Month: August 2019

(LISTOWEL, ON) – On August 18, 2019, at approximately 3:15 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), North Perth detachment, were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on Nelson Avenue in Listowel. A driver entered the RIDE program and an officer observed that the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. While speaking […]

(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – On August 16, 2019 at approximately 7:30 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex London EMS and Middlesex Centre Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle on Highbury Avenue North at Fourteen Mile Road, in the Municipality of Middlesex Centre. The OPP West […]

(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On August 14, 2019, just after 6:00 a.m the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver who was currently inside of an eating establishment on Tower Street in Fergus. The driver had bypassed the ordering location in the drive-thru and had […]

(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On August 18, 2019 at approximately 9:15 p.m. the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a bar fight at an address on Queen Street West in Fergus. Investigation revealed that a verbal altercation occurred between two patrons that escalated and turned physical. As a result, the 39-year-old […]

(MITCHELL, ON) – On August 19, 2019 at approximately 4:00 p.m., a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), West Perth detachment on general patrol observed a driver operating a motor vehicle while talking on their cell phone in Mitchell. The male driver was stopped by police. Daniel URIBE-ARANGO, 64-years-old, of West Perth was charged […]

(MILVERTON, ON) – A driver with outstanding warrants was arrested during the evening hours of August 20, 2019 in the Township of Perth East. A member of the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Perth County stopped a male on an e-bike who was not wearing a helmet in Milverton. Police determined that the male […]

(ATWOOD, ON) – On August 20, 2019 at approximately 8:00 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), North Perth detachment were called by a concerned citizen about a suspected impaired driver swerving on Highway 23 in the Atwood area of the Municipality of North Perth. OPP officers responded quickly and the driver was located. […]

(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) – On Tuesday August 20, 2019 at approximately 10:50 a.m. the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Mapleton Fire/Rescue and Guelph Wellington Paramedic Services, responded to an airplane crash on Conestogo Lake in Mapleton Township. The two occupants of the airplane, which was described as a home-built amphibious airplane […]

(FULLARTON, ON) – On August 24, 2019 at approximately 5:30 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), West Perth detachment and Perth County Paramedics responded to a trailer park south of Fullarton after a 2-year-old female had fallen into a septic tank. The 2-year-olds father acted quickly and pulled his daughter out immediately and […]