Russell RCMP notes December activity and fraud report
The Russell detachment logged a December case of fraud where a victim was pranked by a caller posing as a bank employee and sent 1418.75 after a 1100.00 loss. no funds returned. Additional entries include a tail light ticket for a local business van, vulgar calls to two businesses, a piano fire near the Saskatchewan border, a custody escort, an abandoned impaired vehicle, repeated calls about locating a former spouse and children, a report of a missing white cat, a marijuana smell incident near Harrowby Road with a Brandon driver fined 298, and a January fraud case involving a Lan genburg puppy sale. The speediest offender, a 21-year-old Winnipeg driver, clocked 134 kmh on Hwy 16 with a New Year fine of 495.00.