Break and enter; impaired charges after vehicle crashes into fire hydrant
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Break and enter
Police arrested a man on Saturday after receiving a report of a break and enter.
The affected property was on the 500 block of Louise Avenue, and the complainant identified a suspect, the Brandon Police Service said in a news release.
The Brandon Police Service station at 10th Street and Victoria Avenue. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)
Officers found and arrested a 33-year-old man who was in the area and charged him with breaking and entering to commit mischief.
The man was later released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in court in June.
Repeated assaults
A man accused of repeatedly assaulting a woman was arrested on Saturday evening.
A woman reported to the Brandon Police Service that her partner had assaulted her. Police arrested a 32-year-old man near the complainant’s residence at around 11 p.m., BPS said in a news release.
Police charged the man with assault and assault by choking, along with two counts of failing to comply with conditions of his undertaking for being in contact with the woman.
He had been charged with assault in connection to a previous incident with the same woman, police said.
Officers also found that the man had a warrant out for his arrest, which was issued after he failed to show up to a court appearance on the initial assault charge, the release said.
The accused remained in custody as of Monday afternoon, Staff Sgt. Dallas Lockhart confirmed.
Took out fire hydrant
Brandon police charged a Winnipeg man with impaired driving after he allegedly crashed into a fire hydrant on Saturday.
The man collided with a hydrant on the 500 block of Louise Avenue at around 11:30 p.m., “completely shearing it off,” the Brandon Police Service said in a news release.
Officers arrested the man and he was released with a court date scheduled later this week.
The man’s vehicle was seized and impounded, police said.
Meth seized in traffic stop
Two men were arrested on Sunday after police seized methamphetamine during a traffic stop, police say.
Officers with the Brandon Police Service stopped a vehicle at 11th Street and Victoria Avenue at around 6 p.m.
The driver gave a false name to police and was arrested for public mischief, BPS said in a news release.
A search of the vehicle turned up methamphetamine in a quantity “consistent with trafficking amounts,” police said.
Officers arrested two men, ages 26 and 29, for possessing methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.
Both men were held in custody, and police said they would later be released on undertakings.
The men are scheduled to appear in court in July.
Impaired drivers
Police issued four immediate roadside prohibitions after a weekend of impaired drivers.
A 59-year-old man was stopped in the Canad Inns parking lot at around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, and police determined he was impaired, BPS said in a news release.
Officers received a report of a two-vehicle collision around Hazelwood Crescent and Garwood Drive at 7:22 p.m. on Sunday.
Police found one of the drivers, a 55-year-old man, to be impaired, BPS said.
Officers stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of Percy Street at around 10 p.m. on Sunday and found that the driver, a 26-year-old woman, was impaired, police said.
Police said officers stopped a vehicle in the 400 block of 25th Street at around 12:20 a.m. on Monday and issued the 21-year-old man driving the vehicle a 90-day driving suspension and a 30-day vehicle impoundment.
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