Fraudulent promotion scheme
      South Simcoe Police are investigating a Fraudulent Promotion Scheme reported by a Cookstown area resident. The resident reported that he had received a letter apparently from a promotions company located in Madrid, Spain advising that he had won a European Lottery winning almost 1 million euro's (a...
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South Simcoe Police
      Cocaine Possession On Saturday March 3, at approximately 9:15 p.m. police stopped a motor vehicle on Kate Avenue in the Town of Innisfil to investigate it for unauthorized plates.While investigating the vehicle the officer observed the passenger to be a male he had arrested and charged earlier in...
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Angus man charged with impaired
      A motor vehicle being operated in an erratic manner at the Angus Plaza alerted Nottawasaga OPP last Sunday about 5 p.m. Police determined the driver's ability to operate the motor vehicle was impaired by drugs. Charged is David Hatton, 35 of Angus, with impaired by Drug Care or Control contrary t...
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Missing Fisherman on Lake Simcoe
      South Simcoe Police were called by two fishermen visiting from Michigan, when a third fisherman got lost on Lake Simcoe, in a winter storm. The fishermen were separated from their friend, when high winds reduced visibility to a point where they could not stay together. The missing fisherman, 48 yea...
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Five sent to hospital after Angus collision
      Essa - Last Tuesday about 5:45 p.m. a two vehicle collision on Mill St. in Angus sent five to hospital. OPP and the Essa Fire Department responded. Luc Saulnier, 27 of Quebec, was driving a 2003 Subaru Impreza northbound on Mill when a 2000 Toyota Echo driven by Benjamin Dunnet, 24 of Base Borde...
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Four charged in Barrie murder
      Four men have been charged in the killing of a Barrie man, found in a snowbank in Oro-Medonte last Friday. Barrie Police allege that 31-year-old Richard Boxall was assaulted in Barrie, knocked unconscious, wrapped in a blanket and dumped by the side of Ridge Road.
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New OPP HQ heading to Alliston area
by Richard Blanchard
      The new building for the Tecumseth OPP detachment will be located in the Alliston area. Essa mayor Dave Guergis told council Wednesday night that the OPP has always wanted the new headquarters located in the Alliston area.
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