On Sunday May 4, 2014, members of the Sioux Lookout OPP investigated an assault complaint which occurred at a house party the previous night. A female victim had sustained significant facial injuries as a result of an altercation with another female. As a result of the investigation, 21 year old Tamara MCMILLEN of Frenchman’s Head, Ontario faces two charges of assault, one charge of aggravated assault, and one charge of breach of probation. MCMILLEN remains in custody at this time.
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BREAK IN TO SURF PARADISE
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) On May 2, 2014 just after 4:00am Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was advised of a break in to Surf Paradise on King William St in the town of Huntsville.
Officers arrived and were met by the owner. The culprits smashed the front door glass entered the business and removed items including clothing and cash. A short time later a vehicle was located in Almaguin Highlands OPP detachment area with the property from Surf Paradise in the vehicle. A 19-year-old Kearney male has been charged with Break and Enter and will appear in Ontario Court of Justice Huntsville on June 4, 2014 to answer to his charges.
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SUSPICIOUS PERSON
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) On Thursday May 1st 2014 just after 12:00pm Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was notified of suspicious persons on Fowlers Road in the town of Huntsville.
The owners who were home at the time advised that around noon they were working in their garage when they heard the back door of their garage rattle several times and the door knob turn. The owner went into the house and saw a female running from the residence.
The female is described as being heavier set between 5’4†to 5’8†with longer hair that was up in a bun style. She appeared to be wearing a light grey ski jacket with vertical black sections under the armpit of the jacket. The female was seen getting into the passenger’s side of a grey minivan, then sped off.
The suspects did not gain any entry into the house. Anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area of Fowlers Road on Thursday May 1, 2014 is asked to contact Huntsville OPP or Crime Stoppers.
(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO)- On Friday May 2, 2014 at 9:24 pm, an officer from Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Ontario (OPP) was conducting radar enforcement on County Road 15 at the 15th Side road of Adjala Township.
A vehicle was observed traveling in excess of the posted speed limit and officer attempted to safely stop the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on.
An 18-year old male from the Town of New Tecumseth with:
Dangerous Driving Cause Bodily Harm
Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle
Flight from Police, and
Possession of Controlled Substance- Marihuana.
There were two occupants in the vehicle which was struck who sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the collision and they were transported by ambulance to a local area hospital.
County Road 15 at the 15th Side road has been re-opened.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been notified and has invoked its mandate. Further inquiries should be directed to SIU Communications at (416) 622-2342.
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On May 3, 2014, just after 2:00 p.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers conducted a traffic stop on a Ford SUV, on Highway 401 eastbound near Merlin Road, after observing the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed.
Subsequent OPP traffic investigation at roadside revealed that the driver’s licence was suspended. Further investigation led to the seizure of suspected marihuana and a flick knife within the vehicle.
As a result, the driver, 21year old Tony CASTRO, from Windsor, has been charged with Possession of Marihuana, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Driving While Under Suspension and Speeding, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.
A passenger in the vehicle, 26 year old Jerrett MUNRO, from Windsor, has been charged with Possession of Marihuana, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and Unauthorized Possession of Weapon, under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Another passenger in the vehicle, 25 year old Wayne MUNRO, from Windsor, has been charged with Possession of Marihuana, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
All three men are scheduled to appear in a Chatham court on June 5, 2014, to answer to the charges.
(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO)- Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Officers received a call to attend a motor vehicle collision on May 3, 2014 at 12:22am on Concession Road 3 near County Road 17, Adjala-Tosorontio Township.
The collision took place between two vehicles a 2006 Acura and a 2012 Dodge Caravan, the driver of the 2006 Acura was driven off the road by the driver of the Dodge Caravan. The 2012 Dodge Caravan was located by Dufferin OPP with a damaged front tire; the suspect driver was attempting to retrieve the vehicle through the Police.
Charged with Dangerous driving and Fail to remain at the scene of a collision is 28 year old April SMITH from Southgate, Ontario. She will appear in court on July 10, 2014 at the Ontario Court of Justice to answer to these charges.
