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OPP Report – PROPERTY CRIMES IN ESSEX/TECUMSEH

(ESSEX/TECUMSEH, ON) –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex County Street Crime Unit is currently investigating numerous break and enters which occurred sometime overnight Monday/Tuesday, May 6-7th, 2013. The crimes transpired in the areas of Essex County Road 15 in Essex, the 11th Concession in Tecumseh and Malden Road in Tecumseh. Numerous residences were affected and [...]

submitted from the Town of Essex Essex – The demolition of 49 Talbot Street North in Essex Centre has been completed. A written order restricting access to the adjoining building at 51 Talbot was lifted on Monday, April 29. Repairs to the adjoining building at 47 Talbot are required and an order restricting access continues to [...]

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by Fred Groves The Ontario Hockey Association made a ruling on Game One in the series, which was played last Saturday in Picton. The 73′s launched a protest following the game, stating that the Pirates had used an ineligible player. Pirates’ Evan Greer, who had a goal and three assists, in what was initially a [...]

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(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has taken several reports of copper wire thefts from hydro poles that service the Comber wind farm in Essex County since September 1, 2012. In total, 43 sites have been targeted and copper ground wires have been stolen from the hydro poles, totalling $ 10 000. [...]

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(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Essex County are warning the public and also looking for assistance in identifying the party responsible for a “quick change” scam that is appearing around Essex County. On three separate occasions in Essex and Tecumseh in the past two weeks, a lone male has approached a [...]

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submitted to EFP (ESSEX, ON) –Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a string of break in’s that occurred in the early morning hours of April 6, 2013. The crimes occurred in Colchester South, south of Essex County Road 50.  Several seasonal cottages were entered, several items were stolen and a great deal of [...]

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submitted to EFP (TECUMSEH, ON) –The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has completed a lengthy theft investigation dating back to 2002. Officials from Ste. Anne’s Parish in Tecumseh notified the OPP in August of 2011 regarding an internal theft that occurred between 2002 and 2010. A financial audit of the parishes’ accounts yielded over [...]

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Essex Firefighters were kept busy this past Saturday as they responded to several calls. The first call came in at around 1:30 a.m. Essex Fire & Rescue responded to a living room fire at Erie Road S. that caused around $20,000. Another house fire occurred at Ferris Road an hour later. On Sat. afternoon at [...]

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LAKESHORE, ON) –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to investigate a break and enter that occurred just after midnight on January 10, 2013, in Comber.   Two residents on Main Street in Comber, were awoken to a male who had broken into their residence.  After a brief struggle, the suspect left on foot and joined [...]

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(HARROW, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently at the scene of a single vehicle crash in Harrow involving two pedestrians. At 3:16 pm this date, a 2010 Dodge pickup truck was travelling westbound on King Street attempting to turn southbound onto McAfee Street in Harrow.  The driver struck two elderly females who [...]

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