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Weekly police report

Sunshine Coast RCMP

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Dec. 9 to 15, 2014:

• Overnight on Dec. 9, a vandal destroyed a metal mailbox in the 300 block of Stewart Road in Gibsons.

The suspect ripped off the house numbers and smashed the actual mailbox. The owner heard noises in the middle of the night but did not see any suspects.

• On Dec. 11, a thief stole a wallet from an unsecured vehicle parked near Esperanza Road and Chamberlin Road in Gibsons. The owner had left the vehicle and her wallet to walk up a nearby trail. Nothing else was taken or disturbed.

Unfortunately, besides the usual credit cards and driver's licence, the wallet also contained a Social Insurance Number card and birth certificate. Unless needed, police recommend leaving the latter two pieces of identification home in safe place rather than carrying them in your wallet as the SIN card and birth certificate can make you vulnerable to identity theft.

• On Dec. 12, staff witnessed a female attempt to leave a business in the 1100 block of North Road in Gibsons with a cartload of merchandise.

The suspect was stopped and questioned and admitted to not having paid for the items. The suspect was banned from the business and charges of theft under $5,000 are being recommended.

• On Dec. 13, a hit-and-run was reported on Seamount Way at Gibsons Way, after the first vehicle in line at a stop sign reversed into a second vehicle waiting behind it.

The first driver and vehicle then drove off without checking to see if the driver and vehicle behind him was OK. Fortunately, the second driver was able to note the first vehicle's licence plate.

Police followed up with the registered owner who admitted to being the driver, but that he hadn't been aware he'd struck the other vehicle. The driver was issued a violation ticket for unsafe reverse.

• On Dec. 13, on Highway 101 near Largo Road, police witnessed a vehicle do a u-turn on Largo Road after seeing the Counter Attack road check that had been set up.

Police activated their emergency equipment and pulled the vehicle over a short distance away. The driver, who emitted the odour of alcohol and admitted to having consumed alcohol earlier in the evening, was given a roadside alcohol-screening test. After two fail results, the driver was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

• On Dec. 14, police attended a single-vehicle accident on Gowland Road near Acorn Road in Sechelt, after a car was driven into the ditch.

As the driver, who emitted the odour of alcohol, refused help from paramedics and also refused to provide a breath sample for a roadside alcohol-screening test, was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

• On Dec. 14, a witness reported a possible impaired driver southbound on Highway 101 in Davis Bay, after the vehicle crossed the centre and fog lines several times. Police located the vehicle a short while later and after witnessing the vehicle cross the fog line twice, pulled the vehicle over.

The driver, who appeared impaired, admitted to consuming sleeping pills and antidepressants. The driver was given and failed a Standard Field Sobriety Test and was issued a 24-hour driving prohibition for drug impairment.

RCMP remind the public that some prescription medications may impair your ability to drive, and anyone who is unsure of how their medication will affect them should speak with their doctor.

• On Dec. 15, vandals used what are believed to be firecrackers to damage mailboxes on Cochrane Road, and in the 500 block of Shaw Road in Gibsons.

Residents on Shaw Road reported seeing two people flee the area on foot just after the explosion. The possible suspects were described as of average height and weight and they were both wearing dark clothing and hats.

Anyone with any information about these incidents is asked to contact RCMP at 604-885-2266 and reference file 14-8673. The RCMP want to advise those involved that anyone caught damaging property could face criminal charges of mischief.