9.1°C Not observed 
January 25
Man breaks curfew
Lytton RCMP received a complaint of a person revving a car engine on Seniors Road. Police attended to look further into the issue. However, the car was gone upon arrival.
With a suspect in mind, police attended a nearby home to talk to the male owner of the vehicle. The man was on a conditional sentence order stemming from a sexual-assault conviction and was supposed to be abiding by a curfew.
Absent from his home, the man was later arrested for breaching his curfew condition. He was transferred to Kamloops Regional Correction Centre to await a bail hearing.
Mother says brothers fighting
A woman residing on Station Street in Spences Bridge called 9-1-1 in a distraught state and declared her three sons were in a physical altercation involving a dumbbell, knife and a kitchen sink.
Police attended and spoke with the parties involved, but all denied there having been a physical altercation.
The young men, in their early 20s, admitted that there was a disagreement over who would assume responsibility for cleaning the supper dishes.
The oldest brother left the residence to prevent further arguing. Police did not lay any charges.
January 27
Harassment at Kumsheen
Lytton RCMP attended Kumsheen secondary school after receiving a complaint of a 15-year-old intoxicated male harassing a female student.
Police arrested the male for causing a disturbance as he was found to be under the influence of alcohol. Police left the male in the care of his mother.
The female, who was visibly upset by the harassment, was not prepared to speak with police. The matter remains under investigation.
Smoking up by employment centre
Lytton RCMP was called to the Lytton Employment Centre after employees complained there was an overwhelming odour of marijuana coming through the vents.
Police located a male behind the building, near the intake vent, smoking a joint.
The male, who is known to police, willingly surrendered several grams of marijuana. Charges are pending against the man for possession of a controlled substance.
Dropping the groceries
A female made a complaint to police that two men who were passed out on the CN footbridge near River Road were causing a blockage.
Lytton members attended and found the two men sleeping on the bridge, both inebriated due to excessive alcohol consumption. Their groceries were littered around them.
Police picked up the groceries and then picked up the men, arresting them for causing a disturbance.
The men were put into cells to sober up. Both were released the following day after being handed their groceries along with violation tickets for being intoxicated in a public place.
January 28
Driver dies in lumber truck crash
At 1:20 a.m., RCMP members from Lytton and Southeast Traffic Services investigated a collision on Highway 1 near Skihist Provincial Park.
A southbound commercial vehicle with a B train configuration hauling lumber veered off the road left and turned over after striking a tree and the ditch.
The impact caused the tractor to erupt in flames, which quickly spread to the lumber and attached trailers. The driver, believed to be from the Prince George area, did not survive.
The cause of the collision has yet to be determined, but road conditions were good at the time. The incident remains under investigation.
January 29
Frivolous 9-1-1 calls
Somebody from a residence on North Spencer Road phoned 9-1-1 and hung up. Frantic calls from a female were heard on the line before it went silent.
Police attended but upon arrival, nobody at the home would speak with the attending members.
Police cautioned the residents about calling 9-1-1 as it is believed the occupants use calling the police as a threat tactic to one another.
Lytton RCMP have attended the residence many times in the past, usually for calls involving violence, though the occupants of the home never seem to co-operate with police.
January 30
Man tears clothes off in protest
While on routine patrol, Lytton RCMP observed a man staggering in the middle of the Trans-Canada Highway near Kumsheen secondary school.
Fearful for the safety of the man and motorists, police arrested him for causing a disturbance and lodged him in cells.
In disgust of his arrest, the man tore off all his clothes. Police kindly gave him a white crime-scene suit to wear home upon his release.
January 31
Stolen wire part of avalanche-detection system
A section of copper wire from a stretch of Canadian Pacific Railway tracks near Spences Bridge was reported stolen on Jan. 30.
The wire is used as part of an avalanche-detection system that alerts train conductors of debris on the track.
Removal of the wire presents a major safety concern to all persons using the railway.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is being encouraged to contact the Lytton RCMP at 250-455-2225 or the CP Police at 1-800-716-9132.
