Tag: Grey-Bruce OPP
New regional police board nears first meeting after years-long process
A movement to reframe community policing five years in the making is about to hit its stride in Grey-Bruce. Earlier this month the province officially enacted the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), which repeals and replaces the Police Services Act (1990). Lower-tier municipalities in Grey-Bruce with previously established police services committees are preparing to […]
Police charge man after property owner struck with golf club
Police charged a 50-year-old man with assault after a property owner was struck with a golf club after confronting a trespasser. According to a media release, the Grey Bruce OPP received a call Saturday about an assault at a property on Highway 6/10 in the Municipality of Meaford. When police arrived, the caller told officers […]
Meaford residents charged in OPP drug bust
Police have charged two Meaford residents with several drug and weapons charges after executing a search warrant at a property on Concession Road 2 North in the Municipality of Meaford. According to a media release, police executed a search warrant at the property at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning following an investigation into drug trafficking. During […]
Surveillance cameras lead to arrests after home break-in
Though not home at the time, a homeowner witnessed three people breaking into his home via surveillance cameras and called police in time to catch them Monday. Grey Bruce OPP received the report at 4:42 p.m. and found three people on the property. Police charged Charolette Beirnes, 49, of Meaford, Jeffrey Carder, 49, of Meaford […]
Man spotted on cottage owner’s property faces 25 drug and weapons charges
A 31-year-old man of no fixed address faces a slew of drug and weapons charges after being spotted by the owner of a Sauble Beach cottage on video surveillance. According to the Grey Bruce OPP, police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the laneway of the property owner’s vacant seasonal residence […]