Wingham Free Press
(MIDLAND,ON) – Several calls from the public to the OPP Communication Centre reporting possible impaired drivers resulted in two drivers being removed after investigation from area roadways over the Canada Day long weekend. At approximately 4:19 a.m. July 1, 2024 officers were dispatched to a report from an off-duty police officer with a white Nissan Versa vehicle that was […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded at 4:06 p.m. April 29, 2024, to a report of shoplifting at the Jones Road Midland LCBO store resulting in the loss of a quantity of liquor. Video surveillance was obtained and reviewed by the attending officer. On May 6, 2024 at 3:27 p.m. store staff of […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- A Midland resident learned as a result of a single vehicle E-Bike crash that drinking and driving laws do apply to E-Bike operators as well. Griffin Wright-Gravel 19 years was charged with Operation while impaired – alcohol and further with Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus) after officers from the Southern Georgian […]
(MIDLAND,ON) A vehicle with a broken rear window attracted the attention of police this morning and led officers to locate drugs during a traffic stop. On the morning of April 17, 2024, members of the Southern Georgian Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police(OPP) were on general patrol in the Town of Midland and observed a […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded at 6:33 pm April 8, 2024, to a report of an individual on foot playing “chicken” with vehicular traffic in the intersection of King Street and Heritage Drive, Midland. Attending officers located an intoxicated individual and made an arrest under the Liquor Licence and Control Act who […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A member of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment while on patrol noted a vehicle parked in a no parking section of a business parking lot on County Road 93, Midland at approximately 1:07 pm April 5, 2024. There appeared to be a person asleep behind the steering wheel and upon further investigation by the officer, the […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A 35 year old Midland resident has been charged in connection to a unlawful vehicle entry, theft and further fraud incidents after a Penetanguishene resident reported the theft of a wallet from an unlocked parked vehicle at a residence during the dark hours of March 9-10, 2024. The responding officer through investigation found that […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A R.I.D.E. program set up by members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment on Heritage Drive, Midland has resulted in a impaired driving investigation for a 23 year old Christian Island resident. Officers doing their part in an effort to increase road safety were checking drivers for signs of impairment, entered into an impaired driving investigation with […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment were kept busy over March 14-17, 2024 with traffic related incidents on Detachment patrolled roadways. Impaired Drivers Investigated Officers conducting a reduce impaired driving everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program on Heritage Drive at Wye Valley Road, Midland checked the driver of a passing through vehicle for signs of impairment near 11:50 p.m. […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- A report to the OPP Communications Centre on March 11, 2024 at approximately 2:23 p.m. lead officers to locate a Ford pick-up in the ditch of Old Fort Road near Elliott Side Road, Tay Township. The attending officer from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment spoke with the lone driver then placed the driver under arrest for an impaired driving […]