Press Release – 30 June 2014 to 6 July 2014

30 June 14,

2:45 am police observed a vehicle driving erratically on Bruce Rd # 3 and then the vehicle stopped at the side of the road. The G2 driver failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. A baggie of 14.4 grams of marihuana was seized from the vehicle. At the station she provided breath samples of 130 mgms and 116 mgms respectively. Sheila WESLEY, 25 years of Cambridge was charged with Impaired Driving and Possession of marihuana. A male party in the vehicle claimed to be the owner of the marihuana and was charged accordingly.

1 July 14,

1:00 am police responded to the theft of a bicycle from the rear of a car parked in Port Elgin. No suspects.

12:35 am, while under arrest for breaching some conditions a female prisoner kicked the rear window of a cruiser bending out the upper portion. This 22 year old female was further charged with Mischief.

1:20 am police conducted RIDE in Southampton. 15 vehicles were stopped and 4 were given Highway Traffic Act warnings.

4:22 pm police spoke to a group of youth who were throwing the toilet paper around in Pierson Park near the washrooms. The youth were cautioned and cleaned up the mess.

2 July 14,

12:45 am police conducted RIDE in Southampton, Highway Traffic Act warnings issued to 8 drivers.

3:55 am police responded to a report of a break and enter at McDonalds in Port Elgin. The side door to the business had been smashed and money taken from the safe. Police are investigating.

9:38 am police received a report of a vehicle entered on Eastgate Dr and the console damaged. It appears nothing was taken from the vehicle.

9:51 am, police responded to a break and enter to a garage on McNabb St where two bicycles were stolen and the garage was gone through.

11:57 am police attended to an attempt break in at a cottage on Green St. A screen had been pried but no entry was gained.

12:10 pm police responded to an incident on Bruce County Rd #3 observed by an off duty police officer. Four people were on their way to Sauble Beach when an argument broke out between the front passenger and driver. The front passenger tried to wrestle the steering wheel away from the driver then punched the driver in the head several times. The victim got out and the front passenger got into the drivers seat and drove a little way down the road where the passengers got out. The driver put the vehicle into reverse and drove at the victim who ran into the ditch and the driver continued to try to run her over.

The person then drove away and was arrested by the OPP in Harriston and transported back to the Saugeen Shores Police office. The 50 year old Harriston male was held for a bail hearing on charges of Assault, Assault with a Weapon, Theft of Motor Vehicle, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Drive Under Suspension.

12:23 pm police received a report of a vehicle entered on Lake St and an Ipod stolen from inside.

4:58 pm sometime over the past couple weeks someone stole a blue Trek 18 speed from a residence on Juniper Ave. No suspects.

3 July 14,

8:38 am police responded to a theft of a wallet from an unlocked vehicle on Stafford St.

11:43 am police responded to a theft of sunglasses from an unlocked vehicle on Johnston Ave.

12:31 pm police responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision on County Rd 40. A vehicle left the road and went into the ditch. Police are investigating.

3:02 pm police responded to a complaint of a vehicle driving north turning from County Rd #3 to go north on Hwy #21 and one of the wheels was just on the rim. Shortly after that a 911 call came in from someone who had taken the keys from the driver of the vehicle on MacDonald Lane in Southampton. The driver was located and arrested for Impaired Driving. The driver provided readings of 230 mgms and 210 mgms respectively, the limit is 80 mgms. Susan BURNS, 56 years of Saugeen Shores was charged with Impaired Driving, her vehicle was towed and impounded for 7 days and her licence was suspended under the ADLS system for 90 days.

4:06 pm, police responded to a report of a theft of a phone charger stolen from an unlocked vehicle sometime overnight on Johnston Ave.

4 July 14,

11:43 am police attended to a downtown Port Elgin apartment and arrested a 22 year old Saugeen Shores male for Failing to Comply with an Undertaking.

3:35 pm police received a report of a male and female who were denied service at a Sauble Beach LCBO for being intoxicated and they left in a vehicle. The same vehicle was located southbound in Southampton by Saugeen Shores Police. The male driver registered a Fail on the roadside breath test and was arrested for Driving Over 80 mgms. At the police office he provided readings of 160 mgms and 150 mgms respectively. The driver Barron WAUTHIER, 60 years from Barrie was charged with Drive Over 80 mgms, Drive while suspended and drive with liquor readily available. His vehicle was impounded for 7 days as well.

