Wingham Free Press
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A Greater Toronto Area resident has been charged after a search warrant was executed at a residence on Detroit Avenue by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team. This team is comprised of members of 20 police services including Thunder Bay Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski […]
(THESSALON, ON) – On May 1, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in relation to a disturbance call near Algoma Street West in Thessalon. At approximately 6:00 p.m. police were called to an intoxicated male swimming in the Thessalon River wearing only a camouflage lifejacket and underwear. The intoxicated male refused to […]
(LAURENTIAN VALLEY TWP, ON) – Two area residents are facing multiple Criminal Code (CC) charges after a series of shoplifting incidents at multiple retail stores on Pembroke Street East and Pembroke Street West in the Township of Laurentian Valley (TLV). Members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated two […]
(Kirkland Lake, ON) – The Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged one person with impaired driving. On April 25, 2024, members of the Kirkland Lake OPP were dispatched to a collision in a parking lot of a local business. As a result of the investigation, Michelle DURBAN, 32 years-of-age, of Tuscon, Arizona was […]
(SCHREIBER, ON) – One individual is facing multiple charges after a drug trafficking investigation in Schreiber. Members of the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Schreiber, and Nipigon OPP Detachments, Northwest Region Intelligence Unit with the assistance of the Provincial Operations Intelligence Unit (POIB) and the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Intelligence Unit […]
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – One person died of injuries sustained following a collision near Leamington. On May 1, 2024, at approximately 3 p.m., police responded to a report of a motorcyclist who left the road and struck at guardrail on Mersea Road 2 and Mersea Road 19. The coroner pronounced the motorcyclist, a 28-year-old individual from Leamington, […]
(TOWNSHIP OF CRAMAHE, ON) – The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made an arrest of a wanted individual and laid charges in relation to drugs. On April 30, 2024, at approximately 1:20 p.m., an officer was on patrol on County Road 25 when an Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) notification was received […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On April 28, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person on Hillside Drive South in Elliot Lake in relation to a prior theft incident. On April 27, police were called to a grocery store on Hillside Drive South in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported that a male was […]
(BRANT, ON) – On May 1st, 2024, at approximately 9:35 p.m., members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting enforcement patrols when they observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Brant-Oxford Rd. The officer observed the vehicle’s speed at 134 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. The officer […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A traffic stop has resulted in one individual being arrested and charged with impaired operation and driving while prohibited. On May 1, 2024, approximately 10:45 p.m., members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop on a motor vehicle in the area of the […]