Wingham Free Press
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A R.I.D.E program in the City of Thunder Bay has led to impaired charges being laid. On July 4, 2024, shortly before 1:30 a.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a R.I.D.E program on Huron Avenue. A vehicle entered the program, and an alcohol screening […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On July 3, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a warrant and arrested a person at a residence on Hillside Drive South. Police attended the residence and arrested the person for failing to attend court on numerous occasions to answer to previous charges. David MARTIN, […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged one person after threats at a local hardware store. On July 2, 2024, at approximately 11:00 a.m. police responded to a knife related call at a hardware store on Kilborn Way. The complainant reported that a staff member was threatened by a customer with […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A call from the owner of a parked car on King Street, Midland to the OPP Communication Centre reporting a possible impaired driver had struck their vehicle has resulted in criminal code driving charges for a London, Ontario resident. Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment were dispatched at approximately 5:15 p.m. July 4, 2024 to […]
(GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, ON)- Speeder fails to stop on Highway 17, leads to a driver being charged for driving while impaired by alcohol. On July 4, 2024, members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties on Highway 17 within the community of Garden River First Nation. […]
(ECHO BAY, ON)- Police arrests and charge driver with impaired driving after investigating a single motor vehicle collision. On July 4, 2024, shortly after 9:00 a.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance from Batchewana First Nation Police Service responded to a car in a ditch on […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded to a trespass complaint from the Walmart store in Midland on July 4, 2024 at 6:53 p.m. after store security observed a person inside the store who has been trespassed from the business. Attending officers located the suspect who is known to police at a nearby fast […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham Detachment, has charged an individual following a single-vehicle collision investigation. On July 3, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., members the Elgin OPP, Chatham-Kent Fire and Rescue and Chatham-Kent Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single-vehicle rollover collision on the eastbound Highway 401 east of Victoria […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) – A report at approximately 11:57 p.m. July 4, 2024 to the OPP Communications Centre of suspicious persons in the area of the Penetanguishene Town dock and boat launch followed by calls of persons attempting to break into vehicles in the same area resulted in officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment to respond and upon attending, two suspects […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Four individuals are facing charges following investigations into separate impaired driving incidents. At approximately 12:31 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment investigated a report of a suspected impaired driver at an address on West Street in Simcoe, Norfolk County. Responding officers located the vehicle […]