Wingham Free Press
(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 […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On December 26, 2020, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Services and the Wellington North Fire Service responded to a collision involving a snowmobile at an address on Second Line in the Township of Wellington North. It was reported that a 13-year-old […]
(MIDDLESEX, ON) – On December 29, 2020 at 01:35 a.m. Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located a motor vehicle weaving in its lane and striking a curb on Industrial Rd. in the City of London. A traffic stop was completed and as a result of an investigation police have charged the driver Mark MOSCHUK – […]
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – On December 27, 2020, shortly after 9:00 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leamington officers responded to a complainant of ongoing church services in the 1300 block of Mersea Road 8, Leamington in which more than 10 people were attending contrary to current restrictions. Upon police arrival, officers observed several people inside the church, well […]