Thursday, July 23, 2009

MISSING BOATER PRESUMED DROWNED

(WAWA) – On July 22, 2009 at approximately 5:30 pm The OPP received a report from a family member that at around 3:30 pm a 60 year old Michigan man had apparently fallen out of his boat while on the south end of Manitowik Lake near Hawk Junction, Ontario. He was the lone occupant of the boat. The man was seen struggling to stay above water. The family member who was in another boat made attempts to save the man but was unsuccessful and the victim disappeared under the water and there were no further sightings.

The OPP Marine Unit is presently at the scene searching for the male who is presumed drowned. The OPP dive team is also attending to conduct an underwater search. It is believed that the missing person was not wearing a life jacket.

Further details will be released as the investigation progresses.


SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTS IN INJURIES

(WAWA) – On July 21, 2009 at approximately 4:40 pm The OPP responded to a report of a single vehicle roll-over on Highway 17 north, 5 kilometres south of Highway 519. A 2000 Ford Explorer was northbound when the female driver lost control causing the vehicle to enter the right shoulder and rolling into the ditch. There were two occupants in the vehicle and the driver had to be extricated by the Wawa Volunteer Fire Department. Both subjects were taken to hospital in Wawa by ambulance with undetermined but non life threatening injuries. As a result of investigation Diane BERNIER, age 61 of Montreal, Quebec has been charged with Careless Driving contrary to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.

The Number 1 Crime You Can Prevent

The safest place to keep you cash is in an open box on your driveway. “NOT” Yet almost every day in the East Algoma Detachment area, people provide easy access to their property by not taking the most rudimentary and common sense approach to protecting their valuables. LOCK IT OR LOSE IT. In East Algoma detachment last year the O.P.P. investigated 368 thefts. There were 32 vehicles stolen, 79 thefts from motor vehicles and 257 other thefts. So far this year there have been 171 thefts investigated of which 19 vehicles were stolen, 47 vehicles entered and 152 other thefts reported.

In 99% of the thefts from motor vehicle investigations the vehicles have been left unlocked. How hard can it be to lock a car especially with the automatic door openers most vehicles have these days. Why would anyone leave their keys in their unlocked vehicle. This has also been the case in 90% of all the vehicle thefts investigated by detachment officers. The OPP LOCK IT OR LOSE IT campaign is a public education effort which hopes to encourage people to lock up their cars so these crimes of opportunities do not happen. You may find a card on your vehicle windshield if an officer checks your vehicle and finds it unlocked. Most thieves are lazy and fear the noise of breaking into a vehicle just to rummage through it for change. Why break into a car when your neighbour leaves theirs unlocked. The days of the small town being a safe place to leave your door unlocked in your home and vehicles are over, if they in fact ever really existed.

Even in your own home do not let others know where you keep your valuables, medication, cash ect. as many thefts from within a homes are committed by acquaintances who gain this information and act on it at a late date.

The other most important thing you can do is to prevent and help solve property crime is to report to the police any suspicious activity you may see. This can range from people on the street late at night, to a strange vehicle driving slowly through your neighbourhood. You know who normally is about in the neighbourhood. The police do not mind checking out your suspicions, as a crime prevented takes up a lot less valuable police time than a crime that has to be investigated.