Wingham Free Press
(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a driver with multiple offences after receiving a call from a concern motorist. On January 3, 2025, at approximately 2:25 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17, West Nipissing. The […]
(HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON) – A drug trafficking investigation that began in November 2024, resulted in the arrest of two individuals at an address in Dunnville. As a result of the investigation, a quantity of Canadian and American currency, a quantity of illicit drugs including suspected fentanyl and cocaine, as well as drug paraphernalia was seized. Freddy […]
(AMARANTH, ON) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an Amaranth resident with impaired operation related offences as the result of a suspicious person call for service. On January 2, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Dufferin OPP officers were dispatched to a male who was standing in the middle of […]
(LONDON, ON) – Traffic complaint on Highway 402 leads to refusal charge. On January 4, 2025, at 4:57 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to Highway 402 in the City of London, for the report of a possible impaired driver. The vehicle was located on Longwoods Road in Middlesex Centre, […]
(LAKE HELEN, ON) – Shortly before 2:00 pm on January 2, 2025 members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with assistance from the Lake Helen Police Service were notified of a collision between an all terrain vehicle (ATV) and a truck towing a large sign. An off-duty Lake Helen Police Officer detained […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2024 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2024, and continued until January 1, 2025. During the sixth week of the campaign from December 26 to January 1, 2025, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 33 RIDE checks throughout the […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2024 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2024, and continued until January 1, 2025. During the fifth week of the campaign from December 19 to December 25, 2024, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 14 RIDE checks throughout the […]
(MALAHIDE, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are conducting a death investigation after a deceased individual was discovered on the shoreline of Lake Erie, Township of Malahide. On January 4, 2025, members of the Elgin OPP were dispatched to Waneeta Beach after a member of the public located a deceased individual on the shore. […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A single vehicle collision with a fire hydrant ended with criminal charges for an impaired driver. On January 3, 2025, at approximately 12:30 am, members of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single vehicle collision in the Williams Avenue and Fifth Street East area […]
(West Elgin, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Detachment, has charged an individual following a weapons complaint. On January 5, 2025, at approximately 01:05 a.m., a member of the Elgin OPP responded to a complaint of firearms being discharged on the roadway from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a truck on Furnival Road, […]