Wingham Free Press
(ELGIN, ON) – A collision in Elgin, involving a pedestrian, has resulted in a charge being laid. On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, shortly after 11:00 a.m., members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports that a vehicle was travelling on Main Street in Elgin when it struck a 17-year-old who […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Individual charged after a sexual luring investigation in Southwold Township. On November 17, 2025, at 4:46 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to an address in Southwold Township for the report of a sexual luring incident. The Elgin County OPP Crime Unit assisted with the investigation. […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Elgin OPP investigating a collision that sent on-duty officer to hospital with serious injuries. On July 20, 2025, at 10:45 a.m., a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety division (HSD), observed a suspicious vehicle travelling on Highway 3 in Elgin County, at which time a traffic stop was initiated. […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Elgin OPP close Port Burwell beach to search for missing swimmer. On June 22, 2025, at 3:05 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Medavie EMS, Bayham Fire and Central Elgin Fire, were dispatched to Port Burwell beach in the Municipality of Bayham for the report of two swimmers […]
(ELGIN, ON) – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual in connection with a suspicious fire in the village of Elgin. On Saturday, May 10, 2025 at approximately 12:00 p.m., Leeds OPP and Rideau Lakes Fire Department responded to a fire at an uninhabited single-family home in the village […]
(ELGIN, ON) – Members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious head-on collision on Highway 15 which sent both drivers to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The investigation is still ongoing, and numerous charges have been laid against one of the passengers. On Friday, May 2, 2025, at noon, […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – An individual is deceased following a two-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and commercial motor vehicle in the Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich. On March 21, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Fire and Emergency Services, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision at Highway […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – On March 18, 2025 at approximately 5:00 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin-Middlesex Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in collaboration with the St. Thomas Police Service Street Crime Unit assisted by the West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (WR TRU), the West Region Canine Unit (WR K9), the Oxford-Brant CSCU, the […]
(ELGIN, ON) – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to investigate a single vehicle rollover where the driver was transported to hospital for serious injuries. On December 15, 2024, just after 9:00 a.m., members of the Leeds OPP received reports of a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 15, just south […]
(ELGIN, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a stolen vehicle on the eastbound Highway 401, Southwest Oxford and arrested the driver. Beginning on July 1, 2024, at approximately 7:35 a.m., a member of Elgin OPP, Chatham Detachment, attempted to stop a passenger vehicle on the westbound Highway 401 near the 79-Kilometer Marker, […]