Wingham Free Press
(MIDLAND, ON) – A 25 year old Barrie resident has been charged in connection to a unlawful vehicle entry and theft incident after a vehicle owner reported the theft of a special gift from an unlocked parked vehicle at an area hospital which occurred at approximately 3:21 a.m. August 29, 2024. Through investigation a suspect was identified […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program and a driving complaint led officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment. to conduct two separate impaired driving investigations recently. On August 24, 2024, at approximately 4:00 p.m. staff at a Tay Township marina reported to the OPP Communication Centre an individual driving about the marina causing a […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – The Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged two individuals in relation to a fail-to-remain motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in the Town of Midland. On August 12, 2024, at approximately 3:40 a.m., officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP and emergency services responded to […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – The driving actions of a south bound Ford F-150 with Ontario plate PJLEG on Main Street Penetanguishene at the Poyntz Street traffic lights near 5:20 p.m. August 8, 2024, caught the eye of a patrol officer from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment. leading into a stunt driving investigation. The officer stopped the vehicle nearby and spoke […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – An early morning south bound Highway 400 vehicle made an unscheduled stop after a passenger of the vehicle got into a dispute with the driver and called police. Officers from Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched at 1:30 a.m. August 11, 2024 and located the vehicle in a gas […]
(MIDLAND,ON)- Two officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment while on patrol were nearly struck in the intersection of Highway 12 and Vasey Road Severn Township by an approaching vehicle at approximately 11:56 p.m. August 8, 2024. The officers stopped the Subaru sedan with Ontario plate DOBETT3R and upon speaking with the driver, entered into a drinking […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment set up a R.I.D.E. program in the interest of road safety on Highway 12 near Wye Valley Road, Midland at approximately 12:30 a.m. August 3, 2024. At approximately 1:30 a.m., a pick up truck entered the R.I.D.E. and an officer entered into a drinking and driving investigation after speaking with the […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A traffic stop in the parking lot of a Midland restaurant has lead to a slew of driving and drug related charges for a Tay Township resident after investigation. An officer on patrol near 11:03 p.m. July 31, 2024, conducted a traffic stop of a orange and black Kawasaki motorcycle at a King Street, Midland […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A traffic stop as a result of a hit on an in car Automated License Plate Recognition scanner in the Town of Midland has led to the arrest of two vehicle drivers after an investigation on July 30, 2024 by members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment. At approximately 9:22 a.m. officers stopped a […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the OPP Community Street Crime Unit from Southern Georgian Bay, Huronia West and Collingwood Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police executed a search warrant at a Queen Street, Midland residence at approximately 5:30 a.m. July 26, 2024. Officers seized a quantity of a drug like substance believed to be cocaine along with […]