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Hit and run suspect tracked down by RCMP

RCMP briefs: reports received by police from Sept. 9 to 15.

On Sept. 10, 12:39 p.m., Sicamous RCMP received a report of a hit-and-run motor-vehicle accident. Plate numbers were obtained and the matter was dealt with by police.

• Sept. 9, 1:20 a.m., a loud party was reported to be going on at a local campground.

• Sept. 9, 4:02 p.m., police received a report of harassing phone calls.

• Sept. 10, 12:56 a.m., drug information received.

• Sept. 10, 8:47 a.m., a black Dodge Charger with an Alberta licence plate was reported to be passing double solid lines and driving at excessive speeds.

• Sept. 10, 9:25 a.m., lost trailer plate was reported.

• Sept. 10, 1:44 p.m., police responded to a report of a shed fire. Officers learned it was caused by a fire in a barrel that got out of control.

• Sept. 10, 1:53 p.m., a vehicle was reported for failing to stop for a school bus.

• Sept. 10, 8:59 p.m., police received a report of a suspicious person hanging around a local business soliciting people for money.

• Sept. 11, 8:53 a.m., a bike was turned into Sicamous RCMP detachment.

• Sept. 11, 9:10 a.m., a brown sedan with an Alberta plate was reported to be passing on double solids and driving erratically. Police located the vehicle and the driver was issued a warning.

• Sept. 12, 9:50 a.m., a wallet was turned in to the police office.

• Sept. 12, 11:20 a.m., a tractor-trailer unit with Ontario plates was reported to be driving on the shoulder, kicking up gravel and causing a traffic hazard near Mara.

• Sept. 12, 1:17 p.m., a breach of court-ordered conditions was reported.

• Sept. 12, 2:37 p.m., a two-vehicle accident was reported. Police say there were no injuries.

• Sept. 12, 1:01 p.m., police received a report of an individual possibly smoking marijuana in a vehicle. Police located the individual and found no indication of marijuana use, or its presence in the vehicle.

• Sept. 12, 5:33 p.m., a blue pickup truck with an Alberta plate was speeding and passing unsafely.

• Sept. 13, 11:19 p.m., a personal cheque found near a boat ramp was turned in to police.

• Sept. 13, 5:22 p.m., a two vehicle accident was reported, no injuries.

• Sept. 13, 11:19 p.m., drug information received.

• Sept. 14, 12:07 a.m., a white mini van was reported to be passing unsafely and driving at excessive speeds.

• Sept. 14, 2:39 p.m., a motorcycle was reported to be speeding and passing unsafely near Mara.

• Sept. 14, 5:41 p.m., a found bike was reported to police.

• Sept. 13, 70:2 p.m., police received a report of an older-model Sea-Doo that had been drifting in the water. The caller had seized and secured the watercraft and asked that police pick it up.

• Sept. 15, 9:28 a.m., a possible domestic dispute was reported to be occurring inside a vehicle heading to Sicamous.

• Sept. 15, 3:01 p.m., a tractor-trailer unit with an Alberta plate was reported to be unable to maintain lanes and driving erratically.

• Sept. 15, 7:28 p.m., a black Pontiac with B.C. plates was reported to be swerving in traffic.