Wingham Free Press
(COCHRANE, ON) – A traffic stop for stunt driving led to an impaired driving arrest. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic patrol in the town of Cochrane, when an officer observed a vehicle travelling at 105 km/hr in a posted 60 km/hr zone […]
(KAPUSKASING, ON) – A call from the public in Kapuskasing led to an impaired driving arrest. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 2:00 a.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a possible impaired driver withing a parking lot on O’Brien Avenue in Kapuskasing. The subject vehicle was located running […]
(KIRKLAND LAKE, ON) – A weapons call has led to the arrest and multiple charges against two locals in Kirkland Lake. On October 18, 2024, at approximately 1:20 a.m., the Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Timiskaming Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a disturbance on Government Road West, in Chaput Hughes. The caller observed […]
(KIRKLAND LAKE, ON) – An arson in Kirkland Lake has led to the arrest and charges against one local person. On October 19, 2024, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Kirkland Lake Fire Services responded to a fire within the porch of an apartment building on Government Road West, in […]
(BRADFORD, ON) – An eight vehicle, chain reaction collision, resulted in one driver being arrested and charged with numerous criminal charges and provincial offences, early Thursday morning. On October 31, 2024, shortly after 4:30 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Aurora detachment were dispatched to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 400 south bound, south of […]
(TOWN OF WASAGA BEACH, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested an unregistered nurse with 19 charges related to identify fraud in healthcare facilities across Simcoe County. Between September 2020 and April 2024, the individual secured employment as a nurse at multiple healthcare facilities, including long-term care homes, despite […]
(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – Driver charged after collision with pedestrian in Dorchester. On October 31, 2024, at 8:21 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Thames Centre Fire were dispatched to Woodvale Drive in Dorchester, Thames Centre, for the report of a single vehicle collision verse a pedestrian. Early […]
(Sydenham, ON) – An extensive investigation in October 2024, has recovered property reported stolen from several residences and businesses in the City of Kingston. Members of the East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) located a stolen 2023 Ford F-150 Tremor, a 2021 Kia Seltos, and an enclosed utility trailer on a property located off Sumac […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Three Christian Island residents escaped serious injury yesterday after the east bound Concession Road 12 of Tiny Township Jeep they were riding in crashed into the trees at the intersection of Overhead Bridge Road near 10:46 a.m. October 31, 2024. Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the scene along with Simcoe […]
(NORTH GRENVILLE, ON) -Thefts of rental trailers in North Grenville and Smiths Falls have led to drug trafficking charges against a resident of Gatineau. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit had begun investigating the theft of utility trailers in the area on October 21 and 25. These were connected to thefts […]