Wingham Free Press(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Sunday March 22, 2015 at approximately 12:30 a.m. a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on patrol in Monkton. The officer pulled over a pickup truck on Winstanley Street and while speaking to the male driver determined that he displayed signs of impairment. The driver was […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) – On Thursday March 19, 2015 shortly before midnight, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting patrols along Perth Road 131 north of Milverton, when an extremely fast moving south bound vehicle was observed. The officer activated the police radar and locked the vehicle in at a speed of […]
(LUCKNOW, ON) – On March 23, 2015 at 3:18 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break in at the Armstrong’s Bakery located in the 600 block of Campbell Street in Lucknow. Sometime between 7:00 pm on March 21, 2015 and 3:00 am on March 23, 2015, the business […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) – On Saturday March 21, 2015, shortly after 2:30 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision along Perth Line 26 just west of the Perth Road 113 (Embro Road). Investigation revealed that a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was driving east bound […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – The Provincial Distracted Driving Campaign was launched on March 14th, 2015 and ended on March 20th, 2015. The Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued 65 Provincial Offence Notices related to distracted driving during the campaign. These numbers contributed to the overall total of 462 Provincial Offence Notices issued across […]
(Cavan-Monaghan Township, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were conducting radar patrol on Highway 115. Sunday night just after 8:00pm, officers stopped a vehicle for speeding and immediately noticed a strong odour of marihuana throughout the car. Jesse Michael John SHAW (age 21) and Tre Bernard ROBERTS (age […]
(Cavan-Monaghan Township, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE program at Highway 7 near Highway 115 just before 6:00pm on Saturday evening. The officer’s attention was drawn to a vehicle that pulled over 250m short of the RIDE program. The driver explained that he […]
(Asphodel-Norwood Township, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning area residents of an “extortion scam” that has continued in the area. The most recent case was reported to police over the weekend. Suspects, utilizing fake dating profiles through online dating sites, invite victims into consensual, casual […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On March 21, 2015, just after 8:00 p.m., a Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Caravan on Highway 401 westbound near Puce Road, for a speeding violation. As a result, the 77 year old driver from Hamilton, has been charged with exceeding the posted speed limit […]
On Friday, March 20, 2015, at 12:59 a.m., police responded to a call for a personal injury collision at Torrens Avenue, near Donlands Avenue. It is reported that: – a 28-year-old man was reversing his 2010 Ford Mustang into a driveway of a residence on Torrens Avenue – an 88-year-old woman was struck by the […]