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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 9
Police briefs -
Huron OPP
Thief steals
christmas
presents intended
for needy kids
A recent theft of Christmas
presents could have made
for just another sad story that
we sometimes here about
this time of year; however,
this story has a different end-
ing - a much nicer one!
This story started last Fri-
day evening when a kind and
generous local citizen went
out to purchase some Christ-
mas presents for the less for-
tunate children in the local
area. The victim made sev-
eral purchases and had built
up a nice collection of col-
ouring books, craft sup-
plies, board games and
toys all destined for a local
church Christmas toy drive.
The victim needed to get
some batteries for the toys
so she stopped in at the
Canadian Tire store in Exe-
ter and quickly went inside
to finish up her shopping.
When she returned to her
vehicle she realized some-
one had entered into her
locked vehicle and stole a
red plastic bag that con-
tained all of the presents.
The victim was under-
standably upset about what
had happened and the
next day she reported the
theft to the Huron Detach-
ment OPP officers.
Officers took her report
and initiated an investiga-
tion to identify and appre-
hend the thief. It's now one
week into the investigation,
and unfortunately officers
have been unable to identify
a suspect. This isn't the only
update to this case though.
It turns out the officers
working in Exeter that day
didn't want this woman's
act of kindness to go unno-
ticed. So they each chipped
in some money to purchase
some replacement toys. The
Canadian Tire Store eagerly
matched and even exceeded
the officers' donation and
collectively they were able
to come up with a sizable
sack of toys for the victim.
"It just felt like the right thing
to do," said Huron County OPP
Provincial Constable Jason
Richardson. "She was try-
ing to do something great
at this time of the year, and
we didn't want someone
to take that away from her.
We knew those toys were
destined for the less fortu-
nate and we wanted to make
sure that still happened."
Yesterday afternoon, Huron
OPP officers met the victim at
the Canadian Tire store and
were able to surprise the vic-
tim with an assortment of
toys and sporting goods.
The unsuspecting vic-
tim was left nearly speech-
less; however, the smile
on her face and the tears
in her eyes said it all.
Anyone with informa-
tion regarding this crime
is asked to contact 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.
Opp investigating
fatal crash near
vanastra
Investigators from the West
Region OPP Technical Traf-
fic Collision Investigation Team
(TTCI) continue to investigate
a two -vehicle fatal crash that
took place late this afternoon.
Just after 4:35 p.m. Huron
County OPP, Central Huron
Fire Department and Huron
County Paramedic Services
responded to the crash scene
located just west of Vanas-
tra on London Road (High-
way 4) at 7th Avenue.
The preliminary investiga-
tion has determined the
driver of a Chevrolet Mal-
ibu was travelling south-
bound on London Road
when he encountered traf-
fic that was stopped on Lon-
don Road that was waiting
to turn left onto 7th Avenue.
The driver of the sedan
maneuvered around the
stopped vehicles by pass-
ing on the gravel shoulder,
however the driver lost con-
trol of his car as he entered
back onto the travelled por-
tion of the roadway. The
sedan then crossed into the
northbound lane and was
struck on the passenger
side by an armoured truck.
The sole passenger in the
sedan was pronounced
deceased at the scene. She
has been identified as Beth-
any Blanchard, 17, of Clinton.
The driver of the sedan,
Nicholas Dimmers, 19,
also of Clinton, was trans-
ported by land ambulance
to hospital in London with
life-threatening injures.
Suspended
driver double
downs & loses
A 45 -year-old suspended
driver from Waterloo decided
to take a chance he wouldn't
get stopped by police —
it turns out, he didn't get
stopped just once last Thurs-
day, but he got stopped twice,
about 90 minutes apart.
At approximately 9:20 p.m.
on Nov. 30, 2016 officers in
a Huron County OPP patrol
vehicle spotted a Dodge Car-
avan travelling eastbound
into Clinton on Ontario Street
in Clinton. Officers noted
the validation sticker on the
attached rear licence plate
to be expired. The driver was
stopped and during the course
of the investigation offic-
ers also learned the driver
was driving with a suspended
driver's licence. The driver
was subsequently charged
and his vehicle was towed
away. This should have been
the end of the story that
night for this driver how-
ever he had other plans.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m.
Huron OPP officers encoun-
tered the same vehicle and
driver now travelling west-
bound on Londesboro Road.
The defiant driver was charged
again and his motor vehi-
cle was towed away for the
second time that evening.
The 45 -year-old man from
Waterloo has been charged
with Drive While Under Sus-
pension (two counts) and Drive
Motor Vehicle — No Valida-
tion on Plate. He will have to
attend Provincial Offences Act
Court in Goderich on Jan. 17,
2017 to answer to his charges.
Festive RIDE checkpoints will continue to nab drunk drivers
Huron County OPP offic-
ers have been very busy with
their Festive Reduce
Impaired Driving Every-
where (RIDE) checkpoints
during the first two weeks of
the annual campaign.
A total of 116 checkpoints
have been set up throughout
the county.
The increased number of
checkpoints and heightened
public awareness during the
Festive RIDE campaign will
undoubtedly help to keep
our Huron County roadways
as safe as possible. With that
being said, a small percent-
age of drivers still continue
to take unnecessary risks
and endanger others on the
roadway.
Here are some of the high-
lights over the past weekend
at our Huron County RIDE
checkpoints.
• A 39 -year-old male
driver from Ashfield-Col-
borne-Wawanosh failed a
roadside test and was
charged with Over 80 after
being stopped at a RIDE
checkpoint located near
Benmiller on Saturday, Dec.
3, 2016
• A 34 -year-old male
driver from Windsor entered
into a RIDE checkpoint in
Dashwood on Saturday, Dec.
3, 2016. He was found to be
breaching his curfew condi-
tions. In addition to this
offence, his validation sticker
on his licence plate was
expired.
• A 46 -year-old male from
South Huron had open beer
in his vehicle when he pulled
into a RIDE checkpoint Dec.
4 in South Huron.
• A 62 -year-old driver from
Clinton attempted to avoid a
RIDE checkpoint set up in
Morris-Turnberry on Dec. 4.
Officers stopped the driver
and he was found to have
open alcohol in his truck.
• A 46 -year-old male
driver from Huron East
entered into a RIDE check-
point located on Kinburn
Line at Front Road on the
evening of Dec. 4. He had
open alcohol in his truck
and his breath sample regis-
tered in the warn range. He
was served with a 3 -day sus-
pension and was ticketed for
the open alcohol offence.
Huron OPP officers will
continue with their Festive
RIDE checks all through the
month of December and
through to the first weekend
in January 2017. If you plan
to drink or consume drugs
do not get behind the wheel.
Arrange for a designated
driver, take a taxi, stay over-
night or take public transit.
If you suspect that some-
one is driving or is about to
drive impaired, please call
9-1-1 and report it.
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