Wingham Free Press
(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 […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment wrapped up several recent investigations with an arrest on March 5, 2024 At approximately 6:57 a.m. March 5, 2024, officers responded to a theft in progress at a Vinden Street, Midland retail store. Officers were able to locate the suspect and arrested Jonathon SYLVESTER 35-years of Christian […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A shoplifting incident at Midland Foodland reported to the OPP Communication Centre by store security at approximately 7:46 a.m. March 1, 2024 was investigated promptly by an officer of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment with the suspect being identified through investigation as an individual known to police. At 8:44 a.m. March 1, 2024 […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – On the morning of February 29, 2024, a search warrant was executed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at a residence on William Street in the Town of Midland, which resulted in the seizure of Cocaine and other items. Members of the Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) of the Southern Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Huronia […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- In response to a community members complaint at approximately 12:14 p.m. February 28, 2024 of a driver tossing a liquor bottle out the window of a parked but running GMC pick up truck in a parking lot on Jones Road, Midland an officer from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment located the suspect vehicle and spoke […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A report near 9:30 p.m. February 23, 2024, of a stolen commercial use pick up truck from the parking lot of a King Street Midland recreational sport location lead officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment to commence an investigation and keep observation for the vehicle. While on another call for service in the […]