Tag: Area OPP

(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – Earlier today (June 17) an officer from the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment commenced an investigation into the theft of a memorial rose bush. The unbloomed rosebush is approximately 4 feet in height and 1 foot in width. The rosebush was stolen from a Wingham Cemetery gravesite located on Holmes […]

(BLUEWATER, ON) – Failing to pull over when signalled by police has led to a criminal charge against a 22 year old male driver from Bluewater. Shortly after midnight on June 14, 2013 Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers observed a black Volkswagen Jetta travelling westbound on Walnut Road at a high rate of […]

(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON.) During the month of May, Wiarton Foodland and Fretz’s Valu-Mart in Sauble Beach teamed up with the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and sold a total of 1,978 paper torches to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics. The event is an initiative of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for […]

(HOWICK, ON) – An early morning traffic stop on June 16, 2013 has led to two charges for a 40 year old female from Howick Township. At 1:47 a.m. a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed a silver Chevrolet Monte Carlo travelling eastbound on Martin Street in Gorrie. The patrol officer had knowledge […]

(HURON EAST, ON) – A 41 year old driver is facing a court date and a seven day driver’s licence suspension following a traffic stop June 14, 2013. Just after 11:00 a.m. a brown Toyota Rav-4 was observed travelling southbound on North Line at a high rate of speed. The officer activated the RADAR device […]

(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint positioned at Lucknow Line and Nile Road has resulted in three males facing charges following a traffic stop. At approximately 9:30 p.m. on June 16, 2013 a white Toyota Sequoia entered the R.I.D.E program. While speaking with the occupants officers observed in plain view marihuana […]

(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) As a result of Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigations into residential break and enters on Eleanor St. in Mitchell at the start of June, a 16 year old male youth was arrested and some of the property stolen at the break-in’s was returned to the owners. The youth […]

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Saturday June 15, 2013, shortly after 11 p.m. a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer pulled over a Ford pickup truck pulling a horse trailer which appeared to have people inside of it. The driver opened the trailer doors and 54 passengers exited the trailer. The passengers were […]

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Sunday June 16, 2013 around 12:10 a.m. a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed a small car coming to a stop within the stop sign controlled intersection of Pugh St. and St.Marys St. in Milverton. The officer detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage on the male […]

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Sunday June 16, 2013, around 8:10 p.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers conducted a RIDE program on Perth Line 20 in St.Pauls. A Pontiac Sunfire with three occupants was stopped and the male driver was given a Road Side Screening Device breath demand. The road side breath […]