RCMP Community Connection for October 14 - 20

Welcome to the Mission RCMP Community Connection for October 14 – 20, 2024

Here’s a snapshot of some of the work we did that week:

• Calls for service last week: 280
• Proactive patrols of identified hot spots: 33
• Curfew checks: 2

Calls of interest:

Click here for large photo of crashed Jeep in drive-thru lane

Several out-of-town impaired drivers came to the attention of Mission RCMP last week:

• At 1 am on October 16, officers patrolling downtown Mission saw a black 2022 Jeep Wagoneer that had driven over a curb in the drive-thru lane of a fast-food restaurant at Lougheed Highway and Park Street. The officer drove into the parking lot to check on the driver, by which time the Jeep had continued driving and collided with a small tree next to the restaurant. The driver immediately took off running. Other officers attended and arrested the 37-year-old female driver from Abbotsford nearby. Her breath smelled of liquor, there were numerous liquor containers scattered throughout her vehicle, and she failed two roadside screening device tests. She received a driving prohibition and her vehicle was impounded;
• Around 9:30 pm on October 18, a pickup was struck by a grey 2018 Jeep Cherokee at the intersection of Richards Avenue and Doyle Street. The Jeep driver reportedly made a right-turn at a high rate of speed, colliding with the pickup that was waiting at the stop sign, and causing significant damage to the pickup. The 40-year-old female driver of the Jeep, who was also from Abbotsford, was taken to the Mission RCMP detachment, where she provided breath samples over twice the legal limit. Criminal impaired driving charges are being recommended.

Shoplifting was an issue again that week. These are some of the more significant files:

• On the evening of October 15, staff at a dollar store reported that as many as eight people entered the store at the same time, and all began concealing items in their carts and jackets. Several Mission RCMP officers were dispatched, and found a few of the would-be shoplifters still in the store. Because the thefts were prevented before the suspects could leave the store, no charges could be recommended, but officers escorted everyone off the property. Other suspects had already left the store prior to police attendance and were not located;
• In the late afternoon of October 18, two males attended a large retail store on Lougheed Highway and worked together to commit a large theft. One of the males distracted an employee at the store, while the other male loaded up around $1,500 worth of perfume products and fled. The males were not located; however, police are in the process of reviewing video footage from the store. Items stolen from other stores in Mission during the week included printer toner, jackets, liquor, and pharmaceutical items.

An electronic construction signboard was also recently targeted. A white male in his 40s, wearing a black baseball cap and a grey zip-up jacket stole a battery and electronic circuit boards out of a signboard located on 1st Avenue at Murray Street. He cut a lock on the unit in order to access the battery.

A blue 2000 Jeep TJ was stolen out of the parking lot of the Mission Silvercity on October 15, between around 7 and 9 pm. On October 19, the Jeep was found burned about 4 km up the Lost Creek Forest Service Road, although it is not known when it was actually dumped there. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Mission RCMP, at 604-826-7161.

Along Wilson Street, there is a stretch of roadway where some tenacious turtles apparently have a tendency of traversing the roadway. A one hundred-foot long wooden fence had reportedly been constructed to help keep the turtles from wandering onto the roadway, however, this fence has allegedly been stolen. Questions such as when the fence was taken, who took it, and why someone would want to take a hundred feet of turtle fencing is all unclear. Regardless, the fence is missing, and turtles may be at risk, and Mission RCMP are now on the lookout for a thief that is very shellfish.

Ways to connect with Mission RCMP:

• Emergency: 911
• Non-emergency: 604-826-7161.
• Online crime reporting
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