Four drivers were stopped for speeding in less than 90 minutes during a weekday traffic patrol in the Clarenville area Wednesday. Two received tickets under the Highway Traffic Act, while the other two were issued warnings for their speed. A fifth driver was also stopped for speeding later that night on the Trans-Canada Highway near Sunnyside and […]
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An ATV operator was charged with failing to comply with a demand as part of an impaired operation investigation after he was stopped by Bell Island RCMP on Thursday. On Jan. 1, at approximately 2:20 a.m., police observed an ATV travelling along a roadway in Wabana and conducted a traffic stop. The operator – a […]
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Bonavista RCMP set up a New Year’s Eve checkstop along Route 230, checking dozens of vehicles between Elliston and Little Catalina. The following day, officers arrested a 35-year-old man for impaired operation after a report from a concerned citizen. On Dec. 31, Clarenville-Bonavista District RCMP conducted a checkstop along Route 230 in search of dangerous […]
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A 37-year-old Placentia man was arrested on Boxing Day after passing out behind the wheel of his SUV. Just before 7:00 p.m. on December 26, officers responded to a report from a passerby who spotted the man behind the wheel on Route 91 near Placentia who they believed to be unconscious. Police say the driver […]
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The RNC is investigating a New Year’s Day shooting. On Thursday, around 1:20 a.m., police responded to a disturbance at Buckmaster’s Rotary Park on Buckmaster’s Circle. Responding officers located a 23-year-old male with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound. He was taken to hospital for further treatment of the non-life-threatening injury. There’s no information to […]
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