On July 30th 2014 just after 8:30pm a male drove his vehicle on a closed road being the construction zone in the 100 block of 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound and in doing so struck a construction vehicle and equipment. A citizen attempted to stop the man as he could smell alcohol on the driver’s […]
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Fraud Targeting Seniors
The Owen Sound Police Service would like to advise the public of an individual that appears to be targeting the elderly. The unknown male had contacted numerous elderly residents within the city of Owen Sound, Ontario and posed as a grandson who had been involved in a motor vehicle collision en-route to a funeral in […]
At approximately 10:00 p.m. a lone driver and his dog showed up in a vehicle at the drive thru window of an eastside city restaurant. The tending restaurant employee became concerned that the customer had had too much to drink to be driving and then became even more concerned after seeing an open bottle beer […]
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Collision – Owen Sound
At approximately 4:30pm Owen Sound Police were called to an accident at the intersection of 10th Street West and 1st Avenue West. A Subaru Forester travelling eastbound on 10th Street West collided with a Chev Cavalier travelling southbound 1st Avenue West. A passenger in the Cavalier received a minor injury which did not require medical […]
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Stolen Truck Found Burning
Sometime between 9:30 PM on Thursday July 3rd and 6:30 AM Friday July 4th, a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck was stolen from the west side. The truck had been parked in the 300 block of 22nd Street West. A spare set of keys had been left in the vehicle. The owner discovered the truck […]
Shortly before noon a 19 year old Owen Sound area man driving a pick-up truck, ran a red a light at 9th Street and 2nd Avenue West. At the same time a 56 year old Meaford woman, who was driving her 90 year old mother in a small sedan, entered the intersection on a green […]
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Hit and Run Driver Turns Himself In
A 23 year old Owen Sound resident turned himself in to police Wednesday morning. The male admitted to losing control after trying to do some burn outs in the 300 block of 21st Street West. The driver avoided striking a parked car and instead collided into a house. The driver must now attend court on […]
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Truck Crashes into Home
On Tuesday July 1st at approximately 11:00 PM, a black Dodge Ram pickup truck lost control and struck the northeast corner of a house situated at the corner of 4th Avenue West and 21st Street West. Prior to the crash, witnesses had observed the truck to be doing “burnouts†and driving erratically in the 300 […]
On June 29, 2014, shortly after 02:00 am the Owen Sound Police Service located a residential apartment duplex in the 400 block of 8th Street East Owen Sound, Ontario with an active fire alarm. Further inspection revealed that the unit was filled with heavy smoke. Officers on the scene could observe a female occupant passed […]
The Owen Police Service and Owen Sound Police Services Board invite members of the public to attend their Board meeting to discuss the expansion of Conducted Energy Weapons (Tasers) to front line officers. Currently only uniform supervisors, within Owen Sound Police Service, carry Tasers. In 2013 Ontario has approved the expansion of Taser to permit […]