Wingham Free Press
(Town of the Blue Mountains, ON) – Members of the Collingwood and Blue Mountains Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a male who was attempting a theft from a grocery store in Thornbury. On January 18, 2025 just before 7:00 PM members of Collingwood and Blue Mountain OPP observed a male inside a grocery store […]
(NORTH GRENVILLE, ON) – Investigators are seeking dashcam video of a multi-vehicle collision east of Kemptville which left one person deceased. It happened Friday, January 17, 2025, just after 5:30 p.m., on County Road 43 near Van Buren Street. An eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line, sideswiping one westbound vehicle and colliding head-on with a second […]
(SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, ON) – The James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 near Red Pine Road, approximately 5 km west of Smooth Rock Falls. The collision involved a head-on crash between two commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). On January 17, 2025, at approximately 9:30 […]
(PICKLE LAKE, ON) – A single motor vehicle collision ended with criminal charges for an impaired driver. On January 16th, 2025, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Pickle Lake OPP were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision that took place on the Highway 599, south of Mishkeegogamang First Nation. Through the investigation, it was determined that the […]
(CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit has laid numerous drug and weapon charges in Rockland. A drug trafficking investigation resulted in a search warrant being executed on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at a residence on Laurier Street. Officers from the Street Crime Unit and Russell County OPP Detachment seized […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- Two back to back retail shoplifting incidents have resulted in property related criminal charges for two area residents. On January 9, 2025 at approximately 1:36 p.m. store security at the Canadian Tire store on Simcoe County Road 93, Midland reported to the Ontario Provincial Police Communication Centre .a significant theft of retail store products by a […]
(GERALDTON, ON) – An Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) device alerted officers of an expired licence plate and lead to police seizing thirteen cases of chewing tobacco. On January 14th, 2025, at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop after an ALPR hit along Highway […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- Two Midland residents have been charged in two separate shoplifting incidents dating back to December 2024 from the Midland LCBO store on Jones Road Midland. On Dec 28, 2024 near 7:17 p.m. staff observed a very brazen theft of liquor products from the store by an individual and made a report to the Ontario Provincial […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a South Huron resident following a theft from a retail store north of Grand Bend in the Municipality of South Huron on January 12, 2025. On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, Huron County OPP officers were contacted by staff at a South Huron retail store […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Police are investigating the circumstances of a fatal collision in Simcoe. At approximately 9:37 a.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment, along with Norfolk County Paramedic Services, responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a sedan on St. John’s Road West in Simcoe, Norfolk […]