Oxford OPP Briefs - Tuesday December 12th

Tuesday, 12 December 2023 05:45

Oxford OPP officers have been busy in Tillsonburg lately with Festive RIDE programs, a purse theft, and a suspicious person report on Broadway.

TILLSONBURG - Oxford County OPP made a pair of arrests in Tillsonburg.

Last Thursday, reports of suspicious activity were called in at a business on Broadway in Tillsonburg.

Two people left the area before police showed up, but they were found a short distance away and arrested. One was released without conditions, while the other, a 19-year-old man from Tillsonburg was charged with possession of methamphetamine, and failure to comply with a probation order.

He will be in Woodstock Court January 23rd.

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TILLSONBURG - A Tillsonburg resident is facing multiple charges in their hometown.

At around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, a RIDE program was set up on Lisgar Ave in Tillsonburg, when a 32-year-old man went through. He showed signs that he had been drinking, so he was arrested and taken to the detachment for testing.

As a result, he is charged with operation while impaired, operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration over 80, failing to properly wear a seatbelt, possessing more than one licence, and being a novice driver with a blood alcohol level over zero.

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TILLSONBURG - A theft in Tillsonburg has Oxford OPP investigating.

Police are searching for a man who is believed to have stolen a woman's purse while she was shopping at a business on Broadway. Pictures of the suspect are on the OPP West Region social media pages.

If you have any information regarding this investigation contact the Oxford OPP or Crime Stoppers.

#OxfordOPP is investigating the theft of a purse while the owner was shopping at a business on Broadway in @TillsonburgTown on Dec 2nd at approx 4pm. If you have any info or recognize this person of interest, call @OPP 1-888-310-1122 or @CrimeStoppersOC 1-800-222-8477^pc pic.twitter.com/CIRpFZ4Uo5
— OPP West Region (@OPP_WR) December 11, 2023