Wingham Free Press(Bluewater, ON) Sometime during the night of April 13-14, 2010 unknown person(s) gained access to the St. Joseph’s Country Store located on Bluewater Highway via a north window. The only area that appeared to be disturbed inside was the cigarette rack. An unknown quantity of cigarettes was taken. The suspect(s) left through the same window. […]
(Morris Turnberry, ON) On April 17, 2010 at approximately 5:30 pm, an Ontario Provincial Police officer was patrolling on Harriston Road in Huron County when he observed a van traveling at a high rate of speed. The officer stopped the vehicle as it pulled into a laneway. The driver exited his vehicle and as the […]
(Ashfield Colborne Wawanosh, ON) On April 17, 2010 shortly after 10:00 pm a Huron OPP officer stopped a vehicle on Glenn’s Hill Road. Upon approaching the driver, the officer could detect an odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath. When the driver exited the vehicle, he displayed other signs of being impaired by […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Saturday afternoon April 17, 2010 a Perth County OPP officer was checking for seatbelt violations while on patrol in the village of Milverton. The officer observed a pickup truck on Main St. S. being operated by a driver who was not wearing a seatbelt. Richard Heintz (45) of the […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) Shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday morning April 18, 2010 a Wellington County OPP officer was following a south bound vehicle on Hwy. 23 near line 90. The officer observed the vehicle suddenly cross the entire roadway, go down an embankment, roll and come to rest in a small creek. […]
(Grey County, ON.) – A female driver who was the subject of a routine traffic stop in Meaford Thursday evening (15-Apr-10) made matters much worse, especially for herself, when she became belligerent and combative with the police officer. A Grey County OPP officer observed a driver operating a car while not wearing a seat belt […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) Perth County OPP officers in Mitchell have been advised by the Ontario Fire Marshall that Highway 8 through the heart of Mitchell will remain closed until sometime Saturday afternoon April 17, 2010. Officials from the Ontario Fire Marshalls office are currently sifting through the debris of “Dollar Haven†store in […]
(KINCARDINE, ON.) – On April 14, 2010 at 2:35 pm, the South Bruce OPP were asked to attend a farm along Concession 6, Greenock Township with Bruce County EMS and the Walkerton Fire Department to investigate a farm accident. The property owner had been trying to knock over a dead tree with his tractor, when […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Thursday April 15, 2010 around 8 p.m., a Perth County OPP officer was observing for motorists that were in violation of the seatbelt legislation while driving on St. David St. in Mitchell. The officer observed a pickup truck in which the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The officer […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Thursday April 15, 2010 at approximately 9:30 p.m. Perth County OPP officers were called to assist the West Perth Fire Department who had been called to a structure fire on Ontario Road (Highway 8) in Mitchell. The fire was located in a business on the south side of Ontario […]