Ucluelet police apprehended a naked pedestrian near Howler’s Family Restaurant on Wednesday afternoon.
“We had multiple calls received in a short amount of time of a naked male walking on the sidewalk through town,” said Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Steve Mancini who estimated police received about 10 calls about the man within a five-minute period around 11:45 p.m. “There were lots of reports and people put us to his location pretty quick.”
He said the naked man was seen walking into town from the Co-op Gas Bar, past Petro Canada and was apprehended by police without incident near Howler’s Family Restaurant.
He said the man, a local resident in his 40’s, is not facing criminal charges.
Thefts at Toquaht Bay
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the thief, or thieves, who broke into approximately nine parked vehicles and a shed at Toquaht Bay’s Secret Beach Campground sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.
Sgt. Mancini said a red and black Honda EU3000iS inverter generator was taken from the shed and that the vehicles were rummaged through while the owners were out kayaking.
“Windows were smashed out in order to gain access to the vehicles,” he said. “We’re still receiving information from the people who had their vehicles rummaged through as to the exact items that we’re taken.”
Anyone who has any information regarding the thefts should immediately call the Ucluelet RCMP at 250-726-7773 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
“It assists us immensely in order to apprehend people that are out committing crimes,” Mancini said. “It’s a big detachment area and we can’t be everywhere at once so having the locals assist us reduces the amount [of crime] that happens in the future.”