Wingham Free Press(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 […]
(HOWICK, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are investigating the recent theft of an Arctic Cat utility vehicle (UTV) stolen this past week from a farm located on Toll Gate Line southwest of Fordwich. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. on February 27th and 8:00 a.m. on March 1, 2016 someone entered onto the […]
(MILDMAY, ON) – On February 28, 2016 at approximately 8:47 a.m., South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break, enter and theft of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) from a rural property on Hwy. 9, Mildmay, in the Municipality of South Bruce. Sometime in the early hours of February 28th, unknown person(s) […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) – On Saturday February 26, 2016, Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were called to a rural property located along Road 101 (Wilmot-Easthope Rd) in response to a break-in and theft. Investigation revealed that sometime between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Saturday February 26, 2016, a pickup truck […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Monday February 29, 2016, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to Hwy 23 between Line 71 and Perth Line 72 (south of Atwood), in response to a house flipped on its side across the road. Investigation revealed that a transport truck […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wishes to remind drivers that with imminent snowfall expected within the next 24 hours, motorists need to be aware of winter maintenance vehicles and their crews on our roadways. On Friday February 26, 2016, two motorists discovered the hard way that when flashing blue […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – A young driver from Cambridge has been charged with Racing following a traffic stop that took place yesterday afternoon just outside the Town of Wingham. At approximately 12:37 p.m. on February 28, 2016 a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed an Infinity Q-35 sedan travelling eastbound on Amberley Road […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) – On Sunday February 21, 2016, the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were called to South Perth Centennial Elementary School located along Perth Road 163 (north of Rannoch), regarding damage done to their sports fields. Investigation revealed that sometime between Saturday February 20, 2016, and Sunday February 21, […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – A snowmobile operator and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) operator were both given 3-day suspensions this past weekend after a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer stopped them travelling together on Huron Park Road. At approximately 12:11 a.m. on February 27, 2016 a Huron OPP officer spotted a Ski-Doo and a […]