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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-01-28, Page 1616 News Record • Wednesday, January 28, 2015 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Daae ?#eec CONCRETE FORMING L'f :1 wE RCM I. ■ RESIDENTIAL FlJu.rrdutiurts* Plum -Finishing rircul24=Tinks •: and'iirh '.ally FREE 7'[MNI'ES a19-523-9971 E=;, i3 [itEi �UEUER ARFENTRY r ailiyour corper if 114E y,. Arm (Rpli Phone: 5 F9-606-2142 coir 519-440-2142 Mechanical Repair & Used Gar Safes •30 Crit4rio girst OImlon 1204 NIDM 11 J 519-462-8439 f1L : &.�InrWItf; Ilrtet.C91 Dur tru$Irr ss Is built on SERVICE ENERGY IHIEATING- Al°R CONE) IT! MG • ELECTRICAL PLUMI ING JEFF WISE 2E12 hayfield Road,. Zrlintoan . 519482-701 62 i -- Dave Bernard • Bucket Truck Service • Tree Trimming/Removal • Stump Grinding • Free Estimates Est. 1998 CLINTON, ON To advertise in this BUSINESS DIRECTORY Please call Dawn Johnston 519-482-3443 To advertise in this BUSINESS DIRECTORY Please call Dawn Johnston 519-482-3443 Stolen vehicle recovered; two facing charges Huron County Ontario Pro- vincial Police (OPP) officers have laid charges against a male and a female from Ashfield-Col- borne-Wawanosh in connec- tion to the theft of a Pontiac Pursuit that was stolen from a Goderich residence on Decem- ber 7, 2014. Just after 2:00 p.m. on January 14, 2015 Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers located the Pontiac Pursuit parked on the side of Belfast Road. Officers noted the vehicle did not have attached licence plates and it was partially block- ing the eastbound lane. From a distance officers watched a female driver exit the vehicle and begin to walk westbound on Belfast Road. Upon arrival at the scene officers checked the Vehi- cle Identification Number (VIN) on the vehicle and were able to determine the vehicle was stolen from Goderich. Just down the road from the stolen vehicle officers located the female driver. She was placed under arrest for Posses- sion of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000. Officers searched the female driver upon arrest and discovered she was in possession of a quantity of suspected methampheta- mine. Officers then searched the stolen vehicle and located a front licence plate that was sto- len from a vehicle located on Marnoch Line in North Huron. Further police investigation revealed a male from Ashfield- Colborne-Wawanosh also had been in possession of the stolen vehicle and stolen licence plate. As a result, a 31 year old woman from Ashfield-Col- borne-Wawanosh has been charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000 and Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Meth- amphetamine). She remains in custody with a court appear- ance scheduled for January 19, 2015 at the Ontario Court of Jus- tice - Goderich. A 33 year old male from Ash- field-Colborne-Wawanosh has been charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000 and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000. He has been released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for March 2, 2015 at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich. OPP disappointed by the number of impaired charges during Festive RIDE During the Ontario Provin- cial Police (OPP) Festive RIDE campaign from Nov. 24, 2014 to Jan. 2, OPP officers laid 593 impaired charges and issued 485 warn range suspensions. When comparing the num- bers to last year, the OPP is dis- appointed to see little change between this season's cam- paign and the last one. During the 2014-2015 Fes- tive RIDE campaign, the OPP laid 587 impaired charges and issued 504 warn range suspen- sions. Three people lost their lives in impaired -related road crashes over the 2014-2015 campaign. OPP officers worked around the clock during the campaign, conducting more than 8,000 RIDE check stops throughout the province. These enforce- ment efforts alone are not enough to eliminate impaired driving and the threat it poses to the lives of innocent people. Locally, Huron County OPP officers completed 260 R.I.D.E checkpoints during the Festive R.I.D.E campaign. Seventeen drivers were charged with impaired driving and two more were charged with refusal to provide a breath sample. Three warn range suspensions were served on drivers during the campaign. Of note, three of the drivers charged with impaired driving were involved in motor vehicle collisions. Besides calling on all motor- ists to refrain from driving while impaired, the OPP counts on all citizens to be val- ued road safety partners and intervene when they suspect that someone is driving or about to drive after consuming alcohol or drugs. "A driver who is impaired by alcohol or drugs is a driver who does not deserve to oper- ate a motor vehicle alongside drivers who are responsible," said OPP Deputy Commis- sioner Brad Blair, provincial LET'S ALL DO OUR PART! PLEASE RECYCLE commander, Traffic Safety and Operational Support. "Public intervention and continued education by both the police and valued community stake- holders is the only way that we as a society can continue to reduce occurrences involving impaired operation. Road safety is a shared responsibility and by working together we can continue to make a difference." In the media release, OPP officials thanked the many Ontario drivers who did not drive over the holidays while impaired by drugs or alco- hol. The OPP would also like to thank those who volunteered to be a designated driver, offered to put a guest up for the night or called them a cab after they had been drinking, called 9-1-1 to report an impaired driver to police or took some other action that helped take an impaired driver off the road over the holidays.