Wingham Free Press
(Penetanguishene, ON) The Southern Georgian Bay OPP responded this morning to a report of an armed individual inside a Penetanguishene apartment building on Maria Street. On February 3, 2026, at approximately 8:30 a.m., officers were called to respond to a person who was aggressively swinging a machete‑style weapon inside the secure common area of the building. […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) The Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested a suspect in relation to the ongoing investigation into a suspicious fire at a multi‑unit residential dwelling on Poyntz Street in Penetanguishene. On the afternoon of January 23, 2026, a uniform member was conducting patrol duties in the Town of Midland when […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) The Southern Georgian Bay OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have seized a gun and ammunition following an investigation into the illegal possession of a firearm in the Town of Penetanguishene that commenced in January 2026. On the morning of January 22, 2026, an individual was arrested while […]
(MIDLAND, ON) On January 14, 2026, at approximately 12:46 a.m., members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP responded to a call for service on Lescaut Road in the Town of Midland after a citizen reported detaining an individual involved in criminal activity to their property. The citizen observed the suspect entering their truck through a home […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) – A 46-year-old Penetanguishene resident is facing multiple charges following an arrest in which weapons were discovered concealed in their clothing. On November 22, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance at a residence on Gignac Drive in the […]
(MIDLAND, ON)– Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were kept busy with traffic investigations during the past week on roadways in North Simcoe. With students back in school, drivers had extra vehicular traffic to contend with including school buses and pedestrian traffic and community safety zones. Officers focused their patrol time to school zone […]
(PENETANGUISHENE,ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for assistance in identifying suspects in a break/enter and theft incident from a Penetanguishene home. Officers responded on August 28, 2025, to the report of a break and enter to a Edward Street home resulting in the theft of a quantity of Chinese currency […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON)- A Penetanguishene resident became the subject of a drinking and driving investigation after an officer on patrol checked on a vehicle parked at the side of Dunlop Street, Penetanguishene at approximately 5:00 a.m. September 7,2025. The officer spoke with the driver and made an arrest at the scene which led to transporting the driver […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON)- An Etobicoke resident became the subject of a drinking and driving investigation after the OPP Communication Centre was in receipt of numerous complaints by community members of a passed out, possibly impaired driver in a parked tow truck on Broad Street, Penetanguishene on July 26, 2025. Officers of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) […]
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) – As a result of an ongoing police investigation, an arrest has been made along with a seizure of drugs and Canadian currency after members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a Penetanguishene residence at approximately 11:45 a.m. July 8,2025 Officers from the OPP Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) from the Southern Georgian Bay, […]