Wingham Free PressYesterday, officers conducted a Seatbelt Blitz in Wallaceburg. In just two hours, the officers observed numerous motorists not wearing their seatbelts. A total of 18 tickets were issued. The Chatham-Kent Police Service would like to remind everyone that not wearing your seatbelt is an offence contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. Not wearing your seatbelt […]
Yesterday morning around 11:30 a.m. emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on Bearline Road between Belle Rose Line and Brook Line. A 45-year-old Maidstone woman was traveling northbound on Bearline Road while pulling a trailer. The trailer became unhooked from her vehicle and crossed into the southbound lane striking an oncoming vehicle being […]
The Chatham-Kent police have arrested a woman wanted on an outstanding warrant. On March 22, 2013, the woman was charged with theft under $5000 and possession of property obtained by a crime under $5000 following a shoplifting complaint on William Street in Chatham. The woman was released pending a future court date. On May 17, […]
Yesterday morning, an officer from the Community Patrol Section in the Community of Ridgetown observed a commercial motor vehicle travelling eastbound on Ridge Line. The officer’s attention was drawn when the driver made an unsafe turn almost causing a collision with another vehicle. The officer initiated a traffic stop and learned that the driver was […]
Sometime overnight of Friday Oct 11th and Saturday Oct 12th, unknown person(s) entered a utility shed at a business premises in the Gregory Drive area in the Community of Chatham, and stole a 1983 Honda EX 250 (red in colour) motorcycle. Anyone with information related to this crime is asked to contact Constable Jim Charbonneau […]
On Tuesday October 8th during business hours, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle parked at our local Community College in Chatham and stole prescription medication. Anyone with information related to this crime is asked to contact Constable Chris Wegrzyn at 519-436-6600 ext. 83064.
Sometime overnight on Thursday October 10th and Friday Oct 11th, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle parked on Fourth Street in the Community of Chatham, and stole a laptop computer. Anyone with information related to this crime is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477) and may be eligible for a cash reward.
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation estimates in 2009 (the most recent year for which official stats are available), 884 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) refers to the weight of alcohol (mg) in a standard volume of blood (100 ml). It is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada […]
Yesterday, officers conducted a Seatbelt Blitz in Wallaceburg. In just two hours, the officers observed numerous motorists not wearing their seatbelts. A total of 18 tickets were issued. The Chatham-Kent Police Service would like to remind everyone that not wearing your seatbelt is an offence contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. Not wearing your seatbelt […]
Yesterday morning around 11:30 a.m. emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on Bearline Road between Belle Rose Line and Brook Line. A 45-year-old Maidstone woman was traveling northbound on Bearline Road while pulling a trailer. The trailer became unhooked from her vehicle and crossed into the southbound lane striking an oncoming vehicle being […]