(Kemptville, ON.) – Between August 12th and August 18th, 2013, the Kemptville Office of North Grenville Ontario Provincial Police investigated 70 general occurrences: 21 Kemptville, 34 Municipality of North Grenville, 9 Village of Merrickville – Wolford and 6 on Highway 416.
Sometime between 10:30 p.m. on August 14th and 8:00 a.m. on August 15th, culprit(s) entered two unlocked vehicles parked at a residence on County Road 17, Wolford Township. The culprit(s) stole currency and a set of headphones. The OPP are once again reminding the public to lock their vehicles at all times and keep their valuables in a safe place. The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information on the above occurrence is asked to call Grenville County O.P.P. Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122, the Kemptville Detachment at 613-258-3441 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, you don’t go to court, and you could earn cash reward.
Once again, the time has come for motorists to be on the lookout for our Region’s youth as our kids head back to school. The Ontario Provincial Police want to remind everyone that school buses will be back in action on Tuesday, August 26th in some areas and in others, Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013.
OPP officers will be out ensuring that motorists are reminded of the rules of the road in regards to school buses.
Section 175(11) of the Highway Traffic Act states, “Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or the overhead red signal-lights have stopped flashing.†R.S.O. 1990.
Many of our children walk to school and motorists should beware of the increased pedestrian traffic around our local schools, as children make their way for their first exciting day. Reduced speeds in some school zones will again be in effect, so beware and be safe.
The OPP Charity Barbeque last week was a great success. Special thanks to our sponsor, Dixon’s Car and Truck Rental. A total of $650.00 was raised for the Ryan’s Well Foundation . This week’s sponsor is Wayne’s Auto-Tek with the proceeds going to Kemptville District Hospital. Join us every Thursday at the Kemptville Detachment from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. Hope to see you!