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(ESPANOLA, ON)- On January 7, 2016, at 3:05 p.m., members from the Espanola Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop on Highway 17 in the Township of Nairn. As a result of the investigation, it was found that the male driver was suspended. Gregory WELLS, 41 years of age, from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, […]

(RED LAKE, ON) – Officers of the Red Lake Detachment Community Drug Action Team of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) and Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB) conducted a several month long Controlled Drugs and Substances Act inter-provincial trafficking investigation with the assistance […]

(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On January 12, 2016, just before 11:00 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a crash involving three vehicles on Highway 401 westbound near Orford Road. An International tractor trailer was stopped in westbound traffic that was encountering severe weather, poor visibility and road conditions, when a Freightliner straight truck struck […]

(WEST PARRY SOUND, ON) – On January 12, 2016 at 10:20 p.m., a member of the West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 400 in McDougall Township. A snow plow travelling northbound on Highway 400 was being passed by a tractor trailer also travelling northbound. The […]

(LEEDS, ON.) – Officers of the Leeds County OPP Detachment successfully assisted an unresponsive male at a local rest stop. On the 12th of January 2016 Ontario Provincial Police officers received a request from Ottawa Police Service in locating a male in need of medical attention that may be in Leeds County. The vehicle and […]

(MATHESON, ON) – Members of the Matheson Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the scene of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11, Taylor Township, at approximately 9:34 a.m. on January 11, 2016. The head on collision involved a northbound tractor trailer, and a southbound tractor trailer. The driver of the northbound […]

(GOULAIS TOWNSHIP, ON) – Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid charges in relation to a series of reported break and enter and thefts to residences on Sand Bay Road in Goulais River that occurred during the last week of November 2015. As a result of OPP investigation Braeden CORCORAN, 19 years of […]

(BLIND RIVER, ON) – On January 12, 2016, members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on regular patrol duties on Causley Street in the town of Blind River. At 8:50 a.m., police observed two vehicles with their rear licence plates obscured by snow. A traffic stop was initiated on Causley Street. As […]

(GRAVENHURST, ON) – Members of the Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment were alerted by an off-duty OPP officer on Tuesday January 12, 2016 shortly after noon that a male party was shoplifting at a Gravenhurst grocery store. Police attended the store and located the man attempting to flee the location with a large quantity […]