Wingham Free Press
(CHATHAM KENT, ON) – West Region – Traffic Incident Management Enforcement team, supported by Elgin and Lambton Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual with impaired operation on Highway 401. On Monday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 4:51 p.m., police responded to multiple traffic complaints regarding a transport truck on Highway 401 in the Municipality […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County (Moravian Town First Nation) has arrested one individual after an investigation involving a stolen motor vehicle. On June 2, 2025, at approximately 3:35 p.m., members of the Moravian Town First Nations Police received a report of a possible stolen camper trailer located on a property on […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Detachment, are appealing to the public for further information about a collision investigation occurring on Communication Road near Fairview Line, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. On May 12, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., a collision occurred involving a motorcycle and passenger vehicle. The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased as […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – An individual is deceased following a motorcycle collision in Chatham-Kent. On May 12, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), (Chatham-Kent and Elgin Detachments) Emergency Services, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision on Communication Road and Fairview Line, in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. A […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham Detachment has charged an individual following a traffic stop. On March 26, 2025, at approximately 9:15 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP stopped a passenger vehicle on Highway 401, in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent after observing the vehicle driving at a high rate of speed. While […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Individual facing charges after traffic complaints on Highway 401. On February 26, 2025, at 2:21 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to the Westbound lanes of Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent, after receiving traffic complaints of a motorcycle travelling erratically. Officers located the motorcycle disabled on the shoulder […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham Detachment, are investigating a report of a robbery involving individuals impersonating police officers in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. On December 25, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP were dispatched to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near the 65-KM marker for a […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located and investigated a vehicle after a Good Samaritan reported a traffic complaint in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. On December 2, 2024, at approximately 3:25 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP, Chatham-Kent Detachment, located the subject vehicle westbound on Highway 401 near Howard Road, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Detachment arrested an impaired driver at a Festive Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint. On November 23, 2024, members of the Elgin OPP were conducting a RIDE checkpoint on the eastbound off-ramp of Highway 401 at Bloomfield Road, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. At approximately 10:30 p.m., police […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham Detachment, has charged an individual following a traffic stop. On November 5, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., a member of the Elgin OPP stopped a passenger vehicle on the westbound Highway 401 near Duart Road, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. The driver was taken into custody without incident […]