Wingham Free Press
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Police arrested and charged one person with several drug related offences in North Bay. On April 29, 2024, members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person leaving a residence on 5th Avenue West in the City of North […]
(COCHRANE, ON) – Several calls to police regarding an erratic driver hitting hydro pole, led to charges for impaired driving, dangerous driving, and fail to remain. On April 26, 2024, shortly after 8:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected impaired driver on Third Street East […]
(BRANT AND HALDIMAND COUNTIES, ON) – April 25, 2024 – In a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Finance (MOF), Haldimand OPP, and HSD/TIME, a two-day initiative conducted on April 22 and 25, 2024, resulted in the seizure of a substantial quantity of unstamped contraband cigarettes in Brant and Haldimand Counties. A total of 8,422,800 unstamped […]
(WARE TOWNSHIP, ON) – A single motor vehicle collision has led to one individual being arrested and charged with impaired operation. On April 30, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Auto Road West in Ware Township. Through […]
(SABLES-SPANISH TOWNSHIP, ON) – Police arrested and charged two people with weapons and drug related offences after a replica firearm was discharged. On April 29, 2024, shortly after 10:00 a.m., members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a firearm being discharged from a motor vehicle towards a residence on Montreal […]
(MILDMAY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an impaired driver at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint. On May 1, 2024, members of the South Bruce OPP were conducting a RIDE checkpoint in Mildmay. At approximately 12:03 a.m., police stopped a vehicle to check the sobriety of the driver. They were displaying […]
(South Dundas, ON) – Officers with the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges after conducting a traffic stop on Highway 401. A speeding vehicle was stopped in the early morning hours of April 22, 2024, and upon observing cannabis readily available to the driver, a search was […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) – Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has consolidated and streamlined notable traffic offences with a single release. On March 2, 2024, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Wellington County OPP responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint on George St., Arthur. It was reported that a white Sport Utility Vehicle (S.U.V.) had been parked […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – A local individual is facing drug possession charges after an unwanted person was reported at a business in Pembroke. On the evening of April 23, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m., officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended a restaurant on Pembroke Street West in Pembroke […]
(ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, ON) – Alert OPP officer performs traffic stop and charges driver with impaired operation. On April 26, 2024, at 11:16 p.m., a member of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on general patrol on Murray Street in Corunna, St. Clair Township, performed a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle. It was […]