RCMP Release Weekly Crime Report of Williams Lake

Williams Lake RCMP say they responded to 175 service calls over the last week.

Police say the calls varied, ranging from well-being checks to assaults. The RCMP says they made “numerous arrests during proactive patrols.”

Here is the Williams Lake RCMP Detachment’s report.

On June 1, 2025, Frontline officers were conducting proactive patrols along Proctor Street in Williams Lake on June 1, 2025. Police say they observed a man who had an outstanding unendorsed warrant. Officers arrested the man without incident, and he was held for court.

A “keen-eyed patrol officer” was conducting patrols in Boitanio Park on June 2, 2025, and located a man allegedly breaching his court-ordered conditions. The man was taken into custody without incident. The man has been named as Curtis Paul, and is now accused of one count of breach of release, and was held in custody.

Three incidents of note took place on June 3, 2025. First, a frontline officer located another man failing to comply with his conditions. He was arrested at a local shop. Police say the man was “in possession of a weapon and drugs”, alleged breaches of his conditions. The man was held in custody.

Second, officers conducted a “proactive traffic stop” on Oliver Street and arrested the occupants of a vehicle for an Excise Act offence and located a small amount of drugs, as well as illegal tobacco products.

Finally, Officers on the night shift located and removed two vehicles from the road during traffic stops. Both were separate incidents of impaired driving, and the drivers received 90-day driving prohibitions and had their vehicles impounded for 30 days.

June 4, 2025, had multiple incidents occur during the day.

A frontline officer located two different people on outstanding warrants while on patrol overnight. A woman was arrested and released, and a man was arrested and held for court on outstanding charges.

While conducting a proactive traffic enforcement, an officer stopped a vehicle speeding on Windmill Crescent. The driver was found to be impaired and received a 90-day driving prohibition and 30-day vehicle impound.

During another traffic stop, members of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit seized bear spray from a vehicle occupied by a known prolific offender in Williams Lake.

Officers of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit conducted a stop of a vehicle suspected of being engaged in drug trafficking. Cocaine was seized from the occupant.

June 5, 2025, was a loaded day, as police officers conducted traffic stops and searches on multiple persons.

Police responded to a break and enter at a local business. Officers conducted an extensive investigation and identified the suspect. The suspect was later located and arrested during an early morning patrol.

Williams Lake RCMP attended a report of a theft at another local business. Officers located the suspect who had fled and arrested him. The suspect was released “on strict conditions” according to police, and has been given a court date.

The Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit and Williams Lake Detachment conducted surveillance on a high drug trafficking location on June 5.  Police stopped a local known drug trafficker after observations were made that he was conducting drug transactions. A small amount of prescription drugs was seized during the stop.

The Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit, along with the Williams Lake General Investigation Service, conducted a traffic stop and arrested two occupants of a vehicle observed in a high drug use area. The occupants were arrested when officers located a small amount of Crack Cocaine and a prohibited weapon, both were seized.

The Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle that was driving erratically. The driver had been observed in a high drug trafficking area earlier, and the driver was detained, and a drug recognition officer conducted a field test, and the driver was deemed to be impaired by a drug.

During a traffic stop, Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit members located illicit cigarettes, and the driver was arrested. The vehicle was searched, and additional illicit cigarettes were located and seized as well.

Officers of Williams Lake General Investigation Service and Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit observed a man smoking Methamphetamine at a bus stop in front of the Boys and Girls Club in Williams Lake. The man was arrested, and a small amount of Methamphetamine was located and seized. The man reported that he was unhoused and in desperate need of services. Officers offered to assist the man in seeking out support, but he declined.

On June 6, 2025, Police were called to the 1100 block of Mackenzie Ave N. after a report was received that a man was “waving a knife around.” Officers flooded the area and located a man matching the suspect description. The man was walking with a screwdriver in his hand. The man was cooperative with officers and apologized for the call. The man was not charged with anything as no criminal offence had taken place.

Police were called to a school with an “unwanted man” on the premises. The man reported that he was lying there to thaw out. The man was advised that he could not be at the school as it is a closed campus. The man was cooperative and left on foot to find another location to “thaw out.”