Category: Press Release

Overnight October 10th / 11th, Brockville Police received several calls of vehicles entered overnight in the north end of town.

Thefts of different items were reported and police ask anyone who had their vehicle entered to contact us for the purposes of seeing where subjects were active. It also assists police when they come across property that may have been stolen.

Once again, these vehicles are typically unlocked. Police remind the public to lock your vehicle doors at all times of day or night.

No suspects have been identified at this time.

The Brockville Police Services Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Acting Chief of Police Scott Fraser, to Chief of Police. Chief Fraser has served as Acting Chief of Police since December 18, 2013.

Chief Fraser has 23 years of policing experience with both the Brockville Police Service, and the Vancouver Police in British Columbia. He has held a number of different positions in his career, all with increased responsibility and authority.

The Brockville Police Services Board is confident in Chief Fraser

On October 8th, Brockville Police took a complaint from a city resident in regards to a fraud.

The female victim met a man on an internet chat site for seniors. The unknown male began making requests for funds after explaining he had run into unfortunate circumstances.

In the end, the victim was out a substantial amount of money. These crimes are becoming all too frequent and are almost impossible to track down the responsible parties.

Police encourage people to not send money to anyone that you have never met. Family members should check on others to make sure no one around them is communicating with another person in this fashion.

On October 7th, Brockville Police responded to Walmart on Parkedale Ave. in regards to a theft complaint.

A 43 year old female and her 17 year old son were both charged with Theft Under $5000.00 Both accused parties are local residents.

On October 7th Brockville Police responded to south end apartment building in regards to an assault complaint.

A 51 year old male who resides in the building, assaulted two other residents. The victims, a 42 year old female and a 44 year old male, sustained minor injuries in the incident.

The accused was released with conditions and given a future court date.

Brockville Police are currently investigating the theft of a motor vehicle.

The 2004 green dodge van was stolen from the west end parking lot of the 1000 Islands Mall.

It was parked from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. on Tuesday, October 7th. The vehicle was locked and there were no keys left in it.

If anyone has information about persons in that area who appeared suspicious, please contact the Brockville Police.

October 10th

On October 4th, Brockville Police responded to disturbance In south end of town.

A 48 year old local man was involved in a family dispute and was chasing a family member with a shovel. The male was arrested and charged with Weapons Dangerous and Breach of Probation X 2. He was released later with a future court date.

There were no injuries sustained by anyone during the incident.

On October 4th, Brockville Police responded to a domestic dispute at a south end city residence.
A 52 year old local male was arrested to prevent a further breach of the peace.

He was released later with no charges.

On October 4th, Brockville Police performed a traffic stop on a north end street.

The 43 year old driver from the Athens area was arrested and charged with Impaired Driving and Driving Over .08%

He was also on a Conditional Sentence Order and was held in custody as a result.