Sunday, January 22, 2006

SEARCHMONT BREAK AND ENTER

Searchmont, Ont., Sault Ste Marie OPP is investigating a break and enter in the village of Searchmont late last week that has just a little twist to it.

Sometime late in the past week crooks forced their way into a home in Searchmont. Once inside they took the bed, bed frame and linens for the bed. In order to fulfill their desire to decorate their own “den of iniquity” with everyone else’s property, they also took a pine storage chest and television from the house. Officers are sure that these are not articles that one would easily conceal in a duffle bag so as to make non-conspicuous escape.

If any resident of Searchmont thought that the owner of this particular home was moving out of the village, this now appears not to be true. If you remember seeing anyone in or around Searchmont with this furniture either in the back of a truck or moving it into a home, the OPP or Crime Stoppers would really like you to call us.


SNOW MACHINE PATROLS – CHARGES LAID

Heyden, Ont., Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the OPP S.T.O.P. Program (Snowmobile Trail Officer Patrol ) had a successful day of patrol over the weekend.

On Saturday 21 Jan 2006 the officers from both organizations patrolled lakes and trails in the Heyden area. As a result of their patrols the following charges were laid. Two Motorized Snow Vehicle charges and twelve warnings under the Motorized Snow Vehicle Act. Three Ontario Fishery Regulations charges and two other warnings under this act. Officers stopped several All Terrain Vehicles and issued the drivers of those machines three warnings.

Unfortunately, as with every snow machine season, the officers found a snow machine partially submerged in open water. The enforcement team was patrolling Lower Island Lake in Heyden when they spotted a snow machine partially submerged in about three feet of water in Lower Island Lake. They were able to determine that the machine went into the water at about 3:00.a.m. on Saturday morning and the driver was able to get back to his nearby home without injury. The machine was being removed later Saturday afternoon.

The officers also would like to advise snow machine operators that many of the lakes in that area were covered with thick slush. Most of the creeks and rivers in that area north of Sault Ste Marie are not frozen over. Be careful if you are venturing out on your machine. Your favorite fishing spot or regular snow machine route may not be in the best of conditions.