Wingham Free Press
(TILLSONBURG, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check point in the Town of Tillsonburg results in charges. On March 6, 2026, at approximately 1:30 a.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check point on Broadway in Tillsonburg when a driver, who entered the check point, […]
(ESSEX, ON) -The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals in connection with an attempted “grandparent scam” targeting a vulnerable senior. On Thursday March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:08 p.m. a local resident from Fairview Avenue East in the Town of Essex received a phone call from a male claiming to be her […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A driver is facing criminal charges after a traffic stop for speeding led to the discovery of suspected cocaine. On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at approximately 10:15 p.m., an officer from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 6 in the Township of Northeastern […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges against three individuals following a recent warrant execution. In February 2026, the Caledon CSCU entered into a drug trafficking investigation. With the assistance of the Caledon Major Crime Unit (MCU), OPP […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – A Whitewater Region (WWR) resident is facing several charges after an impaired driving investigation in the Town of Petawawa. On March 2, 2026, at approximately 8:00 p.m., RIDE Program officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a driver on Petawawa Boulevard. After speaking with the driver, […]
(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – Middlesex County OPP investigating a fatal collision in Middlesex Centre. On March 5, 2026, at 7:40 p.m., emergency services including members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Middlesex Centre Fire, were dispatched to Highbury Avenue North between Thirteen and Fourteen Mile Roads in the Municipality of […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid impaired driving charges following an incident in the city. On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 08:00 a.m., officers responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Adrian Court. The driver was arrested and brought to the detachment […]
(TILLSONBURG, ZORRA, NORWICH, ON) – Members from the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), had a busy night across Oxford County, taking three impaired drivers off the roads. On March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:00 a.m., while on proactive patrol, Oxford OPP observed a vehicle being driven dangerously, on Simcoe Street, in the Town […]
(ELK LAKE, ON) – A single vehicle collision in James Township has resulted in impaired driving charges. On Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 11:45 p.m., members of the Englehart and Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 560 and […]
(DUFFERIN COUNTY) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two Town of Orangeville residents with impaired operation-related offences following two separate incidents. On March 4, 2026, at approximately 8:56 a.m., Dufferin OPP officers were conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Highway 10 in the Town of Mono. Officers […]