Wingham Free Press
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Squad arrested 1,213 high-risk offenders throughout the Province of Ontario in 2023. This surpassed the 1,141 arrests made in 2022. In addition to arrests, the ROPE Squad continued to support public safety last year through the seizure of 17 illegal firearms and substantial quantities of illicit drugs. […]
(NEYAASHIINIGMIING, ON) – On February 29, 2024, at 10:45 p.m., the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were responding to a call for service on the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation when an officer crashed their police vehicle. No injuries are reported. The investigation is ongoing, and community members will see an increased police presence while […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) – In October 2023, the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) began an investigation into reported historic sexual assaults that occurred between 1986 and 1991 throughout Wellington County. As a result, Brian Edward COX, 68-years-old of Puslinch, has been charged with two counts of Sexual Assault, two counts of Sexual Assault, two […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – On the morning of February 29, 2024, a search warrant was executed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at a residence on William Street in the Town of Midland, which resulted in the seizure of Cocaine and other items. Members of the Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) of the Southern Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Huronia […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – Two drivers are facing Criminal Code (CC) impaired driving charges after members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) recently investigated two separate incidents. On February 24, 2024, at approximately 2:25 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Petawawa Boulevard in the Town of […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Central Region Crime Program of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged an individual in Montreal in relation to harassment. On February 22, 2024, the Central Region Crime Program, along with assistance from the Montreal Police executed a Canada-wide warrant for the accused in Montreal, as well as warrant […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – On February 15th, 2024, members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a matter involving intimate partners in the Township of North Huron. As a result of the investigation, OPP learned that the involved suspect had committed criminal acts against their partner dating back as far as 2013 – present. […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – An investigation by the Huron County Provincial Police (OPP) is under way following a theft report involving two corn blowers valued at $50,000. On Monday, February 12th, 2024, Huron OPP received a report of a theft from a business address on Cardiff Road in the Municipality of Huron East. Police attended the […]
(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – Driver charged with impaired operation after member of public calls in traffic complaint of possible impaired driver. On February 28, 2024, at 10:46 a.m., members of the Oneida Nation Police and the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a traffic complaint on Walker Road […]
(CHAPLEAU, ON) – One person is facing criminal charges after causing a disturbance at a residence in Chapleau. On February 22, 2024, shortly before 3:00 p.m., the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a threats occurrence on Pine Street. As a result of the investigation, Darryl HIGHAM, 36 years-of-age, of Cloyne, Ontario […]