Wingham Free Press
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – On May 20, 2021 at approximately 4:50 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with Chatham-Kent Fire & Emergency Services responded to a vehicle fire on Highway 401 eastbound near the 70 kilometer marker between Queen’s Line Road and Bloomfield Road in Chatham-Kent. A tractor trailer loaded with 44,000lbs of beef became fully engulfed, […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Monday May 17, 2021 just before 08:00 a.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a theft of copper wire and aluminum from a construction site on Twamley Street West in the Municipality of North Perth. Sometime between May 15, 2021 and May 17, 2021 unknown […]
On May 19, 2021, the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Robbery Unit arrested a Waterloo male in connection to an armed robbery. On May 14, 2021, police responded to the area of Devitt Avenue North in Waterloo for a report of an attempt vehicle theft. The victim reported that at approximately 3 a.m., he was woken […]
(CHESLEY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating after a counterfeit $20 Canadian bill was used at a business in the town of Chesley. To use or offer counterfeit money is an offence listed in the Criminal Code of Canada that carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail upon conviction. […]
A Public Meeting will be held during the Brockton Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The Public Meeting will be held in electronic format only through Zoom Video Conferencing, and will be broadcast to the Municipality of Brockton’s YouTube Channel. A Draft Plan of Subdivision application has been submitted to create a residential […]
(HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON) – On Wednesday May 19, 2021, an accused individual, facing charges in relation to the McKenzie Meadows residential development site and demonstrations in Caledonia, Haldimand County, attended the Haldimand County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment where two outstanding warrants were executed. The OPP has charged 37-year-old Skylar WILLIAMS of Six Nations of […]
(CARRICK TWP, ON) – On May 18, 2021 at 7:59 p.m., a member of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on patrol along Huron-Bruce Road in Carrick Township noticed a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed was displayed on radar at more than 140 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. […]
(LAMBTON SHORES, ON) – On May 18, 2021 at 10:15 p.m., members of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an assault with a weapon that had occurred earlier in the evening at a residence in Lambton Shores. The investigation revealed that the victim had driven themselves to hospital following an […]
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has stopped and charged 2 stunt drivers this past week. On May 14, 2021 at 9:15 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Bruce County Road 3 in Carrick Township noticed a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Monday May 17, 2021 just after 6:30 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Perth County Paramedic Services, and the North Perth Fire Department responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision on Perth Road 158 in the Municipality of North Perth. The 63-year-old driver from North Perth was […]