TORONTO – Fergus resident Wilfred Thyssen, 67, was sentenced in Toronto Court by Justice Jonathan Bliss this month to a term of more than five years in prison for arranging to have sex with children and breaching a bail condition.
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Police: woman approached girls, offered them bikes
GUELPH – Police here are investigating after three young girls were approached last Wednesday evening by a woman who offered them bicycles.
Trespassing ATV riders assault, threaten couple
ERIN – Police are looking for help to identify two people who assaulted and threatened a couple on a local trail earlier this month.
Man charged after hit, run
GUELPH – A Puslinch male faces dangerous driving and other charges after fleeing a collision last Friday.
Police beat: Four charged in area drug bust
CALEDON – Four people from Brampton, Mono, Caledon and Mississauga have been charged in a drug bust following a two-month investigation involving several OPP detachments, including Wellington County.
Mount Forest teen, Alma woman dead after serious three-vehicle crash
MAPLETON – Two people are dead following a serious three-vehicle crash here on Sunday evening. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 12th Line and Sideroad 16 in Mapleton at about 7:30pm on April 14.
Police looking to identify source of calls for help in Harriston
HARRISTON – There was a large contingent of first responders here on Sunday afternoon searching for the source of what sounded like distressed calls for help from an unidentified woman.
OPP: five large trucks worth over $1 million stolen from yard near 401
PUSLINCH – Police are investigating the theft of five "semi-tractors" worth over $1 million from a trucking yard here about a month ago. Wellington County OPP officials say the trucks were stolen from a property "near Highway 401" on March 14 at about 9pm.
Oakville man charged in fatal Mapleton crash last fall
MAPLETON – An Oakville man has been charged with dangerous and careless driving in connection with a crash last fall that left one person dead.
Police lay more ‘intimate partner violence’ charges
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police laid 18 charges in nine incidents across the county involving “intimate partner violence” last month.
Off-road vehicle stolen
PALMERSTON – Police are currently investigating the theft of a side-by-side off-road vehicle here last month.
Police beat: OPP Easter traffic safety campaign stats
LONDON – OPP West Region officers charged nearly 200 drivers for failing to wear a seatbelt during the Easter long weekend traffic campaign.
Rona employee dead after being hit by customer’s vehicle
ELORA – A Rona employee is dead after being hit by a vehicle while at work on Saturday. Emergency crews were called to the business, located on Wellington Road 18 across from the Elora Quarry, at about 3:15pm.
Brampton, Windsor residents charged in theft from gas station
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Two Brampton residents and one Windsor resident have been charged after a vehicle "fled from a theft" at a gas station here earlier this week.
Car hits pole; driver flees
FERGUS – Police are looking to identify the driver and vehicle involved in a single-vehicle crash here recently.