Wingham Free Press
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – Using a false name resulted in one person being arrested and charged in the Municipality of North Perth last week. On November 30 2020, just after 6:30 a.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a possible break and enter a shop on Main Street, in Atwood. When […]
(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) – On December 6, 2020, at approximately 1:25 p.m. a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated the driver of a motor vehicle on Wellington Road 12 near Wellington Road 7 for a Highway Traffic Act infraction. Police spoke with the driver and determined that they were bound by […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On December 2, 2020, at approximately 1:20 a.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E check on Main Street near Grant Street in Mount Forest. At that time officers investigated the occupants of a motor vehicle that entered into the checkpoint. While speaking with the […]
(BRANT COUNTY, ON) -Members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called by a business owner reporting a shoplifting incident. On Grand River Street North in Paris in the County of Brant. OPP investigators attended Canadian Tire located at 300 Grand River Street North in Paris in The County of Brant and conducted an […]
(Elgin County) Elgin County OPP have charged a 32 year Southwest Middlesex resident with several offences relating to a single motor vehicle collision which occurred yesterday December 9th, 2020 at approximately 2:15pm on Highway 401 westbound just west of Union Rd, Elgin County. Police received multiple calls from the motoring public reporting that a car […]
(SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – On November 26, 2020 at 7:42 a.m., Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a break and enter at a construction site at Lakeshore Boulevard North in South Bruce Peninsula. The break-in occurred between 6:00 p.m. on November 25th and 6:00 a.m. on November 26th. Unknown person(s) broke into the […]
Waterloo Region, Ontario – The Waterloo Regional Police Service, with the assistance of Waterloo Fire Rescue Services and the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal have a dedicated team assigned to investigate an emerging trend of suspicious fires that have occurred in Waterloo over the past four months. Each fire is being investigated independently; however, investigators are […]
(GODERICH, ON) – A drug trafficking investigation conducted by members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment and the Huron-Perth Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU) in the Town of Goderich has resulted in arrests, charges and the seizure of three different types of drugs. On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 members from the Ontario Provincial […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) – A recent criminal investigation conducted by Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) uniform members and Crime Unit has resulted in sexual assault and another sex-related offence being laid against a City of Guelph resident. The charges stem from incidents that occurred in November, 2020. Cosmo TEDESCO, 71-years-old of Guelph has been […]
(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On December 8, 2020, at approximately 10:20 p.m., the Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a disturbance on Curries Road, Norwich Township. Investigation determined that police were called to a residence for an unknown dispute and upon arrival, located a vehicle leaving the driveway. A traffic stop was […]