Wingham Free Press(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – On October 5, 2012 South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers teamed up with officers from the Grey County OPP, Bruce Peninsula OPP and the Owen Sound Police Service for a joint RIDE initiative at the start of Operation Impact 2012. The officers teamed up to send a joint message: […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) In the past few weeks Perth County OPP officers have taken a pro-active approach to the “Lock it or Lose it†campaign. Regular OPP officers accompanied by Auxiliary officers canvassed neighbourhoods in St.Marys, Mitchell, Listowel and Perth East while on foot and on bicycle. They specifically checked for unlocked cars, open garage […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Wednesday October 10, 2012, Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to six homes in the east end of Mitchell where homeowners had discovered vehicles and garages entered. The homeowners reside on Jordan Cres, and on Waterloo St., east of Arthur St. Investigation revealed that sometime before 1 a.m. on […]
On October 11th, Andrew Bailey turned himself in to police. He was taken for a bail hearing and was remanded in custody. Police would like to thank the public for tips and encouraging Bailey to turn himself in.
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Wednesday October 10, 2012, at approximately 9:20 a.m., Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to crash at the intersection of Perth Road 121 and Line 67 south of Millbank. Investigation revealed that a Honda Accord being operated by a 32 year old female from the Township of Perth East […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – Huron OPP officers are investigating a break, enter and theft from the Hydro One substation located on London Road in Vanastra. The theft took place sometime between September 29, 2012 and October 2, 2012. The thief stole two partial spools of #4 ground wire that were marked “Republic Wire Inc.â€Â, a […]
(BLUEWATER, ON) – On Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 9:24 a.m. a grey Mazda pickup entered a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint set up at the intersection of Mill Road and Parr Line. While speaking with the occupants of the vehicle officers detected an odour of an illegal drug coming from inside the vehicle. […]
Rumours are again circulating about Town Hall (in particular, BrockVodden), trying to shutdown and expose those that post on WFP. Wingham Free Press will not disclose any information regardinganyone that uses our site(s). Those behind Wingham FreePress are staunch supporters of Free Speech, and any attempt torestrict, hinder or discourage such speech, will be deemed […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County OPP officers have arrested and charged a 23 year old male in relation to the use and possession of stolen debit cards. A resident from Brock Street in Goderich had her purse stolen from her vehicle sometime between July 28, 2012 and July 29, 2012. Investigation has since determined the […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Officers from the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment charged 111 drivers and passengers during the Provincial Fall Seatbelt Campaign which ran from September 24, 2012 to October 6, 2012. Throughout the province OPP officers issued 5,856 tickets during the campaign. Although this campaign has concluded, officers will be on […]