Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 1 to 8:
Thefts / Break and enter
•Between Feb. 27 and March 1, a thief made several attempts to get into some heavy equipment parked up Largo Road in Roberts Creek. The suspect appears to have tried jimmying the cab open but failed to gain access. The suspect also attempted to gain entry to a toolbox but only managed to damage it.
•Around 1 p.m. on March 4, staff at a clothing store in the 900 block of Gibsons Way saw a male trying to steal a pair of pants. After being spotted, the male left the pants in the store and fled to a nearby car. Police located and arrested him in the parking lot. He was released on a promise to appear.
•Between the evening of March 4 and the morning of March 7, a commercial building in the 5500 block of Shorncliffe Avenue in Sechelt was broken into. Damage was done to the building, chairs were thrown around, and the interior was spray-painted. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sunshine Coast RCMP or Crimestoppers.
Collisions
•Around 11:30 p.m. on March 4, Sunshine Coast RCMP attended a single-vehicle rollover on the Sunshine Coast Highway near Conrad Road. The driver and his male passenger were taken to hospital with undetermined injuries, and the driver was issued a violation ticket for speeding relative to the conditions at the time.
•Shortly before 10 a.m. on March 7, emergency services attended a single-vehicle rollover on the Langdale Bypass. A vehicle had been westbound on the bypass when witnesses saw it fishtail on the wet road surface. The vehicle sheared off a utility pole and landed on its roof in the ditch. Fortunately the driver of the vehicle was not seriously injured. He was issued a violation ticket for having insufficient tread on his tires.
Mischief / Fight
•On March 3, a vandal placed a firecracker on a sign posted on a property in the 600 block of Bay Road, Gibsons, and lit it before fleeing. A witness reported seeing a possible suspect vehicle leaving the area but was unable to obtain a licence plate number.
•Police were called to a liquor establishment in Sechelt around 11:45 p.m. on March 5 after a fight broke out involving about 15 intoxicated males. One group of males attempted to flee in a truck, but police located it nearby and had it towed. Police also located some of the belligerent males nearby and arrested them for being intoxicated in public.
Impaired driver
•Shortly after 7 p.m. on March 3, police pulled over a suspected impaired driver on North Road near Seacot Way, Gibsons. The 33-year-old male driver from Gibsons was exhibiting signs of intoxication and failed a roadside alcohol-screening test. He was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and his vehicle was impounded.
– Sunshine Coast RCMP
