Wingham Free Press(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) –Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers dealt with a variety of calls this past week, here are some examples: Apr 7: – Police were called to a Port Hope home when the occupant heard noises upstairs. Officers attended and determined the caller suffers from a mental illness causing her to believe these noises […]
(BRIGHTON, ON) –On April 9, 2015 Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint of a possible impaired driver in the Brighton area. Officers located the Blue Ford pickup truck on Young Street shortly after 6pm. Officers observed several empty and partially full cans of beer in the truck and arrested the driver. The driver […]
(WEST PARRY SOUND, ON) – The West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking residents to put their phones in ‘lock’ mode and use a proper phone carrier to avoid making erroneous 911 calls. During the first quarter of this year, 70 percent of 911 calls for service were “Unfounded”, misdials, children playing on […]
(INGERSOLL, ON.) – Members of Western Region Highway Safety Division Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded a fail to remain collision that occurred on Ingersoll Street in Ingersoll on April 9, 2015 at approximately 2:55p.m. The collision occurred when a vehicle turned off of Thompson Road to go northbound onto Ingersoll Street in front of a […]
(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) –Ontario and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding people to take simple precautions this spring to prevent attracting black bears as they come out of hibernation. The potential for human-bear conflict increases when there is little natural food available for bears. If this happens, black bears will search for other food […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Thursday April 09, 2015, around 10:30 p.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was advised that a vehicle backed into a tree and struck another vehicle in a driveway along Toronto St. East in Mitchell. Investigation revealed that a car backed out of a garage and drove into […]
(HURON TWP, ON) – On April 8, 2015 at 9:45 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft from a residence in the 1200 block of Concession 10 in Huron Township. Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on April 7, 2015 and 9:00 a.m. on April 8, 2015, a White Pace […]
(Cavan-Monaghan Township, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently on the scene of a serious collision on North Monaghan Parkway. Shortly after noon today, emergency crews were called to assist when an eastbound vehicle lost control. The vehicle left the road on North Monaghan Parkway and […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment is currently investigating an incident after attending a Kent Street South, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario address. On Friday, April 10, 2015 at approximately 5:49 a.m., police responded to the Kent Street South address after being contacted by a concerned citizen. Through police investigation, […]
(ORILLIA, ON.) – The Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating several reports of vehicle tires being slashed in the south ward of the City of Orillia within the past two weeks. Sometime in the overnight of March 30, 2015 suspects slashed the tires of four vehicles in the James Street, Leslie Street and […]