Wingham Free Press
(ALFRED-PLANTAGENET TWP, ON) – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for the public’s assistance in connection with a fatal collision investigation. On November 18, 2020, shortly after 8:00 a.m., OPP officers, Alfred-Plantagenet Township Firefighters and Prescott-Russell Paramedics responded to a five vehicle collision on County Road 17 in Alfred-Plantagenet Township, just […]
(GATINEAU, QC) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has wrapped-up a six month investigation, resulting in two arrests in the Province of Quebec. The investigation, dubbed Project STOW, culminated with simultaneous search warrants being executed on December 2, 2020 at two locations in the Gatineau, Quebec area. Officers of the […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On December 3, 2020 at 4:23 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members were called to a possible impaired driver who had almost collided with another vehicle on Frobel Drive in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported a car had almost hit their vehicle and continued on without stopping. The suspect vehicle […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – On December 1, 2020 at 12:45 p.m. Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a concern from a member of the public about a suspected impaired driver on Muskoka Road in Gravenhurst, ON. Officers located the vehicle nearby and as a result arrested and charged 61 year-old Thomas WILLIAMS of Gravenhurst, ON […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – On Monday, November 30, 2020, at approximately 7:05 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Norfolk County Detachment investigated an assault at a Bonnie Drive, Simcoe, Norfolk County, address. It was determined that a 14-year-old youth was assaulted and threatened by other youths while at Wellington Park located in Simcoe, resulting in the […]
(NORTH GRENVILLE,ON) On November 27, 2020 shortly before 1:00 p.m. officers from Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a person consuming alcohol in a vehicle outside a store in North Grenville. The vehicle was located on County Road 44 and River Road. After the driver was spoken to an Approved Screening […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – On Wednesday December 2, 2020, at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a two-vehicle collision in the City of Pembroke. The collision, which occurred on Maple Avenue, involved a passenger car and a school bus with 21 elementary students on board. At the […]
(TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) – On November 29, 2020 shortly before 9:00 p.m. members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a Break and Enter in progress on Whitewood Avenue West in the City of Temiskaming Shores. Upon police arrival, officers located two individuals inside the residence. Joey VANDETTE, a 26-year-old […]
(EAST HAWKESBURY TWP, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Hawkesbury area resident after an investigation into serious threats and harassment. On June 21, 2020, the OPP received a complaint about threatening messages. Officers attended a campground on County Road 19 in East Hawkesbury Township to begin an investigation. The Hawkesbury OPP Crime […]
(NIPIGON, ON) – On December 1st 2020 at approximately 1 pm officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on First Street in the Town of Nipigon. Officers conducting the RIDE check had an opportunity to stop a driver. The officers conducted an investigation that lead […]