Wingham Free Press
(MIDDLESEX, ON) – On Wednesday December 30, 2020 at 3:55 a.m. members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of suspicious persons, attempting to enter a parked motor vehicle on Gore Rd., Thames Centre. Police learned that the suspects were observed fleeing the area in a white Chevrolet Cruze motor vehicle. Officers […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members from the new Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Investigations, with assistance from the Orillia Crime Unit and detachment members, arrested and charged a multi-jurisdictional offender. In May 2020, the investigation began with allegations made by a victim who did not get paid for their services. During the investigation, numerous multi-jurisdictional […]
(COUNTY of BRANT, ON) – County of Brant Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to attend a suspicious vehicle incident from a concerned citizen on McPherson School Road in The County of Brant at approximately 1:00 a.m. on December 30, 2020. County of Brant OPP attended and located a vehicle matching the description on East River […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) – On December 19, 2020, at approximately 10:00 p.m. a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on general patrol in the area of Wellington Road 109 in the Township of Mapleton. At this time, the officer observed a white pick-up truck travelling westbound at a high rate of speed while […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at approximately 7:18 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Oxford County Detachment investigated a theft from a motor vehicle at a Wellington Street, Ingersoll address. It was determined that in the early morning hours, unknowns attended the address and gained entry into a vehicle parked in the […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at approximately 3:47 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Oxford County Detachment responded to a 911 emergency call for a vehicle entry in progress at a Chamberlain Avenue, Ingersoll address. It was determined that a homeowner woke to find three unknown individuals inside their vehicle and immediately […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is taking action to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 by restricting the access to its facilities, including detachments, across the province. The OPP is limiting the processing of routine criminal record checks/vulnerable sector checks and finger printing to essential workers/volunteers only. Anyone seeking entry to OPP […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) – On December 30, 2020 at 6:08 p.m. a car was struck by a Via Rail train on Golfview Drive near Valentino Avenue, Lakeshore. There were no injuries to the driver of the vehicle or passengers on the train. The driver of the car has been charged with fail to give way to railway […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On December 25, 2020, at approximately 10:00 p.m. the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a passenger vehicle stuck in the snow on the front lawn of a home on Albert Street near Egremont Street South in Mount Forest. Police spoke with the driver and […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH, ON) – On December 24, 2020, at approximately 8:30 p.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a person armed with a knife attempting to break into a residence in the area of Darkwood Road and Little Road in Puslinch Township. It was reported that the […]