Wingham Free Press(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) dealt with 198 incidents this past week, here are some examples: August 7 An officer stopped a commercial motor vehicle eastbound on Highway 401 in Port Hope; Ontario after it was measured travelling 120 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone. The white […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Caledon OPP Major Crime Unit are investigating a vehicle fire which took place on August 5, 2018 in the Town of Caledon. At approximately 3:45 a.m. Caledon Fire and Emergency Services were dispatched to a vehicle […]
(CHESLEY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing to investigate a theft incident that was reported to police on July 30, 2018. During the late evening of July 28, 2018, or the early morning hours of July 29, 2018, a refrigerated trailer parked in an alley along 1st Avenue north in […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On August 5, 2018 at 8:10 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspected impaired driver operating a passenger van on Harbour Street in Kincardine. Officers located the vehicle on Broadway Street and found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Fifty-seven -year old Walter LENIO […]
(GREENOCK TWP, ON) – On August 7, 2018 at 7:09 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a theft report from a residence in the 300 block of Concession 6 in Greenock Township. Sometime between 11:30 p.m. on August 6, 2018 and 6:30 a.m. on August 7, 2018, a Blue Chevrolet Silverado pick-up […]
(LONDON, ON) – On August 7, 2018 at approximately 10:00 p.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed an erratic driver in the area of Exeter Road and Wellington Road, City of London. The officer initiated a traffic stop and the suspect vehicle failed to stop for police. The suspect vehicle […]
(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on the 401 highway westbound lanes. This happened in the Dutton Ontario area, on August 7, 2018 around 3:00 p.m. As a result of this traffic stop officers arrested two people for numerous provincial and criminal code offences. As a […]
(BANCROFT, ON) – In the early evening on August 04, 2018 officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a motor vehicle collision involving an all-terrain vehicle on Chemaushgon Road in the Town of Bancroft. The driver was attempting to roll the all-terrain vehicle back onto its wheels as the […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – On Friday, August 10, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Huron-Perth Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), West Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and West Region OPP Canine unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence located on Main Street North in Seaforth. As […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to warn Huron County residents of a trending scam following an attempt last week in which a Goderich resident was targeted for $10,000. Fortunately, the 45-year-old Goderich man notified police before sending any money. The sextortion scam, which is active throughout Canada on […]