Wingham Free Press
(WEST ELGIN, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County (St. Thomas) Detachment has charged an individual following a traffic stop. On March 17, 2024, at approximately 12:05 a.m., a member of the Elgin County OPP stopped a passenger vehicle on Havens Lake Road, Municipality of West Elgin after observing the vehicle speeding and performing […]
(DUTTON-DUNWICH, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County (St. Thomas) Detachment located and investigated a vehicle after a Good Samaritan reported a suspected impaired driver. On March 16, 2024, at approximately 7:20 p.m., officers with the Elgin County OPP (St. Thomas) Detachment located the vehicle at the OnRoute Service Centre located on the westbound […]
(LAIRD, ON) – A traffic stop has resulted in multiple charges for one individual. On March 13, 2024, shortly before 9:00 p.m., the Batchewana First Nation Police was conducting general patrol on Neebish Road in Laird Township, when they observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. When officers attempted to stop the suspect […]
(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – On March 15, 2024, at 1:45 p.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), while on general patrol, observed a suspicious vehicle travelling on Hamilton Road in Thames Centre. A traffic stop was initiated. It was determined the driver had previously consumed alcohol. An Approved Screening Device (ASD) was […]
(DUTTON-DUNWICH, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County arrested an impaired driver at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint. On March 17, 2024, members of the Elgin County OPP were conducting a Festive RIDE checkpoint on Marsh Line, Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich. At approximately 10:35 p.m., police stopped a passenger vehicle and checked for […]
(SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – On March 17, 2024, at 12:29 p.m., the Grey Bruce OPP responded to an address in South Bruce Peninsula and initiated an intimate partner violence investigation. Police attended and determined that the incident was verbal only. One individual was removed from the residence but continued to yell and swear outside of the residence. A […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – On March 15, 2024, at 6:53 P.m., the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting Reduce Impaired Driving (RIDE) check on Bronson Line in South Huron. The officers observed a vehicle avoid the RIDE check and officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver provided a sample of breath into […]
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – On March 16, 2024, at 9:04 a.m., the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic patrol in the area of Base Line and Londesboro Road in Central Huron. The officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was travelling over the 80km/hr speed limit. The stopped the motor vehicle and […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Multiple Huron County OPP officers attended an address in Exeter, South Huron, in relation to an incident. On March 15, 2024, at 11:28 a.m., members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Huron County OPP Crime Unit, Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), OPP Canine, OPP Crisis Negotiators and OPP Emergency Response […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Residents may have seen an increased police presence in the City of Dryden while the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) deal with an ongoing police investigation. Police are currently at Wilson Trailer Park near Memorial Avenue, evacuating some individuals from their residences to allow police to continue the investigation safely. Police are asking residents and […]