Wingham Free Press(KINCARDINE, ON.) – OPP remind motorists that the time to hang up the phone or to stop “texting†is now. Since February of this year, OPP officers have issued 2,279 Distracted Driving Charges. In Western Region alone, the OPP has issued 387 Distracted Driving Charges to motorists who choose their own agenda over highway safety. […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Wednesday June 02, 2010, Perth County OPP officers were called to two residences on Boyce St. in Sebringville where unlocked vehicles were rummaged through and items were removed. Sometime between Tuesday night June 2nd, and early Wednesday morning June 3rd vehicles were entered that were parked on residential driveways. […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) The Perth County OPP is currently investigating mischief done at Downie Central School sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. During this time period unknown persons took volleyball posts and dragged them across the sports fields. Two large recycling bins were moved and used to gain access to the roof […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Thursday June 3rd, a Perth County OPP officer on patrol observed two vehicles travelling together through Listowel. A short time later both vehicles were stopped along Perth Line 86 west of Listowel. The officer spoke to the male drivers and detected the odour of an […]
(KINCARDINE, ON.) – On June 2, 2010 at 3:25 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to the scene of a 2 vehicle crash, involving a school bus, in the town of Chesley along with Bruce County Ambulance and the Arran Elderslie Fire Department. A Chevrolet Blazer had been travelling north bound […]
Police are notifying residents of the Listowel area, northwest of Waterloo, that a man who is considered at a high-risk to reoffend will be living in their community. Robert Joseph Van Braeckel, 46, has previous criminal convictions for sexual assault, indecent assault, assault causing bodily harm, weapons possession, unlawful entry, assaulting police, theft, and numerous […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Tuesday June 01, 2010 Perth County OPP officers were called to a farm equipment dealership located along Hwy. 7 south of Stratford. It had been discovered that 2 pieces of machinery had been removed from the dealerships yard. Investigation revealed that shortly after 5 a.m. on Tuesday June 1st, […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) Perth County OPP officers are currently at the scene of a mailbox that had been destroyed by a suspected explosive device on Line 29 south west of Stratford. They are also at the scene of a mailbox in which a suspected explosive device has been located along Line 46 north, […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On May 26, 2010 members of the Ontario Provincial Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit , and the Perth County OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Search Warrant in the town of Listowel, Ontario. As a result of the investigation, police seized a quantity of […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Sunday May 30, 2010 a Listowel resident attended at the North Perth OPP Detachment advising that he had been the victim of a fraudster who utilized the services of KIJIJI and Ebay. The victim explained that he had found a travel trailer for sale of KIJIJI which was an […]