Register for Minor Ball, Golf, Special Olympics, Minor Soccer, Celtic Camp, and More! Brockton’s Mass Spring Registration Night takes place at the Walkerton Community Centre this Thursday, March 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. or Saturday, March 26 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Come out and sign up for our community programs! Visit www.brockton.ca/ProgramRegistration […]
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(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) – On Saturday January 30, 2016, Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a gated rental storage facility east of Stratford where the caller reported his storage unit broken into and $20,000 worth of motorcycles and motorcycle parts stolen. The Perth County OPP and the OPP Forensic […]
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Resident Scammed Out Of $1,350
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding residents to be on the lookout for cons and scams following a report of $1,350 lost to the Microsoft scam from a resident in the Municipality of Kincardine. The Microsoft scam has been operating for a long time and continues to […]
(KINCARDINE TWP, ON) – On March 3, 2016 at 6:54 p.m., a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on patrol along Highway 21 in Kincardine Township observed a Gold Chevrolet Trailblazer moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle speed was more than 130 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone on radar. […]
(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) –On March 3, 2016, the Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from a resident who reported being defrauded approximately $38,600.00. The victim had been contacted several times by a Mike JONES from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). The victim learned he was audited and owed a large sum of […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Wednesday March 02, 2016 shortly before 3 p.m. a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer pulled over a vehicle on Wallace Ave South near Hutton Street in Listowel. The driver of the vehicle was unable to produce the required documentation for the car he was operating. The […]
(TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHGATE) – March is recognized as International Fraud Prevention Month. Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wish to raise public awareness of the various types of frauds/scams, and to encourage citizens to report a fraud/scams by contacting their local police service or by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or at www.crimestoppersgb.ca, if […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Saturday February 27, 2016, a Listowel resident contacted the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and reported being defrauded. The male met a female from Ghana (West Africa), on the dating site “Plenty of Fish”. After building a relationship, the female advised that she would like to visit […]
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Victim Scammed Out Of $38,000
(SOUTH BRUCE, ON) – South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging residents to protect themselves from being financially and emotionally victimized by scammers whose only purpose is to take your money. Scammers have been very active throughout the area using a scam known as the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax scam. This particular scam […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Pocket dials from cell phones and accidental 9-1-1 misdials continue to be a problem for many police services including the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Over 5% of Huron County OPP’s calls for service in 2015 were for 9-1-1 calls that were non-emergencies. A closer look at Huron County OPP’s nearly 1000 […]