Wingham Free Press(CHATHAM, ON) Over the Victoria Day Long weekend, the Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 68 calls for service in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. The time frame is from Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. until Monday morning at 11:30 p.m. There were various calls for service consisting of driving complaints, Liquor Licence Act complaints, […]
(DUFFERIN COUNTY, ON) – Dufferin OPP were kept busy over the the Victoria Day Holiday weekend with several incidents. On May 20, 2016 at 2:36 pm Dufferin OPP were conducting speed enforcement at Airport road and Highway 89 in Town of Mono when they stopped a vehicle travelling at 150 km in a posted 80 […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), both Dryden and Ignace Detachments conducted a total of eight R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driver’s Everywhere) checks over the Victoria Day weekend, but still charged three impaired drivers and attended several alcohol related incidents. On May 20, 2016 a 17 year old Dryden resident was issued a 24 […]
(GEORGIAN TOWNSHIP) – On Saturday May 22, 2016 at approximately 2:19 p.m. members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision between two personal water crafts (PWC). A Kawasaki jet-ski and a Sea-doo collided on the Trent Severn Waterway between Wigwam Island and Liberty Island. The Southern […]
(WATFORD, ON)- On May 24, 2016 at approximately 4:00 a.m. members of the Lambton Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the Mac’s Milk Convenience Store located within the Town of Watford, Ontario to investigate an alleged armed robbery. Investigation did reveal that on this date/time an unknown male attended the Mac’s Milk Convenience Store wearing a […]
(AURORA, ON) – Three motorcycle drivers and one motorcycle passenger were killed in preventable collisions on OPP-patrolled roads over the long weekend bringing the motorcycle fatality total for 2016 to nine deaths. The OPP is concerned that the death toll will mount further on Ontario highways unless all drivers respect each other. Drive defensively. Leave […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West OPP reports that officers were busy over the Victoria Day long weekend. Between Friday May 20th at noon and Monday May 23rd at midnight, officers responded to almost 150 calls for service. The focused efforts of the Quinte West OPP to reduce impaired driving in the month of […]
(TIMMINS, ON) – A multi-jurisdiction drug investigation in northeastern Ontario has resulted in dozens of arrests and more than 300 charges. In November 2015, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) began a joint investigation to identify and dismantle drug distribution networks trafficking prescription medications and illicit […]
At 1:00 pm on May 23rd, police observed a grey Hyundai that had been reported stolen in Stratford on Carling Terrace in Wingham. Police attempted to stop the vehicle and it fled. Police pursued the vehicle to an area behind Valu Mart where the vehicle left the roadway and stopped. As the officer approached the […]
During the evening of May 22nd, police were called to the intersection of Charles and Remington Streets in Wingham regarding a vehicle that was stopped in the middle of the intersection. Police discovered a 19 year old man had fallen asleep behind the wheel. The odour of alcohol was detected and a roadside test was […]