Wingham Free Press
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On May 8, 2021, at approximately 2:15 a.m., the Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a driver on Otterville Road, Norwich Township. While on patrol, a vehicle caught the attention of an officer for a Highway Traffic Act violation. A traffic stop was conducted and an Approved Screening Device (ASD) was […]
(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On May 8, 2021, at approximately 10:25 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. spot checks on Wellington Road 18 in Centre Wellington Township. Police investigated the driver of a motor vehicle that entered into the checkpoint. As a result, Scott PORTEOUS, 41-years-old […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH, ON) – On May 7, 2021, at approximately 10:25 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. spot checks on Gore Road in Puslinch. Police investigated the driver of a motor vehicle that entered into the checkpoint. As a result, Craig TARDIFF, 33-years-old of Cambridge has been […]
(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On May 7, 2021, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on St. David Street north in Fergus. Police located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. As a result of the investigation, Anthony Douglas JONES, 55-years-old […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On May 7, 2021 at 2:40 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspected impaired driver. Officers located the vehicle along Broadway Street in Kincardine and found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Nicholas BOYD, 23-years-old, of Kincardine was charged with Operate over 80 milligrams. The accused is […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On May 8, 2021, at approximately 12:35 p.m., the Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a collision at a property on Brownsville Road, South-West Oxford Township. Members of the OPP, South-West Oxford Fire Services from Brownsville, Oxford County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Air Ornge Ambulance attended. Investigation determined […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking suspects and witnesses after a theft from a business in the Municipality of North Perth. On April 14, 2021, just after 4:00 p.m., police were called to a business on Mitchell Road South after a male and female were observed taking $120 worth […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has now identified human remains located in Wellington North Township. On May 4, 2021, shortly after 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a location, just south of Mount Forest, where an individual had reported finding remains in a wooded rural area. Investigators have confirmed […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made an arrest after a robbery in the Municipality of North Perth last week. On Wednesday, April 28 2021, just after 9:30 p.m., the Perth County OPP received a report of a robbery that had just occurred at the Listowel Memorial Park on Royal […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On May 5, 2021 at 8:00 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Force Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET) executed five Cannabis Act search warrants at three greenhouse locations and two residences on County Road 34 and County Road 31 in Kingsville and Seacliff Drive West in Leamington. PJFCET, members of the […]