Friday, August 26, 2005

Driver Suspended

Our stepped up enforcement efforts in the construction zones east of Sault Ste. Marie had an impact yesterday. Gerry Gamble, 41, of Echo Bay caught the eye of officers when he traveled through the construction site at an excessive rate of speed. That was an error in judgement that was to prove costly. Inquiries were made and it appears that Mr. Gamble had some fines from previous infractions that remained unpaid. This had caused the Ministry of Transportation to suspend Mr. Gamble’s driving privileges. Further inquiries caused the officers to discover that the vehicle operated by Mr. Gamble was not covered by a valid insurance policy. Alas, this was not the end of his woes. Close scrutiny of the licence plate affixed to the car revealed that the validation sticker had been tampered with. This made it appear to be valid when it was, in reality, expired. A very expensive day
indeed!

Gas and Dash

A motorist pulled into the Canadian Carver north of Sault Ste. Marie shortly after 6:00 o’clock last night. The gas attendant was busy filling another vehicle and the motorist took it upon himself to fill his own gas tank. After pumping $21.00 worth of gas into his car, the driver went into the business. When the gas attendant entered, a short time later, the motorist exited and departed in his car, heading south. The gas attendant queried the clerk as to whether the motorist had paid for his gas. If we are writing about this here you can anticipate that the answer to that question was a large ‘NO’. A description of the suspect along with vehicle and licence information was provided to the investigating officer. The investigation is continuing and we are confident the culprit will be made to pay for this apparent oversight.

Attempted Fraud

Earlier in the day a potential crime was averted. At Agawa Indian Crafts. Around 4:30 P.M. a gentleman attempted to pay for some items with a credit card. The clerk requested photo identification but the gentleman claimed, after looking in his wallet, that he did not have any. During the gentleman’s wallet search the clerk noted that there was a health card bearing a photo inside. The gentleman still declined to show photo identification and departed without making any purchases. The clerk was concerned that this may have been an attempted to defraud his employer and police were called. A full description of the gentleman, the car and the other occupants of the car were obtained and officers are following up to determine whether a crime was about to be committed or not.

While Away Porn Won't Pay

In July a lady and her family took a trip away from their home, on the Mission Road, Batchewana First Nation, for a few days. On her return she located a computer game belonging to one of her children lying on the road outside her residence. This caused her no concern until this week. A bill, from the nice folks at Bell Express Vue, was received, itemizing four pornographic, pay per view, movies. Not to pass judgement on the cinematic fare involved, the lady was quite sure she had not requested these movies. On checking the dates the movies were ordered, she discovered that they coincided with the time period that the family was traveling. There was no sign of forced entry to the home, so it appears that the suspect(s) gained entry through an inadvertently unsecured window. While satisfying their prurient interests these bad guys ran up a bill of $68.86 for movies that will never have a chance at the academy awards. The lady is not pleased nor are the officers of the Batchewana First Nation Police, who are continuing the investigation.