Wingham Free Press
(HARTY, ON) – A commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver has been charged for dangerous driving, after crossing a live lane into a ditch, and landing a railway track. On March 4, 2024, shortly before 1:00 a.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a 911 call of a CMV in the ditch and […]
(ROCKLAND, ON) – The Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid additional sex-related charged against a Rockland resident. On March 5, 2024, members of the Russell County OPP Crime Unit, assisted by OPP Digital Forensics and Forensic Identification Services, executed a warrant in Ottawa and arrested an individual in relation to a historical […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Oxford Street Crime Unit has charged two individuals after executing a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at an address on Goshen Road in the Town of Tillsonburg. On Friday March 1, 2024, police executed a search warrant in the Town of Tillsonburg. As a […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On March 5, 2024, just after 8:00 p.m., members of the Dryden OPP Detachment completed a traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver on Goodall Street in the City of Dryden. Through investigation, it was […]
(Bancroft, ON) – Members of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop in the Town of Bancroft. On March 1, 2024, shortly after midnight, officers conducted a traffic stop in the Town of Bancroft. As a result of the investigation, 40-year-old Ryan HOGAN of Bancroft […]
(Russell, ON) – The Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has had to put down a dangerous and aggressive dog in Embrun. Officers were called to Notre Dame Street, in the Lapointe Boulevard area, around 11:30 this morning when a man was reported to be walking around, armed with a large knife and behaving […]
(PERTH EAST, ON) – One person is deceased following a single vehicle collision in Perth County. On March 6, 2024, just before 11:00 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Stratford Police Service, Perth County Paramedic Services, and Perth East Fire Services responded to a report of a tractor that had left the roadway on Line […]
(KAPUSKASING, ON) – A proactive traffic stop by a James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer, resulted in an impaired driving charge. On March 3, 2024, shortly before 3:30 a.m., the James Bay OPP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Brunetville Road in Kapuskasing, that was observed swerving in its lane. Police determined […]
(LONG SAULT, ON) – The Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual in relation to historical sexual offences. The investigation by members of the SD&G OPP Crime Unit, began in January 2023 The incidents are said to have occurred throughout 2007 and 2008, while the accused […]
(SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX, ON) – Middlesex County OPP officers used a Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) to assist with arresting an individual with a weapon. On March 5, 2024, at 11:36 a.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Canine, and OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), were dispatched to an address in Newbury, Municipality of […]