Owen Sound Police officers were kept busy responding to a number of incidents over the weekend.
City Police say they responded to 100 calls for service during the last three days, resulting in seven arrests and 32 criminal charges being laid.
Yesterday, Owen Sound Police say an officer spotted a 55-year-old man trespassing at an east side residence and “attempting to steal items out of a motor vehicle.” Police say the man tried to flee, but was quickly arrested nearby.
“It was determined the male had previously been released by the Ontario Court of Justice on a release order for similar property offences. The male of no fixed address was held for a bail hearing where he was remanded into custody,” Owen Sound Police say in a release.
Saturday, Owen Sound Police say a 43-year-old wanted man was arrested, and then charged with drug and property crime related offences after officers seized illegal narcotics.
Police also responded to an alleged assault at an undisclosed east side business Saturday, which left two people with “non-life-threatening” injuries that had to be treated in hospital. Police say a 19-year-old male was “brandishing a knife” and assaulting people outside the business. He was arrested and charged.
And on Friday — Aug. 22 — an Owen Sound Police officer was on foot patrol downtown when a man was spotted consuming alcohol in public.
“The officer directed the male to cease consuming the alcohol. Without warning the male began to assault the officer. The male was subsequently arrested for assaulting a peace officer and resisting arrest,” Owen Sound Police say in a release.