Wingham Free Press
(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 […]
(PETERBOROUGH COUNTY, ON)-Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an animal complaint on Kinsale Road in Selwyn Township on October 31, 2020 at approximately 5:00pm. The complainant reported that their dog had been attacked by another dog and had suffered serious injuries that required medical attention. On November […]
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) Tuesday December 1st, 2020 at approximately 10:12 a.m., Officers from the Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a car swerving from shoulder to shoulder while being driven on highway #35 in the township of Lake of Bays. Police conducted a traffic stop of the car and determined that the driver was under the […]
(NIPIGON, ON) – On November 29, 2020 at approximately 3:34 PM officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11-17, Shuniah Township. As a result of the traffic stop, officers located and seized 12,750 cartons of unmarked cigarettes. Officers also seized a quantity of Canadian currency. Daniel Deschamps, age 46 […]
(ARRAN TWP, ON) – On December 1, 2020 at 2:31 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft from a residence along Concession 10 west in Arran Township. The complainant called police as they heard their All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) being driven away. Police recovered one of the stolen ATV’s a short […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Orillia detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating two related incidents, a robbery and an assault with a weapon, which occurred overnight in the City of Orillia. On November 26, 2020 shortly after 2:00 a.m., officers received information that a convenience store on Westmount Road had been robbed and […]
(BANCROFT, ON) – On November 29, 2020 shortly after 10:00 p.m. officers from the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received the report of a disturbance at a residence on Highway 62 in the Town of Bancroft. Officers attended the location and one adult was arrested. Tristan MCCOLL, 19 years of age of Bancroft […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2020 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2020 and will continue until January 2, 2021. During the first week of the campaign from November 21 to November 27, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 17 RIDE checks throughout the […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – On November 26, 2020 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Canine Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Pembroke Street West in the City of Pembroke. As a result of the […]