Tag: Police
Owen Sound police charge two people in death of child
Owen Sound police charged a man and woman with criminal negligence causing death involving the death of a child on July 2. Police responded to a 911 call at a westside residence and began life-saving measures on a child younger than two years from the home. Paramedics took the child to Owen Sound hospital where […]
Political leaders condemn anti-Pride letters sent to city residents
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff issued statements Friday condemning recent written attacks in letters mailed to city residents displaying Pride flags at their homes, which police are now investigating. Boddy said in the statement he and city council condemn actions which “maliciously attack the 2S-LGBTQQIAP+ community or any citizen […]
Owen Sound police investigating anti-Pride letters sent by mail
Owen Sound police have launched a “priority investigation” into the source of letters sent to four or five local Pride supporters’ homes. “It’s a bit of a religious diatribe that’s got a lot of just sort of hateful stuff in there about you’re going to hell and God’s going to punish you and all this […]
Searches planned for 35th anniversary of Lisa Maas’s disappearance
On the eve of the 35th anniversary of Lisa Maas’s disappearance, it’s hoped an army of volunteers will search six sites for any remaining signs of her. Maas was 22 and pregnant when she went missing in the early morning of Sunday, July 17, 1988. She left a house party in Woodford, east of Owen […]
City police witness stunt driving, charge teen
Owen Sound police say they charged a 19-year-old with stunt driving after they saw him perform a stunt in his pickup truck Thursday at noon on the east side of the city. His driver’s licence was suspended immediately for a mandatory 30 days and the truck was impounded for 14 days. The driver, whom police […]
Grey Highlands teen charged in school incident
Police charged a 15-year-old from Grey Highlands with assault with a weapon and possession of an imitation weapon for a dangerous purpose in a “school-related” incident Tuesday. Grey Bruce OPP were called at 12:47 p.m. to a local school for a weapons call, a police news release said Thursday. There were no injuries reported and […]
Owen Sound police warn of distraction thefts
On Saturday a woman reported her wallet was stolen in a distraction theft, Owen Sound Police Service said in a news release. A woman knocked on her car window and told her something was wrong with her rear tire. While the victim examined the tire and the person produced a tack in her hand, a […]
Baranyai: Reducing admission requirements not best way to improve policing
Police services across Ontario are desperately seeking applicants in the field of law enforcement.
Police arrest suspect in Sunday night stabbing
Owen Sound police arrested a lone suspect and charged him with offences related to a stabbing in the city Sunday night. Blaine McEachern, 34, of no fixed address, is charged with assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. He was to appear in bail court today, police […]
Police close off 6th Avenue East near 19th Street East Monday
Lots of police, some with weapons ready, were on 6th Avenue East, just south of 19th Street East Monday afternoon in Owen Sound. A woman pushing a stroller just north of 19th Street East about 2 p.m. said family in the neighbourhood told her police had been there since Sunday night. Police had 6th Avenue […]