Wingham Free Press(NORWICH TOWNSHIP, ON.) – On March 16, 2014 shortly before 6:00 p.m., Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a house fire on Stover Street in Norwich. Officers arrived on scene along with members of the Norwich Fire Department to find a home fully engulfed in flames. The residents who were home at the […]
To support the OPP Distracted Driving Campaign, on Saturday March 8 and Friday March 14, 2014, Smith-Ennismore Community Policing Volunteers performed Distracted Driving and Seatbelt surveys in Bridgenorth to monitor the compliance of vehicle drivers with the following results: Number of vehicles observed: 1,804 Number of drivers observed texting or using a cell phone: 17 […]
(TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHGATE, ON) – The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a tanker truck while standing outside his vehicle in a whiteout condition on Grey Rd. 8 in the Township of Southgate on Saturday, March 15, 2014, has been identified as Diamantino DaSILVA, 55 years old, of Etobicoke, Ontario. The driver of the […]
(Oro-Medonte, ON) – On Saturday March 15th, 2014 at 4:00 am officers from the Barrie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was notified of a youth that may be intoxicated he was drowsy and vomiting at the Macs convenience store located at highway 11 in Oro-Medonte Twp. Officers located a 17 year old male […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON.) – On March 15, 2014 an officer from the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was refueling the cruiser when a wanted male party was observed. Benjamin GOOD, 34 years of age, was wanted for the offence of failing to comply with a recognizance. The […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON.) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating two incidents in which vehicle windows were smashed and items removed from the vehicle. On March 14, 2014 an OPP officer attended the ski hill on Bethany Hills Road after receiving information that two vehicles had been broken into. The damage […]
(Selwyn Township, ON) – On Saturday March 15, at approximately 4:30 a.m., members of the Peterborough County OPP had cause to investigate an erratic driver on Fallis Drive.. As a result of the investigation 25 year old Andrew SMITH of Peterborough was arrested and charged with Having Over 80 mgs. of Alcohol in a 100 […]
(Asphodel Norwood Township, ON)- On Sunday March 16 at approximately 12:35 a.m. members of the Peterborough County OPP, investigated a vehicle and driver parked at the side of the road on County Road 38. Officers noted at Honda idling by the side of the highway with an occupant inside and investigated the driver. As a […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON.) – A local female has been arrested after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended a residence on Blanchard’s Road. On March 14, 2014 a 9-1-1 call sent the police and fire department to a residence in the former Bexley Township in response to a burning storage shed. Initial investigation indicated […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON.) – A recent vehicle stop conducted by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in the driver being charged with two offences. On March 16, 2014 an OPP officer observed a vehicle travelling on Cambray Road near Opmar Road and noted that the validation tag was expired. The officer stopped the […]