Weekly media release – Grand Forks RCMP 2022-11-21

B.C., Grand Forks

2022-11-21 08:56 PST

File # Grand Forks 2022: 3364, 3390, 3394

Deer shot with arrow in residential area

2022-3364

On November 16, 2022, Grand Forks RCMP along with the BC Conservation Services began investigating an early morning incident in the 7600 block of 17th St in Grand Forks where a deer was shot with an arrow. An arrow was recovered from scene and officers from both agencies continue to investigate this disturbing incident.

If anyone has any information, you are asked to call the Grand Forks RCMP or if you wish to remain anonymous, call or email Crimestoppers.

Smoking frying pan sends one to hospital

2022-3390

Just before 3 AM on November 19, 2022, officers from the Grand Forks RCMP assisted local Fire Department gain access to a unit that was filling with smoke at the 6900 block of 19th St. Once inside, fire personnel and police officers found a male asleep on the couch while an unattended frying pan was smoking on the nearby stove. The male was awoken and eventually taken to Boundary Hospital for smoke inhalation, but is expected to make a full recovery.

The quick response from both police and fire may likely have prevented not only a fire within the unit, but from spreading to other units," stated Grand Forks Detachment Commander, Sergeant Darryl Peppler.

Officers continue to remove impaired drivers from the road

2022-3394

On November 19, 2022 at around 5 PM, an officer while out on patrol stopped a motor vehicle for suspected inactive insurance near 5th St on Central Ave. Upon speaking with the driver, the officer then entered into an impaired driving investigation. The driver provided samples of his breath roadside which resulted with a Warning, meaning that the driver had anywhere between 60 mgs and 100 mgs of alcohol in his blood. The legal limit is 80 mgs. As a result, the driver, a 62-year-old man from Grand Forks, was given a 3-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP), had his vehicle impounded for 7 days, and given violation tickets for no insurance and having open liquor in a motor vehicle.

As the holiday season approaches, Grand Forks RCMP will be having extra officers out at night conducting road blocks and checking vehicles to help ensure a safe season for all, said Sgt Peppler.
 

Released by:

Sgt. Darryl Peppler
Detachment Commander
Grand Forks - Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment
1608 Central Ave, Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0
Office: 250-442-8288
Cell: 250-584-5133
Fax: 250-442-0172

Email: darryl.peppler@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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