Wingham Free Press
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An alert motorist and a police officer at the right place at the right time came together to stop an impaired driver on Highway 11, just east of Fort Frances. On June 8, 2024, at approximately 9:00 am, an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Northwest Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On Saturday, June 8, 2024, at approximately 10:19 p.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a missing person in Blandford-Blenheim Township. On June 14, 2024, 37-year-old Gary BRITTAIN was located deceased near Railway Street East, Blandford-Blenheim Township. The investigation is continuing and is not […]
(Perth, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Squad have located and arrested a wanted individual. An arrest warrant had been issued earlier for an individual on numerous outstanding offences. Officers from the ROPE Squad and Lanark OPP Detachment had been searching the area and successfully located the accused […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – Police located a stolen motorcycle after initiating a traffic stop in Zorra Township. On June 13, 2024, at approximately 11:55 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Oxford detachment were on general patrol when they observed a motorcyclist in contravention of the Highway Traffic Act. Police confirmed that the motorcycle had […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On June 11, 2024, Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft report from a business in Mount Forest. It was reported that at approximately 1:45 p.m., three people entered the store and stole over $2000 in product when they refused to pay for the items, walking past […]
(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – Driver charged with impaired operation after vehicle leaves road and enters ditch. On June 13, 2024, at 7:42 a.m., members of the Oneida Nation Police and Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Fairgrounds Road, Oneida Nation of the Thames […]
(ORANGEVILLE, ON) – Officers from the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two drivers in two days with impaired operation related offences. On June 12, 2024, just after 12:30 p.m., Dufferin OPP received a report that a driver may be operating a motor vehicle while impaired. The vehicle driver was located. The investigation led […]
(NIAGARA, ON) – Six illegal cannabis storefronts have been closed after enforcement action by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET) in Niagara and the surrounding area. The illegal cannabis products and contraband tobacco seized have a value of approximately $1 million. On June 5, 2024, members from the OPP-led PJFCET, […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A Lasalle Quebec resident and two Whitesand First Nation residents have been charged after an arrest was made on Highway 527 by members of the Ontario Provincial Police Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Ontario Provincial Police Thunder Bay Detachment and members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and […]
(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – Driver charged with impaired operation after member of the public reports traffic complaint of possible impaired driver. On June 13, 2024, at 4:57 a.m., members of the Oneida Nation Police and Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a traffic complaint on Bodkin Road, Oneida […]