Wingham Free Press
(ESSEX, ON) – The Essex detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with aggravated assault after altercation. On November 23, 2024, at 1:21 a.m., members of the Essex OPP, were dispatched to a residence in the community of McGregor in the Town of Essex for a report of an assault. As a […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On November 2, 2024, at approximately 9:15 p.m. members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on Ojibway Parkway and Highway 401. During the operation, a vehicle was stopped, and the driver was assessed for […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested nine drivers with alcohol related driving offences over the Thanksgiving weekend. On Friday October 11, 2024, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Elias HILDEBRAND, 21 years-of-age, of Leamington, was spoken to on Bennie Ave. in the Municipality of Leamington, has been charged with: ยท Operation while impaired […]
(ESSEX, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex Detachment with the assistance of the West Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) Team is investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian. On Sunday, October 6, just before 7:00 a.m., members of the Essex Detachment OPP and Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a collision on […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – One individual was charged following an historical sexual assault investigation. In June 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex County Detachment Crime Unit began an investigation from a report of sexual assaults that occurred between 2003 and 2010. As a result of the investigation, on July 9, 2024, one individual was taken […]
(ESSEX, ON) – On August 27, 2024, at approximately 11:04 p.m., a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex Detachment was on patrol and conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act offence on County Road 50 West in the community of Colchester in the Town of Essex. As a result of the investigation, […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested four drivers over in a 22-hour period this weekend with alcohol related driving offences. On August 17, 2024, at approximately 11:24 p.m., Officers responded to a complaint of a single vehicle driving erratically on County Road 20. Officers located the vehicle in the Town of […]
(ESSEX, ON) – One person has been arrested following a property theft investigation in the town of Essex. On May 29, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant on a vehicle in Kingsville and recovered a quantity of stolen property, including a […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On April 1, 2024, at 6:23 p.m., members of the Lakeshore Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located a vehicle on County Road 2 in the Municipality of Lakeshore which was being driven by a disqualified driver. A traffic stop was conducted, and the driver was taken into custody without incident. Tyler James […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested four drivers over the Easter weekend with alcohol related driving offences. On March 30, 2024, at approximately 2:25 a.m., officers on patrol observed a vehicle failing to stop for a stop sign on Albert Street in the Municipality of Leamington. Officers conducted a traffic […]