residence in the Cochin district at 5:20 a.m. on July 4 to remove an unwanted person reported to be under influence of narcotics and causing a scene. When members arrived a male suspect assaulted one of the responding members and fled the home. He was arrested several hours later without incident. Holden Frenchman, 33, has been charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer.
* 29 Break and Enter investigations.
- Report of a break in to a business on 100th Street in North Battleford on the morning of July 3. A suspect was later identified and arrested. Jocelyn Machatis, 26, has been charged with break and enter, obstruction and identity fraud and was held in custody. Her first appearance in provincial court was Monday July 5. She also appeared on charges of assault and mischief from a separate incident at another business on 100th Street in North Battleford from the afternoon of June 30.
- Break in to a cabin on Aqualane Avenue in Aquadeo reported on the evening of June 30. A second break and enter was reported to another cabin in the same area on July 2.
- Two break and enters reported to residence on Pelican Point in Cochin on the morning of July 2.
- Break in to a cabin on Summerfield Drive in Cochin sometime in the early morning hours of July 3.
- Report of a break in to a residence on the 1800 block of 92nd Street in the early morning hours of July 1. A suspect has been identified, and charges of break and enter, assault and uttering threats are pending against a 33-year-old male suspect. Involved parties in this incident are known to each other.
- 19-year-old male arrested and charged with break and enter after a report of a male suspect gaining entry to a vacant residence on the 1400 block of 114th Street.
- Derek Stanley, 34, arrested and charged in connection with five break and enters to dwellings in the city of North Battleford - three incidents from the last week or so and charges connected to break ins going back to April of this year. He was arrested on the afternoon of July 3 and made his first appearance in court on Monday, July 5.
* 12 vehicle thefts
- 2011 Black Dodge Avenger with no license plate reported stolen over the past weekend from a residence on the Red Pheasant First Nation.
- 2004 Black GMC Sierra with Saskatchewan License 499 JLV reported stolen on the morning of July 4th from the 1500 block of 102nd Street.
* 1 Health/COVID violation investigation.
* 31 Mental Health Act investigations.
* Three charges relating to impaired driving
* Single vehicle collision on Railway Avenue East in North Battleford shortly before 9 p.m. on July 5 has resulted in numerous charges against a 22-year-old woman from the North Battleford area. Cocaine, methamphetamine and cash were seized during the arrest. Cher Spyglass has been remanded and is appearing in provincial court on July 7 at 9:30 a.m. on charges that included possession for the purpose of trafficking X 3, dangerous driving, and possession of stolen property.
Anyone with information on any incident is urged to call the North Battleford RCMP at (306)446-1720 or Saskatchewan Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TOPS(8477).
