Wingham Free Press
(BANCROFT, ON) – The Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has charged one person following a short pursuit. On Friday, July 18, 2025, shortly after 8:00 a.m., Bancroft OPP officers were advised from the Haliburton OPP that there was a stolen vehicle entering the area that they were currently pursuing. A tire deflation device was […]
(NORWICH, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check point in Norwich Township results in charges. On July 20, 2025, at approximately 10:45 p.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) set up a R.I.D.E. check point on Stover Street in Norwich. A driver who entered the check point displaying signs […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid Impaired Driving related charges against an individual from Ottawa. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on July 20, OPP members received a call about a vehicle that had crashed on Highway 417 near Innes Rd. Witnesses stated that the driver had been racing […]
(BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM, ON) – A call from the public in relation to a suspicious person led to impaired driving charges. On July 20, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to Washington Road in the Township of Blandford-Blenheim for the report of a suspicious person. As […]
(RUSSELL TWP, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged after an assault in in Russell Township. On Saturday, July 19, 2025, just before 9:30 p.m., officers with the Russell County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an incident on Ste. Marie Road. A male had suffered multiple puncture wounds to his neck. He was […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing impaired and drug-related charges after a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check. On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check at the intersection of Highway 6 and Old Webbwood Road in Espanola. A vehicle […]
(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – Driver facing impaired charge after traffic stop on Highway 401. On July 18, 2025, at 10:52 p.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on general patrol in the Westbound lanes of Highway 401 in the Municipality of Thames Centre, observed a suspicious vehicle, at which time a […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Two individuals have been charged in connection with separate impaired driving collisions. At approximately 10:09 p.m. on Friday, July 18, 2025, the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision involving a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle (SUV) on Concession 13 Townsend in Simcoe. No injuries were reported. […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three drivers over the weekend with impaired driving. On July 19, 2023, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Members from the Kingsville OPP Detachment responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 3 in the Town of Kingsville. Police arrived on scene and spoke […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Elgin OPP investigating a collision that sent on-duty officer to hospital with serious injuries. On July 20, 2025, at 10:45 a.m., a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety division (HSD), observed a suspicious vehicle travelling on Highway 3 in Elgin County, at which time a traffic stop was initiated. […]