Wingham Free Press
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – One person was charged following a break and enter investigation and the execution of a search warrant at a home in the City of London. On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Elgin-Middlesex Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant for a residence in the City of London […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – One person is charged with impaired driving following a single vehicle collision in the Township of Southwold. On Saturday, December 27, 2025, at approximately 5:34 a.m., police responded to a collision on Wonderland Rd in Southwold. The motorist failed to remain on scene. As a result of the investigation, Ajish KOTTAPPURAM MANIKANDAN, a […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Individual charged after a sexual luring investigation in Southwold Township. On November 17, 2025, at 4:46 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to an address in Southwold Township for the report of a sexual luring incident. The Elgin County OPP Crime Unit assisted with the investigation. […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) A fatal collision closed John Wise Line in Southwold Township. On Monday September 29, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Elgin St. Thomas Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Southwold Fire Department responded to collision on John Wise Line between Sunset Road and Rieger Road. It was […]
(LONDON, ON) – An illegal dispensary that reopened after being held under Interim Closure Orders per section 18(1) of the Cannabis Control Act (CCA) has been shut down in London. In August 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET) and the London Police Service (LPS) shut down an illegal cannabis dispensary operating […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – One person is facing several charges following an incident at a Bush Line address in Southwold Township. On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at approximately 6:17 a.m. member of the Elgin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an address on Bush Line in Southwold Township where they encountered a barricaded person. […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), has charged an individual following a collision investigation. On February 2, 2025, at approximately 7:10 p.m., the Elgin OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle leaving the roadway and entering a ditch on Third Line near Magdala Road in the Township of Southwold. No […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), St. Thomas Detachment, located and investigated a vehicle after a Good Samaritan reported a vehicle in the ditch in Southwold Township. On January 16, 2025, at approximately 10:45 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP located the vehicle in the eastbound ditch, on Talbot Line, west of Ron […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), has charged an individual following a collision investigation. On December 2, 2024, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the Elgin OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle on Ferguson Line near Wonderland Road in the Township of Southwold. The lone occupant was transported to a local […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), St. Thomas Detachment, has charged an individual following a two-vehicle collision investigation. On October 10, 2024, at approximately 6:05 p.m., emergency services including Elgin-St. Thomas Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Elgin OPP responded to a “rear-end” collision involving two passenger vehicles on the eastbound Highway 401 […]