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 […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released profile data associated with the more than 3,500 road deaths that have resulted from collisions on OPP-patrolled roads over the past ten years (2005-2014). While the OPP regularly publishes data linked to the fatal collisions it investigates, for the very first time the OPP is […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Friday March 20, 2015, shortly after 11 p.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were called to the area of Line 39 just west of Perth Road 119 (north of Stratford), for a smashed mailbox incident. Investigation revealed that the occupants of a small vehicle with a “tin […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Thursday March 19, 2015, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers, as part of the province wide “Distracted Driving Campaign” set up to observe the actions of motorists on Wallace Ave North, across from the North Perth OPP Detachment in Listowel. The officers were there off and on, for a period […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Thursday March 19, 2015, shortly before 7:00 a.m., a West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division officer stopped a Chevrolet SUV for speeding along Hwy 23 north of Gowanstown. The officer, while speaking to the female driver, detected the odour of alcoholic beverage being emitted from her […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Tuesday March 17, 2015, a Listowel resident attended the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment in Listowel to report the theft of a bicycle from a shed. From information obtained it was determined that sometime between 9:00 p.m. on Monday March 16th and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday March […]
(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – On March 14, 2015 at approximately 7:19 p.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was patrolling Highway 89 near 12th Line, Town of Minto. A male driving a 2004 Dodge pickup truck was observed travelling westbound well above the posted speed limit and was locked on radar at […]