Kings County Cruiser

Pereau beset by gas thefts

The farming community of Pereau was targeted four times in three days recently by gas thieves.

A bulk storage tank was siphoned over night May 2. The following day, a generator was stolen from behind a garage.

More thefts of gas were reported at 3:50 p.m. Gas was siphoned from farm equipment and stolen from a shed.

Police were notified about the fourth incident May 4 after 50 gallons of gas was discovered stolen from a tank on the North Medford Road.



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There were 247 reports made to the Kings RCMP between May 1 and May 8.

A driver in Greenwood left an envelope with money in it in an unlocked vehicle while in a store on Central Avenue May 1 and it was stolen.

A grader used at Lockhart-Ryan Park in New Minas was damaged by vandals.

Thieves cut a fence to steal copper wire at a Nova Scotia Power Corp. site in Canaan.

Police are investigating a case of fraudulent use of deposit slips at a New Minas bank.

An Aylesford resident reported a neighbour for using foul language around children.

A Penny Lane resident of north Kentville found garbage dumped on their driveway.

A group of teens were loitering for 90 minutes and causing a disturbance on Bridge Street in Greenwood at 11:14 p.m.

A window at a business on Bowlby Park Drive in Greenwood was broken on May 2.

A mailbox was hit by mischief twice in the last month on Pelton Mountain Road in Lakeville.

A collision involving one vehicle occurred in Hillaton at 11:32 a.m.

Police were summoned to deal with an out of control student on Highbury Avenue in New Minas at 2:53 p.m.

A Kingston resident called 911 about a hit and run collision on Highway 1 at 9:10 p.m.

Someone smashed a window at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Coldbrook at 9:53 p.m.

A 51-year-old woman was transported home from New Minas after she was observed jumping out in traffic seeking a ride at 11:43 p.m.

Two incidents occurred outside the Top Hat Beverage Room in Greenwood early on May 3. A drunk man was causing problems after being expelled at 12:29 a.m.

Then at 2:14 a.m. a fight was broken up when police arrived.

Fliers in two mailboxes on Belcher Street in Port Williams were set on fire.

A resident of Brow Mountain Road found a beer bottle wrapped in a sock on the front lawn, but it had not caused any damage.

Police were called to assist SPCA staff with a welfare concern about cattle in Lakeville. An SPCA official was assaulted.

A generator was stolen from Mee Road in north Kentville.

A driver failed to pay for over $50 worth of gas in Coldbrook and a second incident occurred the following day.

Early in the morning of May 4 a drunk 14-year-old was reported behind a store in Greenwood. Police found him on the ground and he was transported to hospital.

A resident of the Black Hole Road in Sheffield Mills reported hooting and hollering on the road at 2 a.m. The hooters were gone when police arrived.

A truck was on fire in woods near Foster Street in Waterville at 2:34 a.m. The Ford truck, worth $20,000, was reported stolen at 6 a.m. from the same community.

Cash was stolen from a business in Somerset after someone broke a window to gain entry.

An ATV was stolen overnight from Cambridge.

Police in Kingston attempted mediation between neighbours on Park Road after someone began throwing apples.

A mailbox was destroyed in Wallbrook overnight.

A satellite radio was stolen out of an unlocked car on Wolfville Ridge.

Kentville firefighters asked police to look at two suspicious grass fires in Coldbrook.

A laptop was stolen after someone cut a screen to enter a Centreville home.

May 5 police recovered an ATV in Auburn that had been stolen from Torbrook after it was sold.

At 3 p.m. a driver on Highway 101 near Cambridge was injured after a box of debris fell of a truck and smashed the windshield of the vehicle behind. EHS determined the injuries involved glass in the eyes. The truck driver was located and issued a ticket for not having secured his load.

Two suspicious grass fires in North Alton near Highway 101 are being investigated. A gas can was found.

Lights were vandalized at the Canadian Tire Store near Greenwood.

Police were contacted about an internal theft at a New Minas business.

Two vehicles at New Minas car dealership were keyed.

Police were called to the scene of a trailer fire in New Minas on the Old Dyke Road about 3 p.m.

Heavy duty wire was stolen from a Centreville business.

Two youths racing on motorbikes were reported in Lockhartville.

A safe full of valuables was stolen from the West Hall's Harbour Road when the owners were away on vacation.

Vandals threw rocks from an overpass near Kingston and cracked a windshield about 7:40 p.m.

Five cars were squealing tires in a Greenwood parking lot.

A driver in Prospect looking for a cell phone lost attention to the road and rolled over in the ditch at 10.32 p.m.

A glass door was broken at Noggins Farm Market.

A Centreville resident reported someone had cut her daffodils and taken them overnight May 7.

A utility trailer became unattached and struck a power pole in Millville.

For the third time, the Dickie-Baxter house in Canning was targeted by thieves. Furniture was stolen from the heritage property owned by the Fieldwood Heritage Society.

Two family members were hit with paint balls while sitting on a deck on Gaspereau Avenue in Wolfville at 1:54 p.m.

Change was stolen out of an unlocked car in Aldershot and a camera was taken from a vehicle parked on Main Street in Kingston.

A male youth with insufficient fare was refused a ride on a Kings Transit bus in Greenwood. He reacted by smashing a window on the bus and running away.

Two female youths were caught shoplifting personal items from Zellers in New Minas.

A loud party was reported in woods near Skyway Drive in Wolfville at 12:15 a.m. last Thursday.

There were 15 domestic incidents, two mental health calls and one sudden death reported.

There were eight false business alarms, seven false residential alarms and 15 false 911 calls.