(PLYMPTON-WYOMING, ON) On May 3, 2014 at around 2:30 a.m., Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers stopped a Pontiac car on Confederation Line in the area of Mandaumin Road. While speaking with the driver, it was determined that he had been consuming alcoholic beverages. Subsequent tests indicated that 34 year old Michael DENNIS, who is from Wyoming, was over the legal limit. He will appear in a Sarnia court on May 26, 2014 to answer to the charges of being over the legal limit and driving while disqualified.
(ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, ON) On May 3, 2014 at around 9:30 p.m., Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers stopped a Chevrolet car in the area of Waterfront Park on the St. Clair Parkway. While speaking with the driver, it was determined that he had been consuming alcoholic beverages. Subsequent tests indicated that 39 year old Daniel KARATSOREOS, who is from St. Clair Township, was over the legal limit. He will appear in a Sarnia court on May 26, 2014 to speak to the charges of being over the legal limit and failing to comply with a probation order.
(SARNIA, ON) On May 1, 2014 at around 10:00 a.m., Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers observed a male getting into a Pontiac car in a parking area in the 100 block of Christina Street. The male appeared to be under the influence of alcohol so the officers approached the vehicle to speak with him. Through investigation it was determined that he had been consuming alcoholic beverages and subsequent tests indicated that 36 year old Ryan ELLIS from Sarnia was over the legal limit. He will appear in a Sarnia court on May 12, 2014 to speak to the charges of care and control while impaired and care or control while being over the legal limit.
(ARMOUR, TWP) The Almaguin Highlands Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating the break, enter and theft to an East Road, Armour Township residence. Sometime between Friday May 2, 2014 at 6:00 p.m., and Saturday May 3, 2014 at 10:30 a.m., unknown person(s) entered the residence and stole alcohol, a Samsung cell phone, a Panasonic DVD player, and 2 rings. The total value of the missing items is approximately $850.
Any person with information regarding the person(s) responsible for this theft should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.â€Â
(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO)- On May 3, 2014 at 12:14am, the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a motor vehicle collision on the 5th Concession of Adjala-Tosorontio, where the 2006 Mazda rolled several times over and came to rest in a field just north of County Road 1.
The Police investigation quickly became an impaired driving investigation and the 30 year old female driver was arrested. Charged is Krystal-Rae DAY of Adjala-Tosorontio, her charges are:
Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Criminal Code of Canada,
Refuse to Provide a Sample of her Breath, Criminal Code of Canada,
Resisting a Peace Officer, Criminal Code of Canada,
Drive Motor Vehicle while licence was under suspension, Highway Traffic Act.
The charged party was held for a bail hearing on May 5, 2014.
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OPP SEIZE DRUGS AT R.I.D.E. PROGRAM
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On May 4, 2014, just before 10:30 p.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program at Highway 40 and Longwoods Road, when a Jeep entered and stopped for the officers.
Officers spoke with the driver of the vehicle. Subsequent OPP investigation resulted in the officers seizing a small amount of suspected marihuana.
The 20 year old driver, Nicholas PRELAZ, from Thamesville, has been charged with Possession of Marihuana, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
He is scheduled to appear in a Chatham court on May 29, 2014, to answer to the charge.
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DRIVER CHARGED AT RIDE PROGRAM
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On May 3, 2014, just after 9:30 p.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program at Highway 40 near Longwoods Road, when a Dodge van entered and stopped for the officers.
While officers were speaking with the driver, Michele TURATO, age 45, from Chatham, it was determined that she had been consuming alcoholic beverages.
Subsequent tests indicated that she was over the legal limit and will appear in a Chatham court on May 27, 2014, to answer to the following charges:
Driving With More Than 80 mgs of Alcohol in Blood, under the Criminal Code of Canada
Fail To Surrender Insurance Card, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
Driver Fail to Surrender Licence, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
Fail To Surrender Permit For Motor Vehicle, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
Chatham-Kent OPP would like to remind drivers that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption when driving. If you consume alcoholic beverages, plan for a safe ride home by using a designated driver, a taxi or public transit to ensure that you and others sharing the road arrive safely.
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On May 2, 2014, just after 4:30 p.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers received a complaint of a Jeep driving erratically on Highway 401 eastbound from Essex County.
Officers located the vehicle and stopped it near Merlin Road. While officers were speaking with the driver, 41 year old Nathan WHITE, from Windsor, ON, it was determined that he was impaired by drug.
