A resident of the 600 block of South Florida Avenue reported that sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. Aug. 2, someone stole a black and red BMX style bicycle and a white and black BMX style bicycle from the yard of the residence, which was unsecured.
At approximately 2:07 p.m. ADPS officers and American Medical Response personnel responded to the intersection of Ninth Street and Virginia Avenue in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Investigation revealed that a Dodge truck was traveling westbound on Ninth Street and failed to stop at a posted stop sign, where it collided into a southbound Chevrolet passenger vehicle on Virginia Avenue. After the initial collision between the Dodge and the Chevrolet, the Dodge continued westbound and collided into an Oldsmobile passenger car that was stopped and facing eastbound at the posted stop sign on Ninth Street. The driver of the Chevrolet complained of non-life-threatening injuries and declined medical treatment on the scene. The driver of the Dodge was issued a citation for alleged vehicles entering stop or yield intersection.
At approximately 4:03 p.m. ADPS officers and AMR medics responded to the 2300 block of First Street in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Investigation revealed that a Chevrolet passenger car was southbound attempting to exit a parking lot and collided with a bicyclist who was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes on First Street.
The bicyclist complained of non-life-threatening injuries and declined medical treatment on the scene. The bicyclist was issued a traffic citation for bicyclist riding on streets or bicycle paths.
Jesus Ruiz II, 19, of the 2300 block of Apache, was issued a citation for alleged criminal damage stemming from an ongoing investigation of an incident that occurred July 23. Ruiz had allegedly caused damage to two walls inside a residence by punching them. Ruiz is to appear in court as ordered.
At approximately 4:18 p.m. ADPS, fire and AMR units responded to the intersection of the U.S. Highway 54/70 bypass and U.S. Highway 54 South in reference to a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Investigation revealed that an Eagle passenger car was northbound on U.S. Highway 54 South, where he failed to stop at a red traffic light and collided into a Chevrolet truck that was attempting to turn eastbound onto the U.S. Highway 54/70 bypass. The driver of the Eagle had to be extricated from the car by fire units. The driver of the Eagle complained of non-life-threatening injuries and declined medical treatment on the scene. The driver of the Eagle was issued a citation for obedience to required traffic control devices.
MARSHFIELD —
For two weeks, Michael Chorzewski was one among many town residents mourning Steven “Zac” Woods’ disappearance in a boating accident.
Saturday he turned out to be the one who spotted the young man’s body on the ocean floor off Brant Rock.
“I don’t know why it was me who found him,” the 48-year-old businessman and snorkel diver told The Patriot Ledger Monday morning. “It was one of those things.”
Chorzewski’s discovery wasn’t by accident. He swam out from the Brant Rock beach Saturday afternoon to look for the remains of the 23-year-old Woods, who’d been missing since July 16. Woods was riding with his friend Justin McDonald when the boat’s steering jammed and Woods was pitched into the water.
Chorzewski, the owner of Boston Bathtub Resurfacing, had resumed snorkel diving just a week ago, after a 15-year break. But that past experience gave him a search plan.
“Everybody else looked right (south), so I looked left (north),” he said of the direction he took.
He swam “way out” – about 500 yards offshore – and scanned the sandy ocean floor down through the clear water. He’d just turned back in the direction of the shore when he spotted what looked like a body about 20 feet underwater.
Even though that’s what he was trying to find, “it was a shock,” he said.
He quickly surfaced, dropped his red and white “dive flag” and called for help to a nearby private boat. He waited in the water until the Marshfield harbormaster and then a State Police dive crew arrived.
When he told the private Hingham boat crew why he was there, they said, “So you know who that is?” Chorzewski said yes.
He stayed on the harbormaster’s boat for two hours before he was taken to shore. Word of his discovery had already reached divers and swimmers, so they applauded Chorzewski when he stepped from the boat.
“It could have been any of us,” he said of Woods’ accident. “That’s why the whole town was concerned.”
He hopes he gets the chance to offer his condolences in person to Woods’ parents, Brian and Leanne Woods. In the meantime, he’s still wearing a Zac Wood wristband he bought last week from a local surf shop.
On Sunday at approximately 4:45 p.m. police responded to a missing 31-year-old river rafter along Torch River, Saskatchewan.
The victim was travelling with a group of approximately 10 adults when witnesses observed the man diving into the river, however he did not resurface.
RCMP have completed a search of the area by land, water and air with negative results. However, the river is flowing at a high rate and the current is extremely strong.
The male subject is presumed to have drowned at this time and the incident is under investigation.
Torch River is approximately 280 km northeast of Saskatoon.