Wingham Free Press
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) -Police have arrested and charged a Kingsville resident following a child sexual exploitation investigation. On Friday, November 28, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Kingsville, with assistance from assistance from the OPP Essex County Detachment, members of the OPP Digital […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- On November 17, 2025, at 8:30 p.m., a member of the Lakeshore Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment was on patrol and observed a vehicle driving erratically on County Road 22 at Wallace Line Road in the Municipality of Lakeshore. The officer conducted a traffic stop and upon speaking to the driver, determined that […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – An Essex man has been charged as a result of several fraud investigations on Pelee Island. It was reported by two victims to the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) that between April 4, 2025, and August 11, 2025, the victims were defrauded after hiring a local plumber to complete work. As […]
(ESSEX, ON) – On September 13, 2025, at approximately 11:12 p.m., members of the Essex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment received a report of a single motorcycle collision with two occupants on Fairview Avenue West in the Town of Essex. Officers arrived on scene with Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Upon speaking to the driver, officers […]
(ESSEX, ON) – On September 13, 2025, at approximately 11:12 p.m., members of the Essex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment received a report of a single motorcycle collision with two occupants on Fairview Avenue West in the Town of Essex. Officers arrived on scene with Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Upon speaking to the driver, officers […]
(ESSEX, ON) – On September 3, 2025, at 11:34 p.m., a member of the Essex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, was on patrol along Highway 3 near County Road 8 in the Town of Essex, when a vehicle was observed driving in an unsafe manner. The officer conducted a traffic stop. Upon speaking to the driver, it […]
(ESSEX, ON) – On September 2, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., members of the Essex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment received a report of a single motor vehicle into the ditch on 12th Concession Road Town of Essex Officers arrived on scene and upon speaking to the driver, officers observed signs of impairment. The driver was arrested and […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- Police have charged an individual following the execution of a warrant in Essex. On Thursday August 14, 2025, members of the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit, OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), and Essex OPP uniform members, executed a search warrant at an […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were busy over the weekend with seven drivers having their driving privileges revoked as a result of impaired driving investigations. On August 16, 2025, at approximately 12:04 a.m., members from the Leamington OPP Detachment responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Seacliff Drive […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- On Wednesday August 12, 2025, the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit arrested two individuals in relation to multiple investigations throughout Essex County. Between May 15 and July 8, 2025, the accused were involved in a crime spree in Lakeshore, Tecumseh and Essex which affected 35 victims and caused […]