Wingham Free PressOn Tuesday July 26, just before 9:00 am, the Owen Sound Police Service received a 9-1- 1 call for a collision involving a motor vehicle and a cyclist at 14 th Street East and 3 rd Avenue. The cyclist was riding westward on 14 th Street East at the intersection of 3 rd Avenue, when […]
The Owen Sound Police Service receives numerous calls daily from citizens enquiring about scammers and fraudsters that have contacted them via telephone or on their electronic devices. The federal government is aware of these scams and actively investigates and tracks them. The latest incidents of trickery involve text messages, emails or telephone calls that invite […]
On Wednesday July 20 th 2016 at 8:26 am, the Owen Sound Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police received several driving complaints in regards to driver of a vehicle included erratic driving, cutting-off motorists, unsafe U-turns and failing to stop for multiple red lights. Police observed the vehicle eastbound in the 800 block of 10 […]
On Tuesday July 19 th a blue 1999 AUDI A4 was reported stolen to the Owen Sound Police Service commencing an investigation into the theft and the identity of the suspect(s). On Wednesday July 20 th , the vehicle was seen in Barrie, Ontario at a gas station and was later found abandoned and set […]
At 5:00 pm on Tuesday July 19 th the Inter-Township Fire Services was responding to an emergency call when it was struck by a passenger vehicle at 10 th Street East and 9 th Avenue in Owen Sound. The fire truck was driving eastbound on 10 th Street East approaching 9 th Avenue when it […]
On Friday July 8, 2016 just before 11am a motorist entered a parking spot at Tim Horton’s on the corner of 10 th Street and 9 th Avenue East. The vehicle jumped the curb however a posted business sign at that location prevented the vehicle from entering 10 th Street East at a dangerous angle […]
Owen Sound Police request the public’s assistance with respect to a motor vehicle collision which occurred on Friday July 8, 2016 at about 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of 5 th Street East and 2 nd Avenue East. The incident involved a woman driving a white SUV southbound which struck a pedestrian who sustained minor […]
Residents living in the southwest area of Owen Sound found their vehicles had been entered and in some cases damaged sometime overnight. On Sunday morning the Owen Sound Police Service received several calls from residents in the 200 and 300 block of 6 th Avenue West, and north to the area of the 700 block […]
A 24 year old Owen Sound man is in police custody following an assault that took place in the downtown core Monday evening. Shortly after 9:00 PM the Owen Sound Police Service received a 911 call from a woman reporting that she had been assaulted. The call was disconnected prior to further information being obtained […]
The Owen Sound Police Service, Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services and Grey County Paramedics were dispatched to a residential house fire in the 900 block of 6 th Avenue East at approximately 4:00 o’clock this morning. Upon arrival the 2 story brick and siding structure was fully engulfed in flames. Officers assisted with the […]