A 22-year-old Salmon Arm man is charged with assaulting a police officer after an altercation about 1 a.m. last Wednesday.

Sgt. Eric Castle of Salmon Arm RCMP reports that the man had been kicked out the Livewire bar for causing a disturbance. Once on the street, he was involved in a couple of fights but, when police officers arrived, everyone fled.

Then, one of the men who had been involved in a fight and kicked out of the bar again, started another fight. Castle said that when police attempted to arrest him for causing a disturbance, he spat blood in the face of one of the officers and tried to kick and punch the other.

He was charged with four counts of assaulting a police officer. When he appeared in court Oct. 29, he was also charged with failing to comply with a previous condition - abstaining from alcohol.

Pedestrian struck

A 59-year-old Salmon Arm man was struck by a vehicle last Wednesday evening.

Police report that about 6 p.m. on Oct. 29, the man was walking in the crosswalk at Shuswap Street and 5th Avenue SW.

He was hit by a 2003 black Toyota driven by a 68-year-old Salmon Arm woman, who was heading east on 5th Avenue SW.

Police say his injuries were minor.

The driver was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act with driving without due care and attention.

Halloween tricks

Police received more tricks than treats Halloween night, but not anything unusual.

“There were a lot of little things – 30 to 35 calls over the night so that’s not too bad seeing as it was a Friday night,” remarked Sgt. Eric Castle of Salmon Arm RCMP.

The one major incident was an assault about 10:45 p.m. in a house in the 5300 block of 40th Street NW.

Police received a report of an assault with a baseball bat. Officers found a 41-year-old Salmon Arm man had suffered an injury to the top of his head, but he didn’t require hospitalization. Police arrested a 39-year-old man who went to court charged with assault with a weapon and was released the next day.

About 4:30 p.m. Friday, a father reported to police that a pellet gun had been fired at his son from a vehicle.

Castle said the incident took place in the vicinity of Foothill Road and the 5000 block of 50th Street SW. The son’s age wasn’t known.

Police believe the suspects may be four young males who were driving in a black Volkswagen Golf or Jetta.

Rock assault

On Saturday, Nov. 1, someone threw a rock through a window on the waterfront.

“It was a fairly large rock thrown through a picture window into a house,” said Sgt. Eric Castle. There was substantial damage, but no one was injured.”

Although someone was home at the time, there were no suspects, witnesses or known motive.

Cash nabbed

Sometime overnight on Nov. 1, a thief or thieves broke into the golf shop at the Salmon Arm Golf Club’s Executive Course.

Police say entry was gained by prying open the front window. One hundred dollars was stolen from the cash register.

“They must have been in a hurry to get out as they left about $200 behind,” said Sgt. Eric Castle. “I don’t know why.”

Also overnight on Nov. 1, a truck parked on the street in the 3200 block of 2nd Avenue NE was stolen. It is described as a green Dodge Ram pickup with a B.C. licence plate number of 8541 JR.

The same night a boat and boat trailer were stolen from the 1900 block of 20th Street NE. The trailer is red with a licence plate number of UBN 98T.

Phone lines cut

Salmon Arm businesses may have been the target recently of what some businesses suspect are travelling thieves.

“I’ve heard from people around, this is what’s been going on, they’re hitting small towns and cutting phone lines,” said Lee Mulroy, an employee at Pinz N Needlez skate shop.

Early in October, Pinz was one of at least two businesses in Salmon Arm whose phone lines were cut, disabling the alarm. He said he’s heard a skate shop in Kamloops was hit three times.

He said this was the third break-in in the last few months for Pinz N Needlez, but the worst in terms of losses.

Snowboards, skateboards and clothing were taken. Friends of the store even enlisted Facebook in an attempt to catch up with the stolen goods.

Mulroy said the store has since upped security, even putting the alarm system on cellular phone to avoid the cutting of lines.