Tag: Area OPP

(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Impaired driving is a public safety problem year-round but sadly the threat only worsens during the holidays according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The OPP is conducting its annual Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign from November 25, 2011 to January 1, 2012 and is reminding motorists that province-wide […]

(KINCARDINE, ON) – On November 20th, 2011 at 8:23 am, a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Durham Street, Kincardine, observed 2 street signs had been pulled out of the ground overnight. The speed limit sign and pedestrian crossing sign were located lying nearby. The maximum penalty for mischief endangering life is life in […]

(BRUCE TWP, ON) – On November 19th, 2011 at 6:36 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a call to a single vehicle crash along Highway 21, Bruce Township. Officers arrived to find that a Blue Ford F150 pick up truck had been travelling south bound on Highway 21 when it left the roadway and rolled […]

(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – On November 19th, 2011 at 10:50 am, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a computer repair scam from a resident of the Municipality of Kincardine. The scammer phoned to offer “assistance” because the computer required important repairs that could be done remotely. The scammer was allowed remote access […]

(KINLOSS TWP, ON) – On November 18th, 2011 at 8:45 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a single vehicle crash along Grey Ox Avenue, Kinloss Township. Officers arrived to find that a Grey GMC Sierra pick up truck had been travelling east bound along Grey Ox Avenue, when it left the roadway […]

(SOUTH BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – A winter storm passed through Southern Bruce County causing poor visibility and slippery, snow packed roads. Members of the South Bruce OPP responded to 21 motor vehicle collisions between 8:00 am on November 17th, 2011 and 8:00 am on November 18th, 2011. Some of the crashes were vehicle rollovers, but […]

(TIVERTON, ON) – On November 16th, 2011 at 11:00 pm, members of the South Bruce OPP set up a RIDE checkpoint on King Street North in the village of Tiverton. A Grey GMC Sierra stopped at the RIDE and officers noted that the validation tag was expired. 23 year old Dietze ZURBRIGG of Waterloo has […]

(CARRICK TWP, ON) – On November 16th, 2011 at 10:47 am, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a break in at the Mildmay landfill site along Concession 6, Carrick Township. Sometime between 5:10 pm on November 15th, 2011 and 8:00 am on November 16th, 2011, the electronics disposal trailer was forcibly entered by […]

(KINCARDINE TWP, ON) – On November 12th, 2011 at 11:25 am, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a break in at the Grace Lutheran Church along Highway 9 in Kincardine Township. Sometime between 7:00 pm on November 11th, 2011 and 11:00 am on November 12th, 2011, the church and a storage shed were […]

(PERTH COUNTY, ON) On Thursday November 17, 2011 starting at approximately 4:30 p.m., until Friday November 18, 2011 at 7 a.m. the Perth County OPP responded to twelve motor vehicle collisions. As the snow squalls were travelling across the County many drivers were not driving according to the road and weather conditions. Ten of the […]