Wingham Free Press(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Monday August 26, 2013 around 4:30 a.m. a rural resident of Perth Line 55 south of Milverton called the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to report theft from a vehicle. The resident was awakened by the barking of the family dog. The resident looked out the window and […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Saturday August 24, 2013, shortly before 4 p.m., an off duty Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was driving west bound on Frank Street east of the Hwy 23 intersection in Mitchell, when he came upon a John Deere garden tractor which was being driven down the centre of the […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Saturday August 24, 2013 around 11 p.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a serious two vehicle crash on Hwy 23 south of Line 84 (south of Listowel). Investigation revealed that a Volkswagen Rotan van was travelling south bound in the south bound lane on […]
(PAISLEY, ON) – On August 23, 2013 at 10:57 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report that a hydro wire had been knocked down along Queen Street North in Paisley. Officers arrived to find that a tractor towing a White pickup truck struck the wire. Anyone with information about the tractor […]
(WALKERTON, ON) – On August 25, 2013 at 12:28 pm, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a structure fire at Rob’s Sports Bar on Scott Street in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that the building was fully engulfed. Walkerton, Paisley, Mildmay, Elmwood and Kincardine Fire departments were called to fight […]
(MINTO TOWNSHIP, ON) On Saturday August 24, 2013 at approximately 3:42pm, Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers received a call for a serious motor vehicle collision that occurred on Wellington County Road 109 near Wellington Road 5, in the Town of Minto. A 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier was northbound on Wellington County Road 109 and […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON, ON) On Friday August 23, 2013 at approximately 9:45 p.m. members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Kinburn Line and Summerhill Road in Kinburn. Investigation revealed that a Chevrolet Astro van was travelling east bound on Summerhill Road. […]
(WALKERTON, ON) – On August 21, 2013 at 9:21 pm, members of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. at the intersection of Yonge Street North and Hannah Street in Walkerton when a Black Mazda M3 stopped. Officers found that the vehicle had an expired validation tag on the licence plate. The […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at approximately 4:45 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a crash along Hwy 23, south of Listowel. Investigation revealed that a Dodge pickup truck pulling a medium sized double axle utility trailer, had been travelling north bound in the north […]
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) -Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint from a County resident about being the victim of the “Emergency Scamâ€Â. A phone call was placed to the victim by an unknown person posing to be his son. He stated that he was in jail and needed bail money. A second male […]