Weekly Activity Report: June 18-24 2010

Weekly Activity Report: June 18/10 to June 24/10

 Patrol Officers in the Rideau/Goulbourn area responded to 67 general calls for service from the public for the reporting period of June 18 to June 24.  From the 67 service calls the following is a partial breakdown of incidents by Community:
 

   Manotick: 2 Accident, 1 Theft-fr.-Veh.

•   Richmond: 1 B&E, 4 Theft-fr.-Veh.
•   Half Moon Bay: 1 Theft
•   Munster: 1 Accident
•   Steeple Hill: 1 theft

 
In addition to the calls for service, patrol officers are also proactively enforcing the Highway Traffic laws, responding to false 9-1-1 and alarm calls, and assisting the Ottawa Fire, Paramedics and By-law services.

 
THE SOLICITORS ARE BACK. So lookout and remember—caveat emptor—Buyer Beware.
Over the past week, solicitors representing Direct Energy, Natural Energy, People in Need, and Poor People of Ontario were reportedly plying the streets of Manotick, Richmond and Stonebridge at various times of the day and night.
For companies like Natural Energy, solicitors will attempt to check out your hot water heater and then pressure you into signing a long term agreement on a new hot water tank. Some of their pressure sales tactics include telling you that Direct Energy is no longer in the water heater rental business, water heaters older than 5 years old are no longer efficient and need to be replace, and water heater sold by Direct Energy aren’t safe.

On the other side of the coin, charities such as People in Need and Poor People of Ontario aren’t registered with the Canadian Revenue Agency and therefore should be treated with a cautious dose of Caveat Emptor.

 

 

DOES THIS SOUND SUSPICIOUS? If you saw a person walking around Manotick at 5 in the morning with a gas can and a flashlight would you think it was suspicious and would you call 911?
One complainant thought it was rather suspicious and called 911 to report the incident.
In this case, everything turned out fine; police located the male and discovered that he actually ran out of gas and was looking for a gas station.

A BAD MIX OF SHINGLES AND CONCRETE. A concrete worker called 911 after a roofer flew off the handle and started yelling and shoving him into his truck.
 Apparently, the roofer was setoff into a heated rage after the concrete worker asked him not to throw shingles onto his freshly laid concrete.
Police officers responded to the call and patched things up.

ROLL AWAY ACCIDENT. Police were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on O’Grady Street, at around noon on Thurs., June 24, after a parked vehicle rolled down the hill and rear ended another parked car.
The investigating officer discovered that the roll away accident was caused by the combination of the parking brake letting go and the standard transmission being left in neutral.
When parking a standard transmission vehicle on a grade, it is always a good practice to shift the transmission in first gear, engage the parking brake and turn your steering wheel into the curb.

 

YOUNG DRIVER. A passer-by called 911 after she witnessed a 13-yr-old boy driving a tractor down Hazeldean Road, shortly after 10 a.m. on Sat., June 19.
Police searched the area, but were unable to locate the young tractor driver.

Accident:

 

June 18    Manotick Main Street, Manotick: A driver was charged under the Highway Traffic Act for failing to afford a reasonable opportunity to avoid a collision after he attempted to make a left hand turn and was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
While facing north on Manotick Main Street the driver attempted to make a left hand turn onto Highcroft Drive by crossing over two lanes of southbound traffic. After being waved through by a transport truck operator, who was sitting in the left hand turn lane, the driver failed to notice the car that was traveling down the southbound through lane, when he started crossing over.
Just as the driver entered the through lane he was struck in the passenger side by the southbound car.

 

 

June 21    Rideau Valley Drive, Manotick: A driver was charged under the Highway Traffic Act for starting from a stop position not in safety after he crossed over Rideau Valley Drive and was struck by an oncoming car.
After stopping on Barnsdale Road at the intersection of Rideau Valley Drive the driver observed a northbound car approaching the intersection. Thinking he had enough time to cross over Rideau Valley Drive, the driver entered the intersection and was immediately struck by the oncoming car.
While the pickup truck sustained moderate damage to its front passenger side door, the northbound car sustained severe damage to its front end.
The driver and passengers’ of the northbound car were transported to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

 

June 23    Munster Road, Munster: A driver was charged under the Highway Traffic Act for careless driving after his bus drove into the ditch and landed on its side.
Two students and the driver safely exited the bus and were examined and released at the scene by paramedics.

 

B&E:

 

June 20    Heaphy Road, Rideau: Unknown culprits broke into a cottage on Heaphy Road sometime between 7 p.m. on Sun., June 13 and 10 a.m. on Sun., June 20 and stole two generators and a Honda Big Red trike.

 

June 21     Joys Road, Richmond: Sometime between 3 p.m. on Thurs, June 17 and 11:30 a.m. on Sun., June 20, unknown suspects broke into a house on Joys Road and stole two handguns and three rifles that were secured in a gun cabinet. In addition to the guns, a large sum of cash was taken.

 

 

Suspicious:

 

June 21    Dwyer Hill Road, Rideau: Shortly after 4 a.m. on Monday four males were spotted wandering around the properties near the intersection of Dwyer Hill and Paden Road.
All of the males were described as wearing blue t-shirts and one was carrying a skateboard.
Police searched the area, but were unable to locate the males.

 

Theft:

June 18     Dallaire Crescent, Richmond: A complainant arrived home at approx. 3:15 a.m. on Friday to discover that her unlocked vehicle had been entered by unknown culprits.
Reported stolen were loose change, a Life’s Good GPS unit, a wallet containing medical cards, and a set of keys for the vehicle and the house.
Upon discovering the theft, the complainant drove around the neighborhood and found two other vehicles entered into.
Get the word out to your neighbors on the importance of securing your valuables and your vehicle.

 

June 18     King Street, Richmond: Sometime between 9 p.m. on Thurs., June 17 and 3:15 a.m. on Fri., June 18, unknown persons entered into a complainant’s unlocked vehicle and stole a JVC faceplate, approx. $10 in loose change, a cell phone charger, a vehicle registration card, a Aviva insurance slip and a parking pass for the General Hospital.

June 19     Ormsby Drive, Richmond: A complainant reported that unknown thieves entered into her unlocked vehicle sometime between 7 p.m. on Mon., June 14 and 7 a.m. on Tues., June 15 and stole various CDs, a Nokia cell phone and a pair of women’s black sandals.

June 19     Ormsby Drive, Richmond: Two unlocked vehicles were entered into sometime between 9 p.m. on Thurs., June 17 and 3:15 a.m. on Fri., June 18 and the unknown thieves made off with three pairs of sunglasses, several CDs and a bag of custom jewelry.

June 20    South Island Drive, Manotick: Sometime between 1-5 a.m. on Sunday, unknown persons entered into a complainant’s unlocked vehicle and stole three PING golf clubs and a pair of men’s golf shoes.

June 22     Cambrian Road, Half Moon Bay: A complainant called police to report the theft of a Honda 5000 generator from the Mattamy Homes construction site on Cambrian Road.
The complainant believes the generator was stolen on or about June 10, during the daylight hours.

June 23     3100 Block of Steeple Hill Crescent, Goulbourn: A complainant called the OPS Call center to report a theft.
Sometime between 8 p.m. on Mon., June 21 and 6:30 a.m. on Tue., June 22 unknown suspects stole several hand and power tools out of a locked utility trailer.