Wingham Free Press
(CALEDON, ON) – On October 5, 2024, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Caledon OPP responded to a two-vehicle collision on The Gore Road, just south of Finnerty Sideroad, in the Town of Caledon. Minor injuries were sustained. The investigation led officers to arrest one of the drivers for Dangerous Operation. As a result, Tevaughn BROWN, 27, of Tottenham […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – A number of shoplifting complaints were fielded by the OPP Communication Centre recently as retail store security observed and apprehended three persons in separate incidents in Midland. Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment responded at approximately 8:56 p.m. October 16, 2024 to the Penetanguishene Foodland and after a brief investigation into the theft of store merchandise arrested […]
(CHAPLEAU, ON) – OPP Community Street Crime Unit executes search warrant. On October 16, 2024, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a residence on Martel Road in the Town of Chapleau. Police located and seized: Total estimated street value […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Major Crime Unit have charged one individual following a months-long fraud investigation. In February 2024, a business in Centre Wellington contacted the Wellington County OPP to advise that they had lost approximately $230,000 to a phishing scam. At that time, the investigation was turned over […]
(TOWNSHIP OF THE NORTH SHORE, ON) – Intoxicated 911 caller arrested. On October 11, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a third false 911 call at a residence on Highway 17 in the village of Spragge. Investigation determined the caller was intoxicated for all three […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Police have seized a loaded firearm and quantities of drugs suspected to be fentanyl and cocaine after an investigation into drug trafficking in the Thunder Bay area. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) began this investigation in August 2024 following an increase in drug […]
(SPANISH, ON) – Unwanted person brandishes knife in homeowner’s house. On October 11, 2024, at approximately 4:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a weapons complaint at a residence on Doyle Street in the Town of Spanish. Investigation determined an unwanted person armed with a knife was in the […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – Observations by a community member of a driver appearing to be in an impaired physical state in a vehicle at a Bay Street Midland restaurant, resulted in the dispatch of officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with County of Simcoe Paramedic Services at approximately 3:06 p.m. October 15, 2024. Attending officers located the suspect vehicle […]
(MIDLAND,ON) – The theft of an unlocked vehicle from a Fuller Avenue, Penetanguishene business was the start of a series of criminal investigations by officers from Huronia West and Southern Georgian Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) between October 11- 13, 2024. A Honda Odyssey was removed by an unknown person at approximately 5:37 p.m. […]
(PERRY TOWNSHIP, ON) – Multiple traffic complaints led to an impaired driving arrest in the Township of Perry. On October 16, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Almaguin Highlands Detachment of the OPP received multiple traffic complainants for a possible impaired driver. Police located the vehicle a short time after and conducted a traffic stop on […]