_ Dec. 19 – ….

_ Dec. 19 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby station in response to a vehicle crashing into the side of the building. When the officer arrived, he noticed a vehicle parked in front of a window that was completely shattered. At that time, the vehicle was in a parking spot.

The officer spoke to the driver, who said he was pulling into the parking spot when he hit the brakes, causing his vehicle to slide on the ice into the building. The officer looked into the vehicle and could see several plastic baggies rolled up on the driver’s side. The driver admitted they had been used to package marijuana. When the car door was opened, the officer could smell a strong marijuana odor coming from inside.

The driver gave the officer permission to look in the glove box for an insurance card, and the officer found a glass pipe inside, along with THC wax. Several plastic containers with marijuana were also found, along with a vape pen and a grinder. The driver agreed to do field sobriety tests, and the officers did not see any signs of intoxication.

The driver was cited for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a license and driving with insurance. A total of 2.1 grams of marijuana was seized as evidence, and the driver called someone for a ride home. The owner of the gas station was contacted about filing an accident report.

_ Dec. 20 - An officer was on patrol in Abbotsford when he ran the license plate of a vehicle on Spruce Street. The registered vehicle owner came back as having a revoked driver’s license, so the officer pulled the vehicle over.

As the officer met with the driver, he noticed the backseat passenger had an open beer bottle in his lap, and the front seat passenger was sitting on a bottle of beer. The driver had glassy eyes and a slight odor of alcohol on his breath.

The officer had the driver and his two passengers write down their names on a sheet of paper. One of the passenger’s names did not come back on file, and he was found to have written down a different name. Of the three occupants, he was the only old enough to possess alcohol. He was later cited for obstructing an officer, having open intoxicants in a vehicle, and providing alcohol to minors.

The driver, who was 18, admitted to drinking that night and agreed to undergo field sobriety tests. He registered a .07 bloodalcohol level on the breathalyzer. He was cited for driving while intoxicated. His 17-yearold passenger was also cited for underage possession of open intoxicants in a motor vehicle.