Wingham Free PressOn Saturday June 22nd, 2013 at approximately 3:40pm Owen Sound Police responded to 1094 3rd Avenue East in response to a barricaded man. The male threatened to harm himself and to shoot Police if they entered his residence. Police negotiated with the man for approximately an hour and a half in an attempt to have […]
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(WALKERTON, ON) On June 16, 2013 at 11:33 pm, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to deal with a male trespassing at a residence along Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find the man was previously warned about being on the property. When he was taken into custody officers found […]
(WALKERTON, ON) On June 16, 2013 at 12:23 pm, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft from a residence in the 200 block of Westwood Drive in Walkerton. Sometime between 8:00 pm on June 15, 2013 and 8:00 am on June 16, 2013, a Wilson model 1100 CB antenna […]
(LUCKNOW, ON) On June 14, 2013 at 9:18 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft from a resident in the 700 block of Havelock Street in Lucknow. Sometime between 10:00 pm on June 13, 2013 and 8:00 am on June 14, 2013 the radiator was taken from a […]
(SAUGEEN FIRST NATION, ON) – On June 21, 2013 shortly after one in the afternoon Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were assisting with traffic control during a walk on Saugeen First Nation to celebrate National Aboriginal Day. As the walk came to an end a Bruce Peninsula Officer was told about a house on […]
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(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit has a male in custody following years of investigation into theft of clothing. The investigation covered nearly a 12 year span starting with the initial break and enter reported to Huron County OPP in September of 2001. Over the course of the […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Wednesday June 19, 2013, shortly before 1 a.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on general patrol observed a Pontiac Sunfire being driven on Wallace Ave South in Listowel. The police vehicle turned to follow the Sunfire when the car made evasive turns and pulled into a […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) This summer numerous road construction projects are underway in Perth County. To ensure the safety of construction workers and the general public, speed limits have also been reduced in a number of designated road construction zones. The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be making an extra effort to patrol these […]