Members of the LaSalle Police Service, working from Monday November 16th to Sunday November 22nd, were kept busy responding to 349 calls for service and activities including:
24 – Emergency 911 Calls
3 – Alarms
1 – Assault Complaints
2 – Assist Ambulance
3 – Assist Other Police Service
1 – Bail Violation
4 – By-Law Complaints
64 – Directed Patrols
5 – Domestic Dispute
3 – Driving Complaints
2 – Fraud Complaints
3 – Harassment Complaints
1 – Impaired Driving Complaint
2 – Mental Health Matters
1 – Mischief Complaint
2 – Missing Persons
7 – Motor Vehicle Collisions
85 – Property Checks
9 – Suspicious Activity
10 – Thefts
2 – Threats Complaints
70 – Traffic Stops & Vehicle Checks
4 – COVID-19 related call
Nov 23
Drive Motor Vehicle – Perform Stunt by Speeding.
Just before 4:00 AM, an officer on general patrol on Highway #3 observed a white Chevrolet Cruise travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle registered a reading of 133 km/h in the posted 80 km/h zone. The officer stopped the vehicle and issued the male driver with a Part III summons for the offence of drive motor vehicle – perform stunt/speeding 50 km/h or more. The male’s driver’s licence was subsequently suspended for seven days and his vehicle impounded for seven days. While speaking with the driver, the officer detected the odour of alcohol and demanded a breath sample from him. The driver registered over 50 mgs of alcohol per 100 mls of blood and an additional three day suspension was served upon him.
On this same day at 8:20 PM, an officer on general patrol on Bouffard Road observed a white PT Cruiser vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle registered a speed of 115 km/h on the radar. This area of Bouffard Road is a 50km/h zone. The officer stopped the vehicle issued the male driver with a Part III summons for the offence of drive motor vehicle – perform stunt/speeding 50 km/h or more. The male’s driver’s licence was subsequently suspended for seven days and his vehicle impounded for seven days.
The minimum fine for this offence is $2000.00 and a possible drivers licence suspension of not more than two years.
The Driver’s licence reinstatement fee is $281.00.
You will also be responsible to cover all towing and impound fees.
Your insurance company is surely not likely to take this lightly.
It doesn’t pay to speed. Please drive cautiously.
Nov 24
3 Vehicle Motor Vehicle Collision – Careless Driving and Driving While Disqualified
Just after 4:00 PM, an officer attended the intersection on Malden Road and Monty Street for a collision involving three motor vehicles. All three vehicles were travelling south on Malden Road when the lead vehicle, a Dodge Caravan, stopped to make a turn. The following vehicle, a Dodge Durango, was slowing to a stop behind the Caravan. A Dodge canyon, driven by an adult male driver, was travelling south behind the Durango and did not stop, striking the Durango on the rear and pushing it forward into the Caravan. The Canyon was demolished and the Durango sustained severe damage. Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. The Caravan sustained light damage and was able to be driven from the scene. There were no injuries reported to police. The driver of the Canyon was currently a suspended driver. He was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with Careless Driving and Driving While Under Suspension.
Nov 25
“HITMAN” Email Scam
An officer spoke with a male stating that he received an email from an unknown name/sender with threatening information. The information in the e-mail was generic and not directed to anyone specific. It state “Someone paid me to kill you, if you want me to spare you. I’ll give you seven days to pay me CAD $5000.00. If you inform the police or anybody, you will die. I am monitoring you.”
The reporting person knew that this was a scam in order to try to scare him into sending money. He advised police that he wasn’t concerned for his safety at this time.
Unfortunately, these types of scams have been around for a long time. A simple query of “Hitman Scams” reveals such and just how the scam is intended to work. Like many internet scams, the principle is to scare you into making a decision without thinking it through in order to part you with your hard earned money.
The reporting person did the right thing by not complying with the demand AND immediately reporting it to the police. He was advised the male to block the sender and to report anything out of the ordinary immediately to police.
Don’t fall for these scams. Don’t EVER be afraid or embarrassed. Call your local police service immediately and report the matter to the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre: https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm
Nov 26
Theft of Vehicle: Front Road
A LaSalle resident in the 2500 block of Front Road noticed that their vehicle was missing from their driveway in the early afternoon and contacted the LaSalle Police Service to report it stolen. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 5:00 AM and 1:30 PM. LaSalle Police Service received information that the vehicle was located in Windsor and advised the Windsor Police Service of its whereabouts. The vehicle was located and returned to the owner. There was however, damage to both sides of the vehicle and other items were damaged within the vehicle. The matter remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about any of these occurrences or any criminal offence is encouraged to contact the LaSalle Police Service immediately at 519 969-5210 or anonymous tips can be made at Crime Stoppers at 519 258-8477 or www.catchcrooks.comhttps://www.catchcrooks.com/
Nov 28
Phishing Email Scam
An officer met with a LaSalle resident who wished to report a Fraud attempt. He reported that someone had used an e-mail address that was only one character different from his to send a message to a number of his contacts asking for $500 in gift cards to purchase a gift for a family member.
Recipients of the e-mail contacted the complainant and advised him of the circumstances. Knowing that this was a fraud, he contacted the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to make a report as well as his bank. To the reporting person’s knowledge, no one sent any money or gift cards and no one has lost any money. The complainant was advised by the CAFC to report the matter to their local police service. They were advised to contact Equifax and Trans Union to secure their credit and to notify persons in their contact list to watch our for phishing scams and e-mails that seem to be originating from their e-mail account.
The scenario is a classified as a phishing scam which is very common worldwide. Often times these types of scam are done by sophisticated networks of cyber criminals. Canadian Anti Fraud Centre: https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm
Competition Bureau of Canada – Little Black Book of Scams: https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/04333.html
Nov 29
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas…
At 3:30 PM, a resident of Pope Street noticed that their Christmas decorations were missing from their back yard. The items that were taken were some lighted Christmas presents. After speaking with some neighbours they discovered that the incident was caught on camera and occurred just before 6:00 PM on November 28th. The camera is at a distance and was only able to see when the lights of the decorations were unplugged and went dark. The officers canvassed the area in order to locate any further video surveillance of the area.
Anyone with information about any of these occurrences or any criminal offence is encouraged to contact the LaSalle Police Service immediately at 519 969-5210 or anonymous tips can be made at Crime Stoppers at 519 258-8477 or www.catchcrooks.comhttps://www.catchcrooks.com/