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Last month,when James Dexter Jenney died at the vacant Materbrand building on Crawford Drive, Peterborough, Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service asked for the public's help in trying to piece together Mr. Jenney's last day. At that time,police were waiting to interview a second man who was suffering from electrical burns.
On Friday,Jan. 13, 2012 the second male involved in the Dec. 16, 2012 attempted copper wire theft attended the police station after being released from the hospital. As a result of the investigation, Austin Alexander Taylor, 55, of Dickson Street, was charged with attempt theft under $5,000. He was released from custody and will appear in court on Feb. 2, 2012.
On Jan. 13, 2012 the second male involved in the Dec. 16, 2012 attempted copper wire theft attended the police station after being released from the hospital. As a result of the investigation Austin Alexander Taylor, 55, of Dickson Street, was charged with attempt theft under $5,000. He was released from custody and will appear in court on Feb. 2, 2012.
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the drivers involved in a motor vehicle collision. Witnesses reported that on Dec. 30, 2011 at approximately 12 p.m. a collision occurred at the intersection of Towerhill Road and Hilliard Street involving a maroon coloured pick-up truck and a dark coloured vehicle similar to an import. Both vehicles fled the scene. Police are asking that the driver’s involved in this collision contact the collision reporting centre located at the Water Street police station.
Friday December 16, 2011, just prior to 4:00 pm police and fire were called to the vacant Materbrand building on Crawford Drive, Peterborough to respond to an electrical fire at the transformer station located on the property. When they arrived they located a deceased male. The male was later identified as James Dexter Jenney age 43 of no fixed address.
Evidence at the scene seems to indicate Jenney was an intruder on the property cutting copper wire, and may have fallen making contact with a live feeder line. Just prior to this incident, witnesses observed a male climbing the tower with a second male watching from the ground. As this incident was being investigated, officers were advised that on the same date a few hours earlier, a 55 year old male also of no fixed address, walked into a nearby medical clinic suffering from electrical burns. He was taken to hospital and then transported to a Toronto hospital. Due to his injuries, investigators have not been able to interview him. The investigation is continuing.
Anyone having information about Jenney’s activities that day, or whom he was with at the time of the incident, is asked to call Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers .
In the hustle and bustle of people coming and going from homes at Christmas time, locking the door sometimes gets overlooked,much to the delight of thieves. Peterborough Police Services have issued a reminder to everyone to please remember to lock up!
December 17th, 2011 between 2400 -0700 hrs a break and enter occurred at a Wildlark Drive residence while the home owners were asleep. An unknown suspect entered the residence through an unlocked rear door. The suspect searched through the Christmas envelopes before taking the keys to the vehicles in the driveway and searched them for cash. An unknown quantity of cash was obtained from the envelopes. A small quantity of cash was obtained from the vehicles.
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Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service's Dispatch Centre received 14 accidental 911 calls from citizens, during the past 24 hours. A large number of these calls were as a result of 'pocket dials' where 911 was contacted unintentionally. Each of these calls need to be addressed, making the dispatch centre exponentially busy. Despite these calls turning out to be unfounded, they still require an immediate response by police, and tie up one of the Communicators until confirmation can be made whether or not the call is an emergency call.
Police Communications staff coordinated 87 emergency calls for service during the past 24 hours, the majority of these matters involved multiple calls from our public pertaining to the same incident. Peterborough Lakefield Community Police would like to ask the public's assistance in avoiding these unnecessary calls by locking cellular phones when not in use. The life you save may be your own. Image from