Wingham Free PressYesterday morning, around 11:10 a.m. emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on Richmond Street near Byng Avenue in Chatham. A woman was travelling westbound on Richmond Street when she lost control of her car and struck the rear of a transport truck that was turning left onto Richmond Street from Byng Avenue. The […]
The Chatham-Kent police are looking for information regarding a break and enter in Wallaceburg. Sometime this week, unknown suspect(s) entered an unlocked residence on Book Street. Once inside, the suspect(s) stole various X-Box games, a Hitachi 18v cordless drill and Bosch 18v cordless drill. Total value of the theft is estimated at $700. Anyone with […]
The Chatham-Kent police were extremely busy yesterday due to the winter snowstorm that blasted our community. In the past 24 hours, CKPS received:– 23 calls of abandoned vehicles– 15 motor vehicle collisions– 46 motor vehicle collisions were deferred to the Collision Reporting Centre (CRC)– 39 police assistance calls regarding stranded motorists– 7 towed vehicles from […]
Around 11:45 p.m. last night, an officer on general patrol observed a woman travelling eastbound on Dufferin Avenue in Wallaceburg in a white Cadillac. The officer received information that a man wanted on an outstanding warrant may be a passenger in the vehicle so he initiated a traffic stop near Johnson Street. The wanted man […]
The Chatham-Kent police have arrested a man and woman following a break and enter in Chatham yesterday. Around 6:50 p.m. police responded to the area around Water Elite on St. Clair Street in Chatham in regards to two suspicious people. A detailed description of the pair was provided to police, however no one was located […]
The Chatham-Kent police have arrested three teens in connection with a suspicious vehicle in Chatham early this morning. Around 1:40 a.m. a citizen contacted police to report a suspicious white vehicle in the area of Smithfield Circle with unknown teens checking parked vehicles and entering a garage. An officer on general patrol observed the vehicle […]
The Chatham-Kent police have arrested a man following an incident in Chatham late last night. Around 11:45 p.m. police received information that a man had just broken a window on a car for sale at Chatham Auto Sales on Barthe Street. A detail description of the man was given and officers located him in the […]
The Chatham-Kent police have arrested a woman in connection with a shoplifting incident in Wallaceburg. Yesterday morning, the woman was observed in No Frills grocery store on Warwick Drive placing a club pack of steaks and other items in her cart. The woman paid for all items except the steaks, which she hid in a […]
The Chatham-Kent police continue to investigate the report of a suspicious package in Chatham last night. Around 7:00 p.m. police received a 911 call from an unknown man at a payphone in the Nortown Plaza area. The man reported that someone had just placed a suspicious package in the mailbox in front of Shopper’s Drug […]
Yesterday morning around 7:20 a.m. an officer on general patrol observed a grey Chevrolet Trailblazer travelling southbound on St. Clair Road with only one headlight. The officer initiated a traffic stop and learned that the driver was suspended from driving. The 33-year-old Wallaceburg man was arrested and charged with driving while under suspension. He was […]