Wingham Free Press
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – During the month of December 2024, members of the Huron-Perth Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Stratford Police Service Street Crime Unit, the Perth County and Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), conducted a property crime […]
(ARRAN-ELDERSLIE, ON) – On December 29, 2024, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on 1st Avenue North, Municipality of Arran-Elderslie. During the operation, a vehicle was stopped and checked by police. As a result of the investigation, Cody ELDER, 35-years-old from Owen Sound, […]
(ARMOUR TOWNSHIP, ON) – Almaguin Highlands OPP charge a commercial vehicle driver after they were caught using duct tape as a makeshift replacement for a broken driver’s side window. On December 8, 2024, at approximately 10:00 a.m., members of the Almaguin Highlands detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint from a concerned motorist […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on Meredith Street East at the Little Current swing bridge resulted in one person being arrested for impaired operation. On December 29, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Meredith Street East […]
(TINY TOWNSHIP, ON) – An officer from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on patrol in Balm Beach, Tiny Township stopped a 1973 Chevrolet pick up on the Balm Beach Road near Lesperance Road at approximately 2:39 p.m. December 29, 2024. The officer conducted a safety inspection of the vehicle and entered into an impaired driving […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – One person has been arrested and is facing impaired related charges following a traffic complaint on Whites Point Road in the Township of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI). On December 25, 2024, the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint about a possible impaired driver leaving […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person has been arrested and is facing several charges following a traffic stop on Highway 17, Baldwin Township. On December 23, 2024, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle observed driving on Highway 17 with no rear lights on. […]
(SHELBURNE, ON) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Dundalk resident with impaired operation related offences as the result of a R.I.D.E. program. On December 27, 2024, at approximately 2:55 a.m., Dufferin OPP officers were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) spot check in the area of Owen […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – Two people are safe following a house fire in Espanola. On December 20, 2024, at approximately 12:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Espanola Fire Department, responded to a house fire on Mead Boulevard in Espanola. Two people were able to escape the from the house […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – One person is facing charges following an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision where the driver was ejected from an ATV on Cardwell Street in Manitowaning. On December 20, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call for a single ATV rollover, where the driver was […]