Subsequent tests by a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) OPP officer led to the driver being charged with Driving While Ability Impaired, under the Criminal Code of Canada.
The driver is scheduled to appear in a Chatham court on June 6, 2014, to answer to the charge.
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On May 5, 2014, just after 10:00 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a collision involving two vehicles on Highway 40 at Electric Line.
The collision occurred when a Ford van proceeded to turn northbound onto Highway 40 from Electric Line and struck an oncoming KIA automobile that was southbound on Highway 40.
The male driver of the Ford, 37 year old Marc LITFIN, from LaSalle, has been charged with Fail to Yield To Traffic On Through Highway, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. He did not report any injuries.
The female driver of the KIA was transported to hospital with minor injuries.
(HURON COUNTY, ON.) – The Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment encourages and supports residents to purge medicine cabinets of unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs on Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day. Last year 25 residents showed up at the Huron County location and dropped off 15 kilograms of drugs.
This initiative is aimed to reduce access and availability of prescription medication to those that should not have it. When expired and unused prescription medication is left unattended, it can lead to prescription drug abuse.
Prescription Drug Drop-off Day was developed as an important public safety initiative to encourage Ontario residents to dispose of old and unused prescription medication in a safe, secure and environmentally-friendly manner. For those wishing to remain anonymous they can simply drive-thru and drop off their prescription drugs without leaving their vehicle
Huron County OPP will be participating in the Province-wide initiative that will provide residents an opportunity to dispose of old and unused prescription medication. The Huron County OPP location for this event is the Maitland Valley Medical Centre parking lot located at 180 Cambria Road North, Goderich situated directly across the street from the Alexandra & Marine General Hospital emergency room entrance. Officers will be available between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 10th.
The Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) prohibits anyone from possessing prescribed medication without a prescription. It is a criminal offence to offer or sell prescribed medication to another person. Purchasing another person’s prescribed drugs is also illegal. Prescription drug misuse is the use of prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. Common prescription drugs being misused are opioid pain relievers (such as oxycodone), anti-depressants, and stimulants. Recent studies indicate 24 per cent of teens reported misusing prescription medications at least once within the previous year. Most of the teens took the medication from their family home.
Prescription Drug Drop-off Day is proudly supported by the Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Government of Ontario and Public Safety Canada.
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – On April 23rd, 2014 at 3:00 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a complaint of inappropriate text messaging. Officers viewed the message and noted the text were of nude images, commonly known as “sextingâ€. This case has prompted the South Bruce OPP to reissue a safety warning sent by the OPP Child Sexual Exploitation Unit.
“Once it’s out there, you can’t get it back. That’s the message the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is putting out to teens across the province. A mistaken belief that their texted messages and images shared among peers will remain private and secure puts them in real danger of becoming victims of their own words and actions.
Teens frequently engage in relationships with peers through the use of their mobile devices and computers that lead to “self-peer exploitation†(also known as sexting). As a result of misbelieving that they can remain anonymous, they often also engage in this type of behaviour with individuals whom they don’t know but have only ever met online.
Teens need to become aware that this kind of risky activity has very real dangers associated with it that includes many unintended consequences and permanent long term threats to their identity and their reputations.
Every day, thousands of teens are photographing and videotaping themselves in suggestive and compromising photos and sending the images through electronic devices to their peers. Quite often, this type of conduct can quickly become a dangerous game as those images never stay with the one intended to receive it. Instead they are frequently mindlessly passed along by the recipient to friends, who pass it on to other friends who continue this cycle of distribution while some post them to social networking sites, and download them onto the internet.
The resulting shame and embarrassment that is experienced by the teen that is now a victim of their own actions as a result of their realization of what has occurred can have very tragic results.
Officers are increasingly seeing more teens that are unable to cope with the self-inflicted personal shame and embarrassment that they have unknowingly created from what they had previously believed to be “harmless funâ€.
There is also a real criminal risk for those individuals who receive these images and re-distributes them. Often unknowingly, by sending the images to others and posting them, these individuals are engaging in the distribution of child pornography and could face the Criminal charges.
Parents, guardians and educators need to learn more about this serious social issue. They should recognize the significance of this problem, discuss it with their teens and monitor their social media activities. Reminding teens about the short and long term consequences of their social media behaviours will have a positive impact on this public safety risk.