Wingham Free Press(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On February 26, 2018, Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a theft from a taxi cab on Strathallan Street, Fergus. At approximately 2:00 a.m., unknown suspects stole an unsecured pouch from within the unlocked, unoccupied vehicle. The pouch contained cash and a wallet containing […]
(TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA, ON) – On March 13, 2018 at approximately 4:00 a.m. Wellington County OPP responded to a report of a possible break and enter to the Brucedale XTR Gas Station on County Road 124, Township of Guelph-Eramosa. Officers responded and discovered the front entrance of the gas station had been smashed in with […]
(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On February 25, 2018, Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) were investigating three linked gas drive-offs. The first occurred February 22, 2018 in the Township of Middlesex Centre, the second on February 14, 2018 in Arthur and the third on February 25, 2018 in Fergus. The suspect’s description and […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) – On March 10, 2018 Wellington County OPP responded to a report of a theft of a tailgate from a Dodge Ram pickup truck. Sometime between March 6, 2018 and March 10, 2018 unknown suspect(s) removed a tailgate from the pickup which was parked in the complainant’s driveway on Eliza […]
(TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA, ON) – On March 13, 2018 at approximately 5:50 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of stolen vehicle from Guelph-Nichol Town Line, Township of Guelph-Eramosa. The caller reported a 2015 GMC Sierra was stolen from their residence and another vehicle was left in its place. […]
(TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA, ON) – On March 14, 2018 at approximately 2:10 a.m. a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting patrol on Alma Street, west of Fall Street, Town of Rockwood. The officer stopped the driver of a sedan. While speaking with the driver officers formed the opinion that she […]
(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – On March 9, 2018 members of the Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation Police Service, Elgin-Middlesex Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), West Region (WR) Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the WR Tactics and Recuse Unit (TRU) executed a Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) search warrant […]
(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – On March 11, 2018 at approximately 8:45 a.m. Wellington County OPP responded to a report of a theft from a residence on King Street, Town of Palmerston. Unknown suspect(s) entered onto the property and removed a 2016 black Suzuki Kingquad ATV from the shed. The ATV is described as black, […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) – On March 5, 2018 Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a fraud that had occurred between March 5, 2018 and March 8, 2018. The victim advised of being defrauded of over $5000. Investigation revealed that the victim had met the suspect online in December 2017 and […]
At the March 5, 2018 North Huron Council meeting all literate members of council voted (6-1) to keep our hard working, underpaid Wingham police in place. Councillor Trevor Seip is the only one that voted against keeping the Wingham Police, it is no wonder Mr. Seip is the subject of a code-of-conduct complaint. The brave […]