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OPP says home under construction targeted with loss of $22k

  Lambton OPP says it is investigating the break, enter and theft of construction equipment and tools from a home under construction on Pinery Bluffs Road in Lambton Shores. The theft, which occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, jan. 14, included the loss of a new furnace and an air exchanger. Various contractor [...]

OPP responds to barricaded person incident in St. Clair Township

  Lambton OPP says it is investigating a barricaded person incident that occurred in the 900 block of White Line around 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 12) at 6:30 p.m. When police were called to check on the well being of a 44-year-old St. Clair Township man, he initially refused to come out or speak to [...]

OPP wraps up festive R.I.D.E. campaign

  It may be too early to identify trends when it comes to drunk driving in Lambton County, but the OPP says its R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) festive campaign nabbed eight drivers, double the number charged during last season's campaign but down from the 10 charged in 2009. On an annual basis, Lambton OPP [...]

OPP make drug bust in Corunna

Lambton OPP say its Safe Streets Unit and the Drug Enforcement Bureau of its Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau made a legal search on Beckwith Street last Friday. They are said to have found quantities of suspected Fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, the approximate value of the drugs being $750. Two Corunna males, 21 and 19 years [...]

OPP report two drunk driving incidents near end of year

The second to last day of the year ended badly for two area drivers accused of drinking and driving. In the first of two incidents reported by Lambton OPP, a Sarnia driver was charged after police responded to a 3 a.m. report of an SUV having rolled into the ditch on Highway 40 in the [...]

Traffic stops lead to drug charges

Lambton OPP say two traffic stops, the first on Dec. 28 and one on New Year's Day, resulted in various drug charges. On Dec. 28 at around 11:30 p.m., officers stopped a GMC truck on Rokeby Line in the area of Fairweather Road. They discovered assorted drug paraphernalia and a quantity of suspected Oxycodone. A [...]

Break and enter reported, plywood stolen

Lambton OPP say the compound at Watson's Tim-br Mart on Courtright Line was the scene of a break and enter on Dec. 30. Stolen after a lock was broken are 19 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood and five sheets of 5/8 inch plywood, with a loss of more than $700.

OPP says be aware of road conditions, call 5-1-1 for latest

Lambton OPP are urging people not to travel today (Tuesday, Jan. 3) if at all possible. "If you must venture out, check road and weather conditions before you leave," says an OPP media release. ""Take an emergency kit with you that should include items such as a fully charged cell phone and charger, warm clothes [...]

Lambton Shores man charged with driving over legal limit

Lambton OPP say they stopped a Dodge van in the area of Lakeshore Road and Northville Crescent at around 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, subsequently charging a 56-year-old Lambton Shores man with driving over the legal limit. The accused will appear in a Sarnia court on Jan. 30, 2012 to answer to the charge.

Break in results in $6,400 loss in Warwick Township

Lambton OPP is investigating a break and enter that they say resulted in a loss of $6,400 inb the form of a Stihl chainsaw and Honda ATV. The incident, which occurred some time between 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 6 a.m. on Christmas Day, occurred in the 8000 block of LaSalle Line where a [...]