Woman safe after getting taken for ride by unknown driver; NPD officers successfully capture wild rodent
By Nelson Daily Staff
Nelson Police Department is recommending owners not to leave keys in an unattended vehicle after a sleeping passenger in a car woke up to find an unknown driver behind the wheel.
NPD dispatch received a complaint during the early hours of Saturday (August 2) of a missing car with a passenger inside.
The driver explained that he drove to a location near the downtown core before parking to unload some of his belongings into a residence.
The male left his female passenger sleeping in the front seat and keys in the ignition.
Much to the chagrin of the owner, after returning to collect another load of belongings, the vehicle, and passenger, were gone.
The passenger reported to officers she was awakened by someone touching her on the back. Not recognizing the male driver, the woman asked the man who he was.
The male stated to the passenger, ”Don’t worry, I’m your daddy” and continued to drive.
When the vehicle stopped to allow pedestrians to cross the road, the passenger wisely disembarked.
The unknown male driver simply exited the vehicle and walked away.
The Nelson Police Department was notified approximately one hour after the incident took place.
An investigation was immediately launched and a person of interest was soon identified.
Game of ‘Chicken” visibly disturbs driver
Sunday (August 3) afternoon, a Nelson citizen received a scare while driving east on Lakeside Drive.
The female driver became frightened when suddenly a male on a bicycle veered into her lane heading straight toward the vehicle, playing a vehicular game of “Chicken”.
At the last possible second, just prior to impact, the cyclist — riding a 25-pound bicycle — veered around the onrushing — 5000-pound — vehicle narrowly avoiding a collision.
Astonishingly, as the male rode past her vehicle he spat onto the windshield and then again into the open window of the vehicle.
The driver was shocked and disgusted.
Fortunately, the female driver recognized the bike rider and called out his name.
He returned to the scene and apologized for his vile outburst, offering to clean his spittle from the interior of her vehicle.
However, the apology was not accepted.
The complainant told police the name of the person spitting and an investigation was initiated by police how are on the lookout for the culprit.
No case is too big, or too small for NPD officers
Local police believe no case is too small Nelson Police Department.
As was the case during the early hours of Saturday (August 2) when police were requested to assist a home owner removal of a wild animal in the basement of the home.
The caller reported being able to hear an animal scratching about in the basement. The noise and thought of facing a wild animal made the caller wary thus the police were summoned.
The responding Nelson Police officers could not hear the scratching noise that had been reported. As per their training, the officers pushed into the basement to investigate the unknown.
After rooting through the basement for about ten minutes a cardboard box under the stairs was identified as the source of the noise. The box was isolated and carefully opened. Inside the box the officers located a lone house mouse.
The mouse box was transported to outdoors where the mouse was freed into the yard. One of the officers remarked that the rodent appeared to be in remarkably good health despite the harrowing ordeal.
