Wingham Free Press(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – On January 2, 2012 a resident from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, ON reported to Huron OPP officers that he received a suspicious letter in the mail. The letter was received from a purported law firm in Malaysia. 50% of a 9.8 million dollar inheritance would be provided if he provided personal banking information. This letter […]
WFP has received a polite and reasonable request to remove an OPPpress release from our archive. One of the primary goals ofWFP was to archive all press releases from the OPP and local police,and make it searchable. This was similar to what the OPP wasdoing many years before with crimealerts.net. We now are considering modifying […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Tuesday January 03, 2012 around 9 p.m. Perth County OPP officers in Listowel received calls of a KIA Sorento that was traveling west bound on Perth Line 86 and had almost hit other vehicles. Officers with the assistance of the public (who called and provided locations of the suspect […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Tuesday afternoon January 03, 2012 Perth County OPP officers were notified by a railway worker that two damaged vehicles could be seen stuck in a field near the railway track south of Sebringville. Officers attended the above location between Perth Road 130 and Road 134 where they located a […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Tuesday evening January 03, 2012 Perth County OPP officers were called to a farm on Hwy 7 south of Line 16 (between Wildwood Lake and Stratford) where the landowner reported damage done to his crop. Investigation revealed that at approximately 4 p.m. on January 3rd an unknown snowmobile rider […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Wednesday January 04, 2012 shortly after midnight, Perth County OPP officers responded to a Toyota Matrix in the ditch along Perth Road 113 (Embro Rd.) south of Stratford. The uninjured driver advised the officers that he had been driving towards Stratford when a south bound Ford pickup truck, with […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Wednesday morning January 04, 2012 Perth County OPP officers were called to a break-in at a mechanical shop on the east side of Perth Road 113 (Embro Rd,) north of Perth Line 26. Investigation revealed that sometime between 8 p.m. January 3rd and 6 a.m. January 4th unknown person(s) […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Wednesday morning January 04, 2012 Perth County OPP officers were called to a vehicle in the ditch along Road 143 near Fullarton. Officers located the abandoned Red F350 Ford truck and determined that it was the same truck which had been stolen shortly after 3 a.m. January 04 from […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Wednesday January 04, 2012 shortly after the noon hour Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to a reported stolen pickup truck from a rural residence along Perth Road 130 north of St.Marys. Investigation revealed that the owner of the grey coloured 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck had parked the […]
(HURON COUNTY) – Since January 2, 2012 Huron County OPP officers have attended and investigated more than 20 motor vehicle collisions. Two of these collisions have involved minor injuries with the rest involving property damage only. In whiteout conditions on January 3, 2012 at 6:45 a.m., an east bound tractor-trailer loaded with salt drove off […]