Wingham Free Press(TOWN OF FERGUS, ON) On April 23, 2013 at approximately 7:30pm County of Wellington OPP officers were notified of a shoplifter at the Zehrs Markets at 800 Tower Street, in Fergus. Police were advised a female party exited the store without paying for some items. She was confronted by the store’s Loss Prevention Officer in […]
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) On April 16, 2013 at 11:01 am, a resident in the Municipality of Brockton received a call reporting that their child had been hurt in Montreal and needed money. The call was identified as a scam and disconnected. This variation on the emergency scheme where a grandparent is phoned and told […]
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are investigating a series of mischiefs that took place during the early morning hours of April 20, 2013. Unknown person(s) smashed six mailboxes in the vicinity of Westmount Line and Saltford Road. Damaging mailboxes may be a game to some but it will most likely […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers arrested a 51 year old male for impaired driving and failing to provide a breath sample following an incident on Saturday, April 20, 2013. At 5:13 p.m. an alert citizen and an off duty OPP officer followed a suspected impaired driver to a restaurant located […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers along with Seaforth, Clinton and Mitchell Fire Department firefighters are currently on scene of a structure fire in Seaforth. Just before 3:00 a.m. emergency personnel were alerted to the fire at the Seaforth Foodland located at 95 Main Street South. Fire crews have been […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – Just before 8:00 a.m. this morning Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers along with Perth County Paramedics and North Perth firefighters responded to a farm property located on Line 82 southeast of Listowel. Emergency services personnel responded to a farming accident at the property involving a 45 year old male […]
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A black Dodge pickup truck without a working rear licence plate light caught the eye of an alert Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer late Saturday night. At approximately 11:15 p.m. on April 20, 2013 a Huron County OPP officer stopped a southbound pickup truck on Donnybrook Line near Belfast Road. Upon speaking […]
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Distracted Driving Campaign ran from April 15 – April 22, 2013 to help raise awareness on this completely preventable threat to highway safety. The OPP laid 2,141 charges during the campaign for distracted driving. In 2012, 83 people were killed in motor vehicle collisions within […]
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) Every year the County of Wellington OPP comes into possession of property that is either turned in or seized as a result of a police investigation. Items that can be positively identified by their owners are returned to them, but Police are still left with unclaimed items such as bicycles, tools and […]
(WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) On April 21, 2013 at approximately 1:41am, a County of Wellington OPP officer spoke to the driver of a 2006 Dodge pick-up truck on Main Street South, Wellington North Township. The driver showed signs of alcohol consumption. Police demanded a Roadside Screening Device test from the driver, but he refused. Eric Fitzpatrick, […]