A collection of police reports from across Southwestern Ontario
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Aylmer police say guns stolen during a 2020 theft in that Southwestern Ontario town have been recovered after a raid in a nearby community.
Police say their investigation began last month into the June 2020 break-in at an Aylmer property from which guns were stolen. Officers got a warrant on Monday and raided a home on Jackson Line in the Elgin County community of Straffordville, police said.
Aylmer police worked with Ontario Provincial Police officers to raid the home. “Several” firearms and “a quantity” of ammunition were seized, including the stolen weapons, police said.
Two men from Straffordville, ages 59 and 56, face a raft of charges including possession of a stolen weapon, possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition and careless storage of a weapon.
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Man charged in crash
A Sarnia man faces impaired driving and other charges after a weekend crash, provincial police say.
Officers called to the two-vehicle crash at Churchill and Indian roads about 9 am Saturday saw an individual trying to flee the scene, Lambton OPP said Tuesday.
“The individual. . . was identified as a driver involved in the collision,” police said in a statement. “. . . It became apparent the individual was displaying signs of impairment. (They were) arrested and refused to comply with the demand of a peace officer.”
The crash closed the intersection for about three hours, police said.
Christopher Ford, 34, is charged with impaired driving, failing or refusing to give a breath sample, resisting police, dangerous driving, and prohibited driving, police said. He was released with a short date.
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