Wingham Free Press
(LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a driver with impaired driving related offences. On October 17, 2024, just before midnight, officers responded to a call of a single vehicle collision on Coronation Boulevard in Amherstview. It was reported to police a vehicle had hit […]
(ARRAN-ELDERSLIE, ON) – On October 12, 2024, at approximately 3:20 a.m., a member of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol along 1st Avenue South in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie and attempted to stop a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle fled on foot, but was arrested shortly thereafter. As a result of the […]
(SAUGEEN SHORES, ON) – On October 17, 2024, at approximately 9:56 p.m., a member of the West Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team was on patrol and stopped a vehicle along Bruce Road 40, Municipality of Saugeen Shores. As a result of the interaction, police arrested the driver for impaired driving. Craig FLOOD, 36-years-old, from […]
(BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON) – Two individuals are facing criminal charges after their vehicle was stopped by police. On October 10, 2024, at approximately 12:27 p.m., Batchewana First Nation Police observed a motor vehicle on Gran Street, driven by an individual known to be on conditions to remain outside Batchewana First Nation. A traffic stop was […]
(CALEDON, ON) – On October 5, 2024, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Caledon OPP responded to a two-vehicle collision on The Gore Road, just south of Finnerty Sideroad, in the Town of Caledon. Minor injuries were sustained. The investigation led officers to arrest one of the drivers for Dangerous Operation. As a result, Tevaughn BROWN, 27, of Tottenham […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A number of shoplifting complaints were fielded by the OPP Communication Centre recently as retail store security observed and apprehended three persons in separate incidents in Midland. Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded at approximately 8:56 p.m. October 16, 2024 to the Penetanguishene Foodland and after a brief investigation into the theft of store merchandise arrested […]
(CHAPLEAU, ON) – OPP Community Street Crime Unit executes search warrant. On October 16, 2024, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a residence on Martel Road in the Town of Chapleau. Police located and seized: Total estimated street value […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Major Crime Unit have charged one individual following a months-long fraud investigation. In February 2024, a business in Centre Wellington contacted the Wellington County OPP to advise that they had lost approximately $230,000 to a phishing scam. At that time, the investigation was turned over […]
(TOWNSHIP OF THE NORTH SHORE, ON) – Intoxicated 911 caller arrested. On October 11, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a third false 911 call at a residence on Highway 17 in the village of Spragge. Investigation determined the caller was intoxicated for all three […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Police have seized a loaded firearm and quantities of drugs suspected to be fentanyl and cocaine after an investigation into drug trafficking in the Thunder Bay area. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) began this investigation in August 2024 following an increase in drug […]