Wingham Free Press(ORILLIA, ON) – Drinking and boating are never a good mix. Now a national campaign is taking aim to increase awareness of the dangers of operating a boat while impaired by drugs or alcohol. Operation Dry Water, which is being launched over the Civic Holiday long weekend (August 3 to 5, 2013) by the Canadian […]
(Bancroft, Ontario) During the month of July 2013, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received the report of a driveway paving fraud. In this particular incident a home owner was approached and offered to have their driveway paved with asphalt removed from another area. When the home owner was charged a large amount for the work, […]
(Bancroft, Ontario) On Friday the 26th of July 2013, officers from the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 62 in the Town of Bancroft. As a result of the stop, a male and female were charged with a drug offence. Approximately 80 grams of marihuana and 5 […]
(TILLSONBURG, ON.) – The Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) was called to a report of a suspicious male at the Walmart store on Broadway Street in Tillsonburg just before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday July 31, 2013. The male suspect was located by police in the Walmart washroom, concealing $280.00 worth of merchandise including razors […]
(Kemptville, ON.) – Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police have arrested a 71 year old man from Kemptville in connection to vandalism at Riverside Park in Kemptville. On the evening of July 31st at 10:00 p.m., officers observed the suspect write an anti-Islamic statement on a portable outhouse. The male was arrested and transported to Kemptville […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Norfolk County Detachment is asking farmers to try to keep their field irrigation systems from spraying water onto the roadways. The irrigation overspray can cause a dangerous driving situation for the motoring public by creating a slippery road surface and limiting visibility for drivers. These conditions can […]
(TRENT HILLS, ON) – Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has concluded an investigation into the theft of a pick-up truck that occurred in early July 2013 that was stolen from a business in the Roseneath area. On July 11, 2013 the male suspect had attended to the local auto repair business and stole a 1989 […]
(Town of New Tecumseth, ON)- The Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the public’s assistance with any information in relation to an ongoing missing person case. Nottawasaga OPP would like to hear from anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Lisa Anne CRIPPS age 16. Lisa is described as 5’9
(ESSA, ON)- The Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a motor vehicle on County Road 10 in Essa Township on 31st July 2013 at 6.43 pm for speeding 133 km/hr. in a posted 80 km/hr. zone. The officer detected the odour of alcohol on the driver and subsequently began a drinking and driving investigation resulting […]
Shortly after 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon, police responded to an incident on Chatham Street South in Harwich Township where a pick-up truck pulling a wagon dropped some fertilizer. No one was injured. A 29-year-old Harwich Township man was charged with having an insecure load.