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22 Year Old Facing Impaired Charge

(WEST PERTH, ON) – On June 6, 2021, just after 7:00 p.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on general patrol in the Municipality of West Perth conducted a traffic stop on Perth Line 20. Police spoke with the vehicle driver who displayed signs of impairment. The driver was arrested and transported to a local […]

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Melissa SCHMIDT Caught Going 140 in an 80

(NORTH PERTH, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged another driver after they were speeding more than 60km/h over the limit in the Municipality of North Perth. On June 6, 2021 just after 10:00 a.m., police stopped a vehicle on Perth Road 140 after it was found to be travelling in excess […]

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Bridge Fire Update

(GREENOCK TWP, ON) – On June 5, 2021 at 5:19 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a fire along the rail trail in Greenock Township. Officers responded with members of the Paisley, Saugeen Shores and Walkerton Fire Departments to find a trestle bridge fully engulfed by flames. The South Bruce OPP […]

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Christopher OLMSTEAD – Fentanyl

(FOREST, ON) – On June 6, 2021 at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted regarding a suspicious person said to be causing damage to a nearby building on Clyde Street, Forest.   Officers attended and observed an individual near the building matching the description from the earlier complaint. […]

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20 Year Old Caught Going 130 in an 80

(PERTH EAST, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a Kitchener driver after they were speeding more than 50km/h over the limit in the Township of Perth East. On June 7, 2021 just before 3:00 a.m., police stopped a vehicle on the Perth Line 34 after it was found to be travelling […]

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$100,000 In Stolen Property Recovered In ACW – John VANDIEPENBEEK Arrested

(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – An Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh resident is facing nine criminal charges following an investigation conducted by members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment and members of the OPP Huron-Perth Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU). Additionally, the investigative efforts have led to the discovery and seizure of an estimated $100,000 in stolen property. On May 27, 2021 […]

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Driver From Owen Sound Caught Going 145 in an 80

(MEAFORD, ON) On June 1, 2021 at approximately 7:00 p.m., Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 26, near the 11th Line in the Municipality of Meaford. Grey Bruce OPP stopped the vehicle after it was found to be travelling at over 145 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a posted 80 km/h […]

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6 Million Dollar Drug Bust In Arthur

(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On June 4, 2021, Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a Cannabis Act search warrant at a commercial property on Wells Street West in the Town of Arthur. Members of the Wellington County OPP CSCU, Wellington County Crime Unit and uniform officers, with the […]

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Middlesex OPP Weekend Report

(MIDDLESEX, ON) – Over the course of the weekend, members of the Middlesex County, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were busy doing their part to keep our communities safe.  (MIDDLESEX, ON) – ILDERTON RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE On June 7, 2020 at 3:39 a.m. members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London EMS and the […]

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29 Year Old From North Huron Caught Going 135 in an 80

(HURON TWP, ON) – On June 5, 2021 at 4:19 p.m., a member of the Huron Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) noticed a vehicle on Highway 21 in Huron Township moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed was displayed on radar at more than 135 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. Ryan O’NEIL, 29-years-old, […]