Christine Grimard
Northern News Services
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

YELLOWKNIFE - Police opened 13 files under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, with three investigations underway involving tips from the Drug-Free Zone around the two high schools.

One report on April 19 involves allegations against a 14-year-old student from one of the schools. Another report April 16 was information regarding suspicious activity around Sir John Franklin high school. The third involved suspicious activity around Anderson-Thompson towers, located just outside the DFZ, on April 21.

Beef hips stolen from Inn freezer

An employee of the Yellowknife Inn called the RCMP after discovering two beef hips missing from a walk-in freezer.

The employee had been at work when, at 10 a.m., he discovered that within the previous half-hour, someone had jimmied the lock off the freezer and stolen two beef hips. So far, RCMP have no suspects.

In an unrelated incident, police responded to an alarm at Yellowknife Inn Flight Services, a catering company for airlines, at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Police found a 30-year-old male climbing out of a window. They arrested the man, and Const. Roxanne Dreilich said it was unclear whether or not he was interested in stealing the airplane food.

Man found asleep in library

Police were called to the scene of the Yellowknife Public Library after receiving a report that a glass door was broken at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Police went inside to find a 27-year old male sleeping in a rear office. Charges of break and enter are pending against the man.

Thieves strike more unlocked vehicles

Three suspects were seen stealing a purse from an unlocked vehicle in the parking lot outside the Pizza Hut on Old Airport Road on April 18.

The manager of the restaurant saw the theft take place and tried to catch the three suspects who all got away.

Dreilich said this incident is potentially related to the recent string of thefts from unlocked vehicles.

Last week, three suspects were caught, and one 19-year old has been charged with theft under or equal to $5,000 from a motor vehicle.

Charges are still pending against the two other youths.

Neighbours fight over dog

RCMP were called out to a residence after someone reported their neighbour had threatened to kill their dog.

The two had been arguing about the pet's barking, and the neighbour had said he would kill the dog if he didn't stop the noise. Police attended the scene to discover there was no validity to the threats, and the neighbour was just upset. Dreilich said police acted as mediators and the security of the dog was assured.