The Citizen, 1999-06-16, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1999. PAGE 7.
OPP warn of scam from spring fair
Visitors to the Clinton Spring
Fair. June 4-6 may have fallen vic
tim to a scam, according to Huron
OPP. -
During the fair a number of com
panies were putting on demonstra
tions of their products and also
offering promotional give-a-ways.'
Police are investigation a compa
ny which offered trips to a holiday
resort in Florida. This carried a
package where a couple would end
OPP report
Stolen vehicle found
STOLEN VEHICLE FROM
TEESWATER FOUND IN
EAST WAWANOSHTWP.
On June 7 at approximately 2
p.m. the East Wawanosh road
superintendent found on the side of
the road at Cone. 10, a 1982
Oldsmobile, which had been taken
from Teeswater. A small quantity
of cash was missing from the
vehicle.
VEHICLE STOLEN FROM
HULLETT TWP.
On June 8 at 11 p.m. a vehicle
was reported stolen from a resident
on Cone. 14 in Hullett Twp. The
1988 Chrysler was left in the
driveway from 8 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
When the owner went to move the
vehicle the theft was discovered.
The car has Ontario plate #AAVS-
458.
If anyone comes across this
vehicle they are asked to notify the
local OPP or call Crime Stoppers
with its location.
GODERICH MAN RECEIVES
THREE YEARS IN JAIL FOR
DOMESTIC ASSAULT
On June 7 a Goderich man was
sentenced to three years in jail for
aggravated assault, uttering threats
of death and failing to comply with
probation.
The charges stem from an
incident that occurred on May 20
up on a cruise liner for four days.
The trip would last 10 days and
went either to Orlando or Miami.
There was also a bonus of four
days to Las Vegas or Mexico,
extending the trip to 14 days in
total.
Two males, one Caucasian, the
other darker, possibly Jamaican, in
their 20s were showing a product
and had forms offering this type of
holiday to anyone who would lis
ten, police said.
when police were dispatched to a
domestic situation on Mary Street
in the town of Goderich. The police
arrived at the residence shortly
after 8 p.m. and were met at the
door by the accused, Allan Dyck.
Dyck was physically aggressive
towards the police and ordered
them off the property. The victim
was standing in the background
crying.
The officers entered the home
and went to the victim while Dyck
left the residence and entered a
vehicle parked in the driveway. He
was stopped and placed under
arrest. Dyck, police said, was under
the influence of alcohol.
The victim received several
injuries to her facial area, throat
and upper body. She was taken to
the Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital by ambulance and was
later treated and released. Through
the investigation it was discovered
that the woman was threatened by
Dyck, who said he would kill her if
the police were called.
Dyck received two years in jail
for aggravated assault, nine months
for uttering death threats and three
months for failing to comply with
an earlier probation order on
similar charges.
All the terms were consecutive.
ATTEMPT MADE TO ENTER
Over the next several days, a
number of people received phone
calls advising them they were win
ners of this trip. They were asked to
make a deposit in the amount of
$698 per couple or $349 per per
son. The trip was valued at $3,500
and could be used anytime over the
next 18 months.
The only catch, police said, was
that people were to give a credit
card number over the phone to hold
HOME
On June 10, at approximately
7 p.m. a report was received of a
home being broken into on Cone. 3
in ColbomeTwp.
The owners of the home had
been away over the last week and
when they got home found that
someone had smashed the glass out
of the rear door of the house. The
home was checked and it was
found no one had gained entry into
the interior of the house.
Further checking found that a
shed located on the property had
the front doors kicked in and the
interior of the shed gone through.
The owner was unsure as to what
was missing.
The investigation continues.
VEHICLE STOLEN
On June 13 a Clinton resident
reported his vehicle stolen
sometime through the night. The
owner stated that his vehicle, a
1988 Pontiac Grand AM was stolen
from the side of the road on Cone.
10 in Hullett Twp. near the area of
the little lakes. The vehicle had
been left locked.
The vehicle bearing Ontario
marker 197-BNP is still
outstanding and if anyone knows of
its whereabouts they are asked to
call the Huron OPP Detachment or
Crime Stoppers.'
the vacation. This allows the com
pany to take as much money from
the credit limit that is available or
left in the account.
“Also,” said Sr. Const. Don
Shropshall, “if you have won a
prize it would not have cost you
anything. Personally, I would not
have given them any money or
Checking her wheels
Jenna Taylor of Blyth Public school stops for a wheel
alignment check from OPP Sr. Constable Don Shropshall
during the school’s bike rodeo at the arena last week.
Both cyclists and bladers were put through the paces of a
safety inspection and obstacle course skill test
access to my credit cards.”
In their investigation OPP have
come up with two different names
and addresses for this company.
Police are asking anyone who
was at the fair, and has sent money
to this company to notify them, and
if possible to stop any transactions
they may have made.
MNR charges cost man $15,000
Scott Benninger, 23, of Formosa,
was fined a total of $15,000 after
pleading guilty to 14 counts under
the Game and Fish Act.
The court also ordered
Benninger’s firearm and vehicle
forfeited and his hunting licence
suspended for five years.
Justice of the Peace Pauline
Aguire heard the Ministry of
Natural Resources (MNR) staff, as
part of an undercover operation,
accompanied Benninger on more
than one occasion on night hunts
for raccoon and deer during
September and October, 1998.
MNR operatives bought three
deer that wjere unlawfully hunted
and witnessed a number of other
offences, including careless
handling of a firearm, carrying an
unencased firearm and discharging
from a vehicle, hunting raccoon
during the closed season,
unlawfully hunting after sunset,
using lights from a vehicle and
unlawfully hunting deer during the
closed season.
Benninger appeared May 31 in
the Ontario Court of Justice in
Walkerton.
The convictions are related to an
MNR investigation into the illegal
hunting/harvesting of native game
wildlife that led to 120 charges in
January against 18 individuals and
businesses. All fines go into the
Fish and Wildlife Special Purpose
Account, which aids conservation
efforts.
Hunting violations may be
reported anonymously to Crime
Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-
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