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COLLISION SHUTS DOWN 19TH LINE – ZORRA TOWNSHIP

(ZORRA TOWNSHIP, ON.) The Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) is reporting road closures due to an early morning collision on the outskirts of Thamesford in Zorra Township. The collision occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. on the 19th Line between Road 68 and Road 74. A transport truck and a minivan taxi cab from Woodstock […]

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71 Year Old Drunk Driver Arrested After Collision

(QUINTE WEST, ON) – On the 3rd of October 2013 at approx. 5pm, officers attended the intersection of Hollandale + Sidney streets for a report of a two vehicle collision. During the investigation of the collision, the driver of one of the involved vehicles 71 year old Edward LEWIS of Trenton, was arrested and charged […]

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BODY LOCATED ON LAKE SUPERIOR

(Lake Superior, ON) – At approximately 12:00 pm yesterday afternoon members of the OPP Emergency Response Team and OPP Helicopter Unit located the body of a male on the north side Steamboat Island, approximately eleven kilometres south of Pancake Bay. The name will not be released pending a post mortem examination that will be conducted […]

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HURON OPP INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS FIRE

(BLUEWATER, ON) – On October 4, 2013 at approximately 1:20 a.m. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the scene of an unoccupied house fire located on Mill Road in Varna. Bayfield Fire Department and Brucefield Fire Department members were able to contain the fire to the residence however the damage to the […]

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SPEEDING DRIVERS CHARGED

(THUNDER BAY, ON) On Sunday September 29 2013 at 7:53 pm, an officer from the Upsala Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Highway 17 near Dog River Road when the officer observed an east bound Ford Focus travelling at a high rate of speed. The driver of the vehicle was […]

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RIDE SPOTCHECK RESULTS IN DRUG SEIZURE

(THUNDER BAY, ON) On Friday September 20 2013 at 1:20 am, an officer from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting a RIDE spot check on Highway 11/17 in the City of Thunder Bay. A vehicle approached and upon speaking with the driver, the officer detected an odour of Marihuana […]

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MANITOULIN OPP INVESTIGATE THEFT OF CHIMNEY

Chimney of Masonic Lodge Stolen (LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – On Tuesday October 01, 2013 at 11:10 am Manitoulin OPP received a report of Theft of a chimney at the Masonic lodge located on Campbell Street in Little Current. OPP arrived on scene and through their investigation discovered that someone climbed onto the roof of the […]

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$2.7 Million Grow Op Busted

(Marmora, ON) – On October 2, 2013 just before 11 a.m. members of the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), Canine Unit, OPP Aviation Services and Central Hastings OPP executed a Controlled Drug and Substances Act search warrant at a Lajoie Road residence in the Municipality of Marmora and […]

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NOT WEARING SEATBELT TURNS INTO DRINKING AND DRIVING CHARGE

(Elgin County) – Police arrested and charged a 45 year old Rodney, Ontario man with Operating a Motor Vehicle while Over the Legal Limit and several other driving offences after Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers stopped the vehicle for both the driver and passenger failing to wear their Seat Belts. The incident occurred […]

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Missing a Wood Chipper or Generator?

(MCDOUGALL TWP, ON) -The West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigations Unit and the Central Region K-9 Unit conducted a search warrant of a residence on Bunny Trail Road in McDougall Township on October 2, 2013. The search revealed several stolen motorized vehicles on the property. Police also seized several firearms for unsafe storage. […]