(TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHGATE, ON) – On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at approximately 4:36 p.m., Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to Southgate Road 14, south east of Hopeville, in the Township of Southgate after receiving a report of a large tent that had collapsed injuring several people. Approximately 100 people had been under the […]
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Stephen Maxwell GIBBS – Assault
(PICTON, ON) – On August 3, 2015 at approximately 6:40pm, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County detachment responded to an altercation at a local restaurant on Main St. Picton. As a result of the investigaiton, Stephen Maxwell GIBBS, 56 of Ameliasburgh Township is charged with Assault contary to section 266 of […]
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Ottawa OPP Weekend Update
(Ottawa, ON) – The Civic Day Long Weekend was launched on July 31, 2015, and ended on August 3, 2015. The OPP focused on the “Big 4” with an emphasis on the “Move Over Law”. The “Big 4” is: driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs; fail to properly wear seat belt; driving while distracted; […]
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Drug Bust
(HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit, with the assistance of Haldimand County OPP, and the West Region Emergency Response Team, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a Forest Street, Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario address. On Friday, July 31, 2015, police […]
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Resident Scammed Out Of $1,000
(MUNICIPALITY OF GREY HIGHLANDS, ON) – Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding residents to beware of the “prize pitch” scam after a resident in the Municipality of Grey Highlands was scammed of $1,000. On Saturday, August 1, 2015, the victim received a phone call from an unknown male stating he had won $500,000 […]
(THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, ON) Officers from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged a male boater after he was observed ‘beaching’ his vessel in The Blue Mountains. On the 1st of August 2015 shortly after 4:00pm, OPP officers on general patrols observed a vessel coming to shore at Northwinds Beach and […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – The results for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Civic Day Long Weekend traffic initiative which ran from July 31 – August 3, 2015, are in for Perth County as well as all other areas of the province. Although we have seen tragedies in some areas of the province, Perth County has […]
(ST.MARYS, ON)– On Saturday August 01, 2015, shortly after 10 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Church St. South and St.Maria St. in St.Marys. Investigation revealed that a Chrysler automobile travelling north bound on Church St. South, was T boned within the […]
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Three Racers Busted
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) – On Saturday August 01, 2015, around 4:40 p.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting patrols on Perth Line 20 near Road 140 (east of Fullarton). The officer observed two fast moving west bound vehicles travelling well in excess of the posted speed limit. The use […]
The severe weekend weather kept the staff of the Owen Sound Police Service’s Emergency Communication Branch hopping. As the severe weather hit across Grey and Bruce Counties Sunday afternoon, additional staff was called into the Owen Sound police communications centre to handle the barrage of 9-1-1 and administrative calls. The Owen Sound Police Communication Branch […]