Wingham Free Press(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are investigating a series of mischiefs that took place during the early morning hours of April 20, 2013. Unknown person(s) smashed six mailboxes in the vicinity of Westmount Line and Saltford Road. Damaging mailboxes may be a game to some but it will most likely […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers arrested a 51 year old male for impaired driving and failing to provide a breath sample following an incident on Saturday, April 20, 2013. At 5:13 p.m. an alert citizen and an off duty OPP officer followed a suspected impaired driver to a restaurant located […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers along with Seaforth, Clinton and Mitchell Fire Department firefighters are currently on scene of a structure fire in Seaforth. Just before 3:00 a.m. emergency personnel were alerted to the fire at the Seaforth Foodland located at 95 Main Street South. Fire crews have been […]
Around 1:00pm today, several teenagers formed gangs, and startedroaming our streets and front lawns. Each group leader wasarmed with a garbage bag, while several other students werescurrying around picking up garbage, and giving it to theirleader. Any garbage within 10 feet of the sidewalk seemed tobe fair game, they left nothing behind. Below are photos […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – Just before 8:00 a.m. this morning Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers along with Perth County Paramedics and North Perth firefighters responded to a farm property located on Line 82 southeast of Listowel. Emergency services personnel responded to a farming accident at the property involving a 45 year old male […]
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A black Dodge pickup truck without a working rear licence plate light caught the eye of an alert Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer late Saturday night. At approximately 11:15 p.m. on April 20, 2013 a Huron County OPP officer stopped a southbound pickup truck on Donnybrook Line near Belfast Road. Upon speaking […]
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Distracted Driving Campaign ran from April 15 – April 22, 2013 to help raise awareness on this completely preventable threat to highway safety. The OPP laid 2,141 charges during the campaign for distracted driving. In 2012, 83 people were killed in motor vehicle collisions within […]
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) Every year the County of Wellington OPP comes into possession of property that is either turned in or seized as a result of a police investigation. Items that can be positively identified by their owners are returned to them, but Police are still left with unclaimed items such as bicycles, tools and […]
(WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) On April 21, 2013 at approximately 1:41am, a County of Wellington OPP officer spoke to the driver of a 2006 Dodge pick-up truck on Main Street South, Wellington North Township. The driver showed signs of alcohol consumption. Police demanded a Roadside Screening Device test from the driver, but he refused. Eric Fitzpatrick, […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers have arrested a male and female on driving and drug possession charges following a short police chase that took place on April 23, 2013. Just before 9:00 p.m. a Huron County OPP officer observed a red Pontiac Grand Prix speeding northbound on Road 164 […]