11:38 pm police warned a 48 year old Guelph man for walking in Southampton with open liquor.

5 July 14,

12:13 am police conducted RIDE in Southampton, 35 vehicles were checked with only 3 Highway Traffic Act warnings.

7:56 am police responded to the Maplewood, Market and River St areas of Port Elgin to 4 vehicles that had been entered. In all a wallet, a cell phone and change were taken. The wallet was found by a neighbour but some of the contents were missing.

8:21 am police responded to a report of a cell phone and change taken from an unlocked vehicle on River St.

9:48 am police responded to the Brentwood St area where the saddlebags of a motorcycle were gone through, a pair of sunglasses was taken.

10:32 am police responded to the Market St area where an Iphone, 2 wallets and a pack of cigarettes were stolen from an unlocked vehicle.

11:13 am police received a report of a theft of a scooter from a residence on Saugeen St. The scooter was purple with blue grips.

1:15 pm, police investigated an assault that had occurred overnight at a cottage in Southampton. As a result a 25 year old male from Mount Forest was charged with assault.

3:33 pm police had discussion with two people and the bank about a grandparent scam. This is the same scam as reported many times so don’t fall for it. A grandson calls the grandparents to say he is in trouble and needs cash. Then someone calls pretending to be a lawyer or representing him or prosecuting him asking for money. Oh and please don’t tell my parents. The new twist to this one is the person asks for $1000‘s of dollars in gift cards to be purchased. This scam continues because the bad guys are getting money from people. If your grandson is really in trouble and you don’t tell your kids eventually they will find out. Before you try to help anyone make the calls you need to make to ensure the story is true. I bet it is not. Save your money don’t give it away to fraudsters.

7:56 pm police received a report of a theft of a cell phone from a vehicle on Briarwood.

6 July 14,

12:05 am police observed 3 people walking near Wellington St with open liquor. The beer was dumped out and the parties warned.

2:05 am police observed a person on River St with open liquor. The male was charged with the offence.

3:15 am police received a report of a male passed out on Bruce St. Police and ambulance attended and a 30 year old male was transported home to his wife.

4:12 am police responded to a report from a resident that he could see two males going from car to car stealing items in the Sandy Acres Rd area of Port Elgin. Three officers attended to the area and caught one of the male youths. The caught person had many items in his backpack from GPS units, sunglasses, charge cords, Horton’s card, jewelry, cigarettes and cash. The other youth ran from the area but dropped his cell phone and wallet and police know his identity. Police continue to investigate.

5:21 am police responded to an assault at a Market St address. Police are investigating.

11:26 am police received a report of a vehicle entered on Friday evening and a wallet stolen from inside. The vehicle was parked in the Laird Lane area.

3:36 pm police and ambulance attended to a motor vehicle and cyclist collision on Albert St at Lansdowne St Southampton. A Saugeen Shores male cyclist struck the side of a 5th wheel trailer. The male suffered serious injuries to his head; he was not wearing a helmet. Police are investigating.

5:43 pm police responded to a report of an aggressive, intoxicated male with no shirt in front of the Blind Badger. Police arrested a 35 year old Paisley man for public intoxication.

7:52 pm police received a report of a vehicle entered overnight and an Ipod and speaker were taken. The vehicle was not locked and was parked in the Brentwood St area.

Over the past few weeks officers of the Saugeen Shores Police Service have been aggressively patrolling Saugeen Shores implementing a “Lock it or Lose it` crime prevention program. Officers are out on foot in your neighbourhood overnight checking your vehicles and looking for suspicious people going through your cars. Officers are leaving a Lock it or Lose it card on your vehicle letting you know we were there and if your vehicle was locked, valuables were visible or if you were secure. To date officers have checked 1066 vehicles. Of those 168 were unlocked, 5 were unlocked with keys in the ignition, 15 had the windows open, 64 had valuables in plain view and 814 passed inspection.

After reading this past press release and hearing that we have some people active in the area entering vehicles, please lock your vehicle. This type of offence is 100 % preventable by locking and securing your vehicle. I have been policing here only 17 years and only once do I recall a window being smashed out of a vehicle to steal something from inside and that time there was a laptop on the seat. Please help yourself and help your local police service out, lock your vehicles and close and lock your garage and homes when you are not there.

We have caught two people for these offences but we do not believe they are responsible for all the thefts.

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