Ontario Free Press(MITCHELL, ON) On Sunday evening shortly after 6 p.m. Perth County OPP officers responded to a Mitchell residence where a van had struck a house and a parked vehicle. Upon police arrival it was discovered that the driver of the van was unlicenced and had not been consuming alcohol. Instead, the driver was found to […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Friday evening, March 19th 2010, Perth County OPP officers conducted a RIDE program at the intersection of Line 87 and Road 165. Two motorists were found to have been drinking and were given the demand for an Approved Screening Device. The drivers failed the roadside test were arrested and […]
(TOWN OF LISTOWEL, ON) On Saturday night, March 20th 2010, a Perth County OPP officer stopped a vehicle on Main St. west in Listowel while conducting a RIDE program. The driver was found to have been drinking and was given the Approved Screening Device demand. The driver failed the roadside test was arrested and transported […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Monday, March 22, 2010 shortly after 1 a.m. a Perth County OPP officer on patrol stopped a motorist on Perth Road 107 near Perth Line 33. The officer obtained grounds to make the roadside screening demand. The driver failed the roadside test, was arrested and transported to the Perth […]
(Goderich, ON) On March 19, 2010 shortly before 7:00 pm, a male and female were shopping at the Wal-Mart store in Goderich. The two made a purchase and the male then left the store with the items and returned afterwards. The female obtained identical items to what had been purchased and, using the bill of […]
In more than a half dozen incidents in Howick Township and the surrounding area, Huron OPP officers dealt with a residential break in where a stolen vehicle was recovered after it was left at the scene. Police also investigated four incidents of Theft of Motor Vehicle all with the keys left inside the vehicle. We […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) The Perth County OPP with the assistance of the OPP Western Region Emergency Response Team and the OPP West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit were able to successfully negotiate with the barricaded male. Shortly after 10 a.m. the male walked out of the residence without incident. The male, a 27 […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Saturday morning March 20, 2010, Perth County OPP officers were called to a barricaded male at a rural residence on Embro Road (Perth Road 113) south of Perth Line 26. The OPP Western Region Emergency Response Team and the OPP West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit are on the […]
(KINCARDINE, ON.) – The South Bruce OPP are warning residents of a scam that was attempted during the early evening hours of March 16th, 2010 at a residence along Snobelen Trail in Huron Township. A lone male canvasser told the home owner that he was with the Charity of Hope and collecting funds for the […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) At 5:30 a.m. on Thursday March 18, 2010 a collision between a south-bound Toyota Forerunner and a north-bound tractor trailer on Hwy 7 (Road 119) south of Line 29 resulted in the Highway being closed until 7:07 a.m. Perth County OPP officers investigating the crash determined that the south bound […]