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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-04-09, Page 1212 News Record • Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Police investigating Back -taxes telephone break-in at scam attempt fails snowbird residence Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are currently investigating a break, enter and theft that occurred in Clinton sometime over the course of the last few months. Huron OPP officers were alerted to the break-in April 1. Police learned the owners returned home from an extended trip down south to find their home had been entered and ransacked. The thieves entered the residence sometime between the end of November 2013 and the end of March 2014. The thieves stole a 52" flat screen Panasonic television, antiques, jewelry, collectable coins and stamps. The value of the stolen goods is believed to be an esti- mated $4,000. Any person with information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Huron OPP at 1-888-310- 1122 or (519) 524-8314. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800 -222 -TIPS (8477), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. Rural Challenges to Harm Reduction in Huron County HIV IN HURON COUNTY - 2014 Presented by Huron County HIV/AIDS Network Thursday, April 24, 2014 • 9am - 3pm At The Huron County Health Unit WHO SHOULD ATTEND Support & Health Care Workers in Huron County; Pharmacists; Law Enforcement; Teachers ... Community People interested in learning What Harm Reduction is, How it is implemented and Why we are promoting it in Huron County. Registration Fee: $10 (receipts available -make cheque payable to Huron County HIV/AIDS) Network To register, or for more information Call Sandy 519-482-1141 or email hchan@cabletv.on.ca TiBIA ciiinton and central huron CLINTON AND CENTRAL HURON BIA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday April 10, 2014 at 6:15pm at REACH Huron Beverages and snacks will be served. Please see www.cchbia.ca for more details or contact our office 519 606 1234 / gsmith@centralhuron.com Clinton woman alerts OPP to fake collections scammers Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating an attempted scam that was reported to police yester- day afternoon. A Clinton resident reported she received a call at home from a female that identified herself as an employee of the Canada Revenue Agency. The female provided a bogus case number and complaint number and pro- ceeded to tell the resident she owed an outstanding tax bill of $3,800. At that point a male picked up the phone and also identified himself as a Canada Revenue Agency employee. He spoke with an aggressive tone and tried to intimidate the resident. He demanded the female make a decision within one hour on how she was going to pay her outstanding tax bill, stating if she didn't take immediate action the police would be at her door within three hours to arrest her and take her to jail. get clintonnewsrecord.com Get all of your news, sports and more. Serving Huron County tie{i* t�lr t* • � ! fgt/001 6 tie fill 16.11 LA; haenaliaavr 0641.r. Make 'tour OWTI Icer. l.' ir'e, CLVEfz, i.':F:l 1 'uiL "eV : Icimpan rtWARIC.H 1 k:#29 AW439553 Hi my name is Max Mellor and I turned 5 on April 8th. I had a swimming party on the weekend with my friends and family, and had so much fun! I can't wait for all the snow -to melt so that I can ride my new dirt bike!!! See you next year! The scammer instructed the resident to purchase "Home Depot" and "Safeway" gift cards. Once the cards were purchased she was to provide him with the authori- zation codes to clear off her outstanding balance. The Clinton resident reported the caller was very aggressive, argumentative and threatening to her. Huron County OPP would like to remind everyone to be extremely skepti- cal of any unsolicited communication from people purporting to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. The communi- cation has high potential to be a scam whether it is through the telephone, mail, or email. Be especially careful if there is a request for personal information. Also be aware: the OPP and RCMP do not contact individuals for the purposes of collecting fines or taxes and never asks the public to make a payment over the telephone. To report a fraud call the Canadian Anti -Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or go online at www.antifraudcentre.ca Alternatively, you can report fraud to the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Canadian t. •t' SatrEit- t+dcL} du ranger LET'S MAI t CANCER. H ]STORY for in[c. nalim about cancer, leraltr-; or to rnsko i don.ition i.8.88 939.3333 • www,cancer.ca Buck & Doe for Maegan Reinhart & Brad Greidanus Saturday April 12th Seaforth Community Centre 8 pm - 1 am Age of Majority • Games &Prizes Silent Auction • Late Lunch Music by DJ For more info or tickets please call 519-526-1070 or 519-525-2123 Bus 1 -Pick Up 8:00 pm - Auburn Grill 8:30 pni - Goderich High school (back parking lot by the west gym doors) 9:00 pm - Clinton Credit Union Bus 2 - Pick Up 9:15 pm - Goderich High school 9:40 pni - Clinton Credit Union Depart Seaforth Arena Bus 1 - 12:30 am Drop offs Clinton Credit Union, Goderich High school Bus 2 - 1:00 am — Drop offs — Clinton Credit Union, Goderich High school, Auburn Grill Thompson questions Premier on deleted gas plant files MPP Huron -Bruce Lisa Thompson took advantage of Question Period Wednesday, April 2 to ask the Premier what she knew about deleted informa- tion regarding the $1.1 billion gas plant scandal. Thompson's question focused on documents on computer hard drives that were allegedly deleted by former Liberal contract employee Peter Faist. "We know you wanted to hide the details of the gas plant scandal, and that ended up costing tax payers $1.1 bil- lion'; Thomson said in the Legislature. "But who knows what else was on those hard drives. Premier, can you tell this house if Mr. Faist, or anyone else for that matter, deleted other secrets." Other files Thompson was alluding to include Ornge and eHealth and Liber- als' deal with Samsung. Premier Wynne refused to answer the question herself, instead referring to Liberal House Leader John Milloy for a deflection. Addressing the Premier, Thompson continued "you said earlier, and I para- phrase, you are happy to debate the truth any day. So Premier, I am asking you, not the House Leader, can you confirm today that files related to other scandals like eHealth and Ornge were not also destroyed?" Once again, Premier Wynne refused to answer the question herself. Hath ppy Birthday on April 9th kap Love: Fred & Girls