Wingham Free Press(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – On Wednesday July 2, 2014 a 29 year old male from the First Nation Territory of Muskrat Dam was sleeping next to a trail on Seventh Avenue in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout. At approximately 9:23 pm the male was awoken by a bear biting his hand. The bear attempted to […]
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) -Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would once again like to remind the community of the problem of accidental 9-1-1 misdials. Last year officers from Wellington County Detachment were dispatched to over 2500 smart phone accidental “pocket-dialed†or 9-1-1 misdial calls resulting in over 1800 hours of unnecessary police time responding to […]
On Thursday July 3rd, 2014 at approximately 2:15am, Peterborough County OPP was conducting patrols for a reported possible impaired driver. Officers observed the suspect vehicle traveling at 145km/h in a posted 80km/h zone on Highway 7 in the Township of Asphodel Norwood. The vehicle was stopped and a subsequent investigation resulted in the following: Charged […]
(South Stormont) – On July 2nd, 2014 at approximately 7:00pm, SD&G OPP officers responded to a report of a family dispute at a property on Willy Allan Road, South Stormont Township. Investigation revealed an altercation between a youth and a family member resulted in the youth causing damage within the home and uttering threats. The […]
(GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, ON) – On July 2, 2014 at approximately 1:29 p.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a missing 78 year old male from a residence located on Guelph Street in Rockwood, Guelph-Eramosa Township. Further information was received that the male suffers from dementia and was currently […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF MEAFORD, ON) – On Tuesday, July 2, 2014 at approximately 12:58, Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a theft of jewelry report from a residence located on Lakeshore Rd., S., in the Municipality of Meaford. The victim called police after she had noticed some jewelry missing from the master bedroom. There was […]
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) On July 3, 2014 just after midnight officers of the Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment observed a male drinking alcohol on Main St. in the town of Huntsville. Officers stopped to speak to the male about the alcohol and he refused to tell the officer his name then ran from the police. […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West OPP is investigating a theft and a mischief that occurred in Batawa. Sometime after 10:30pm on July 1st, 2014 and prior to 7:30am on July 2nd, 2014 unknown suspect(s) stole approximately 41 Canadian flags. The flags were attached to small flag poles and 15 of the poles were […]
Police have identified the victim killed in yesterday’s collision as Brian J DANIEL, age 55 of St. Thomas, ON. DANIEL was directing traffic at a construction site on the Highway #3 Bypass and Burwell Road overpass when he was struck and killed by a passing motorist. As a result of the police investigation police have […]
(Bancroft, Ontario) – On Wednesday July 02nd 2014, the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received the report of a break and enter to a garage on Paudash School Road in Faraday Township. Investigation revealed that sometime between July 01st and July 02nd a garage was entered and a boat motor, generator and […]