Routine report lands two in Nelson Police Department lockup
By Nelson Daily Staff
Routine checks and reports of a disturbance ended in some lockup time for a 45-year-old Nelson resident and 33-year-old transient.
Early Thursday morning Aaron Reynold was charged with two counts of fail to comply with an undertaking and four counts of possession of a controlled substance after a routine traffice stop of a vehicle.
Reynold was riding as a passenger when police stopped a vehicle along Nelson Avenue between Behnsen and Cottonwood Streets.
While dealing with the female driver, the officer recognized the male sitting in the front seat and knew him to be bound by court conditions that included a curfew — midnight to 6 a.m. and to abstain from alcohol.
Reynold was scheduled to appear on Nelson Provincial Court on Friday (March 30).
Wednesday (March 28) at 11:55 p.m. Nelson Police attended the 500 Block of Ward Street responding to an earlier complaint from a citizen regarding a disturbance.
Upon arrival officers located a 33 year old transient male, who was known to them as being at large on a Province wide warrant for failing to comply with conditions of a court order.
The man was subsequently arrested and held in custody. Additional charges of failing to comply with a court order are pending on Stephan Earl Skinner who was also scheduled to appear in Nelson Provincial Court Friday (March 30).
Elderly man known to police not who he claims to be
Nelson Police are investigating a suspicious incident involving a 75-year-old man who identified himself to three female employees at a local business as a practitioner in applied kinesiology.
The suspect is known to police on both sides of the Kootenays and only recently showed up in the Nelson area.
The man is not a trained practitioner even though he will occasionally produce a very official looking business card, as he did in this instance. He usually claims his healing will improve sexual satisfaction.
Police are encouraging the public to be aware of this individual and to avoid any form of contact with him.
If this man does approach you or anyone you know, contact the Nelson Police Department immediately.
Police bust costs person cash and vehicle
On March 20, the Nelson Police Department received notice that a referral made by them to the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office had resulted in the successful forfeiture of a 2006 GMC Pickup truck and $6000 in Canadian currency.
The truck and the money were initially seized after a Nelson Police officer conducted a traffic stop of an Alberta plated truck in October of 2011.
As a result of events that unfolded during that stop, a drug investigation commenced leading to the arrest of two Alberta residents for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
A subsequent search of the truck revealed 16 pounds of marihuana and $6000 Canadian Currency concealed in a hidden compartment.
The marihuana, the currency and the truck were all seized with the eventual forfeiture of the money and vehicle to the Provincial Government through the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office and B.C. Asset Inventory and Recovery.
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