Vernon RCMP had a busy weekend. While police responded to 310 calls for service from Thursday afternoon to midnight Sunday, they report a well-behaved crowd at the Funtastic softball tournament and music festival. “Vernon North Okanagan RCMP officers maintained a uniformed presence at the event throughout the weekend. We are pleased to report that we did not experience any significant issues,” says spokesperson Const. Chris Terlesky. But, they continued to hop elsewhere. Shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a reported assault in Justice Park, where investigators located a victim who had been struck in the head with a blunt object. The 24-year-old intoxicated man was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Police are continuing to investigate the incident. At approximately 2:45 a.m. Saturday, a drunken street fight broke out in the 2900 block of 29th Avenue. “During the altercation, one person suffered minor injuries after allegedly being hit by an improvised weapon,” says Terleski. The incident remains under investigation. At around 3am on Sunday, a drunken man caused a disturbance at a campsite on Kildonan Avenue in Enderby. The 34-year-old was taken into custody and later released without charge, once sober. At approximately 7 a.m. Sunday, staff at a business in the 800 block of Waddington Drive called a break and enter in progress. A man and a woman were trying to steal tools and other items. A witness followed the suspects as they fled and notified police of their location. The suspects abandoned their vehicle near the intersection of Highway 97 and Pleasant Valley Road and took off on foot, but were quickly found by police dog Jagger as they hid in some bushes. A 28-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested and face multiple possible charges.
