This Week In Russell County

(EMBRUN, ON) – The Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating several incidents after responding to 211 calls for service from Sunday November 15 to Saturday November 21. Among those occurrences: unnecessary 9-1-1 calls, domestic disputes, threat, theft, bail violation, drug offences and an impaired diver.

As a result of those occurrences, one female and nine males were charged with various offences.

Domestic Disputes

Russell County OPP officers investigated nine domestic disputes during the past week. One male was charged with 3 counts of spousal assault and 2 counts of domestic mischief. One male was charged for threatening to injure an animal and a third male was charged for assault with a weapon.

Aggravated Assault

9-1-1 was contacted in the early morning on November 18th, 2015. Police responded to a residence where two heavily intoxicated males (a father and his son) had been engaged in a physical altercation. The father had to be transported to the hospital for an injury to his face. The son ran away and was later located and arrested by police. The identity of the accused is not being released to protect the victim.

Impaired Driver

At approximately 1:30am, on Saturday November 21, 2015 Russell County officers were conducting at R.I.D.E initiative at the corner of County Road 17 and Carmen Bergeron St in the City of Rockland, ON. Provincial Constable Mike Cunning arrested the female driver after failing the roadside alcohol screening test. Following her breath tests at the detachment, Kim Muller, age 41 of Gatineau, was charged with impaired driving and driving with over 80mgs of alcohol in her system. She was released on a promise to appear in court in L’Orignal, ON on December 16th, 2015.

Fraud

Police are warning citizens to be vigilant if you receive a call from someone pretending to be with a credit card company. One resident reported getting a phone call from someone pretending to be with VISA. They knew the residents’ name and first 4 numbers of her credit card, and asked her to confirm the remaining numbers of her card, expiry date and security numbers. The resident refused and hung up. The first 4 numbers of all VISA cards are the same so don’t be fooled by this trick. Call the Canadian Anti-fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 to report frauds. Go to their website for more information www.antifraudcentre.ca

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