In the week of February 01st to February 15th, Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to 240 occurrences. Two break and enter incidents were reported. Five incidents of assault and seven incidents of theft were reported. In the last two weeks, officers investigated one impaired driving related incident. Out of these 240 occurrences, 30 concluded with charges.
IMPAIRED DRIVER
(EAST HAWKESBURY, ON) – In the night of February 06th, shortly after 1:30am, Hawkesbury OPP officer Matthew Priess and Sergeant Luc Duval were responding to a dispatched call when they intercepted a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe on William Street in Hawkesbury.
Interaction with the male driver gave the officer reason to believe that he had operated his motor vehicle with blood alcohol content over 80 mgs.
Consequently, the driver, Christian TESSIER (37 yrs) of Hawkesbury, was arrested and charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with the following section:
– 253(1)(b) Driving with More than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood.
The vehicle was seized for 7 days and the driver’s licence was immediately suspended for 90 days.
Due to other offences, he was not released and kept for a bail hearing scheduled on February 08th, 2016 at L’Orignal court.
THEFT OF BOAT AND TRAILER IN LEFAIVRE AREA
(ALFRED-PLANTAGENET, ON) – Constable Patrick Chartrand of the Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a theft of a boat and trailer that was reported on Sunday February 07th. The theft occurred at a residence situated on Lajoie Street in Lefaivre.
The investigation revealed that the white 12 foot fiberglass boat and 2010 dark green trailer were stolen a week prior as the boat was located on January 30th on the church property in Lefaivre. The trailer has not been recovered yet and the matter is still under investigation.
The boat was returned to its owner.
Anyone with information about this matter is asked to contact Constable Patrick Chartrand at the Hawkesbury OPP at 613-632-2729 or 1-888-310-1122.
DOMESTIC INVESTIGATIONS
Hawkesbury OPP officers responded to 17 domestic disputes during the past two weeks. One female was charged with mischief and four counts of assault; one male was charged with assault, mischief and theft; one female was charged with assault; one male was charged with break & enter, two counts of assault, uttering threats and criminal harassment; and one female was charged with mischief, assault a peace officer and assault a peace officer with a weapon.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FRAUD
Calls are continuing from fraudsters attempting to trick people into forwarding funds. The most common fraud currently circulating are callers pretending to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. If you receive a call and suspect it to be a fraudster contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501. The Canada Revenue Agency does not call taxpayers and demand payment. They do not have the authority to send the police to arrest you, which is one claim the fraudsters make in attempts to intimidate you. Protect yourself from phone frauds. Don’t give personal information over the phone, don’t allow people to have access to your computer, and don’t provide banking or credit card information to callers. The best protection from phone fraud…just hang up! For more information on types of frauds, visit the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre website at www.antifraudcentre.ca .
If you have information about any criminal matters, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or call the Hawkesbury O.P.P. at 613-632-2729 or 1-888-310-1122. Persons giving tips to Crime Stoppers that lead to an arrest may be eligible for a cash reward. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to Call Display. Your call will stay anonymous and your presence won’t be needed in court. Tips can also be sent via text message and e-mail. For more information visit the National Capital Crime Stoppers’ website at www.CrimeStoppers.ca .