Williams Lake Weekly Report June 1-6, 2025

Williams Lake, Crime Reduction

2025-06-06 13:44 PDT

Williams Lake RCMP responded to 175 calls for service from June 1-6, 2025. Frontline officers responded to numerous calls from wellbeing checks to assaults and made numerous arrests during proactive patrols. Here are a few of the highlights:

June 1, 2025

• Frontline officers were conducting proactive patrols along Proctor Street in Williams Lake and observed a man who had an outstanding unendorsed warrant. Officers arrested the man without incident and he was held for court.

June 2, 2025

• A keen-eyed patrol officer was conducting patrols in Boitanio Park and located a man allegedly breaching his court ordered conditions. The man was taken into custody without incident. Curtis Paul is now accused of one count of breach of release and was held in custody.

June 3, 2025

• A frontline officer located another man failing to comply with his conditions. He was arrested at a local shop. The man was found to be in possession of a weapon and drugs that were alleged breaches to his conditions. The man was held in custody.
• Officers conducted a proactive traffic stop on Oliver Street. The officers arrested the occupants for an Excise Act offence and located a small amount of drugs, as well as illegal tobacco products.
• Officers on night shift located and removed two vehicles off the road during traffic stops. Both were separate incidences of impaired driving. Each driver received 90 day driving prohibitions and had their vehicles impounded for 30 days.

June 4, 2025

• A frontline officer located two different people on outstanding warrants as he patrolled town overnight. A woman with an outstanding warrant was arrested and released and a man was arrested and held for court on outstanding charges.
• An officer was conducting proactive traffic enforcement and stopped a vehicle speeding on Windmill Crescent. The driver was found to be impaired and received a 90 day driving prohibition and 30 day vehicle impound.
• During a traffic stop, members of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit seizure bear spray from a vehicle occupied by a known prolific offender in Williams Lake.
• Officers of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit conducted a stop of a vehicle suspected to be engaged in drug trafficking. Cocaine was seized from the occupant.

June 5, 2025

• Police responded to a break and enter at a local business. Officers conducted an extensive investigation and identified the suspect. The suspect was later located and arrested during an early morning patrol.
• Williams Lake RCMP attended a report of a theft at a local business. Officers located the suspect who had fled and arrested him. The suspect was released on strict conditions and provided a court date.
• Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit and Williams Lake Detachment conducted surveillance on a high drug trafficking location. A Local known drug trafficker was stopped after observations were made that he was conducting drug transactions. A small amount of prescription drugs was seized.
• Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit along with Williams Lake GIS conducted a traffic stop and arrested two occupants of a vehicle observed in a high drug use area. The occupants were arrested. Officers located a small amount of Crack Cocaine and a prohibited weapon, both were seized.
• Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle that was driving erratically in Williams Lake. The driver had been observed in a high drug trafficking area earlier. The driver was detained for impaired driving by drug. A drug recognition officer conducted a field test and the driver was deemed to be impaired by drug.
• During a traffic stop Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit members located illicit cigarettes and the driver was arrested. The vehicle was searched and additional illicit cigarettes were located and seized.
• Officers of Williams Lake GIS and Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit observed a man smoked Methamphetamine at a bus stop in front of the Boys and Girls Club in Williams Lake. The man was arrested and a small amount of Methamphetamine was located and seized. The man reported that he was unhoused and in desperate need of services. Officers offered assist the man in seeking out support but he declined.

June 6, 2025

• Police were called to the 1100 block of Mackenzie Ave N. A report was received that a man was waving a knife around. Officers flooded the area and located a man matching the suspect description walking with a screwdriver in his hand. The man was cooperative with officers and apologetic for the call. No criminal offence had taken place.
• Officers were called out to an unwanted person at a school. The man reported that he was just lying there to thaw out. The man was advised that he could not be at the school as it is a closed campus. The man was cooperative and left on foot to thaw out.

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Email: brett.urano@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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