Wingham Free Press(ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS, ON) – During the second week of the Festive R.I.D.E program (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) the Almaguin Highlands Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has checked approximately 294 vehicles. As a result of these R.I.D.E. checks, two drivers have been charged with having more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in blood, contrary to section 253(1)(b) […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On December 3, 2016 at 3:30 am, officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complainant on a motor vehicle on Kings Highway 11 in Dawson Township. Shortly after officers received another complaint that the motor vehicle had left the roadway before coming […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) – Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating damage that occurred to the front lawn of Mitchell District High School between 9 p.m. Thursday December 1, 2016 and 6:00 a.m. Friday December 2, 2016. It appears a motor vehicle was driven back and forth across this greenspace at the […]
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – A 39-year-old male from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh is facing an Over 80 charge following a traffic stop that took place this past weekend. At 3:25 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2016 a Dodge Ram pickup truck entered into a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint that was set up on Benmiller Line near […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – Members of the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have conducted 12 Festive Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) programs throughout the County since December 1, 2016. On December 1, 2016 shortly before 3 p.m. at the Township of Perth East a Festive RIDE program resulted in a driver being charged under […]
(LUCKNOW, ON) – On November 29, 2016 at 1:09 p.m., a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on patrol stopped a Green Chevrolet Blazer along Campbell Street in Lucknow. The officer noted that the vehicle licence plate had been reported stolen. As a result of the investigation, twenty-two-year old Benjamin POYNTON of Huron-Kinloss Township […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On December 4, 2016 at 7:56 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break-in from a residence in the 600 block of Scott Street in Kincardine. Sometime between November 24, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. and December 4, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., the residence was forcibly entered. […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – In the early morning hours of December 4, 2016, members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) check on Cardwell St., in Manitowaning, Ontario when a sport utility vehicle (SUV) approached the location. An officer spoke with the driver and determined […]
(North Glengarry) – On December 4, 2016 at approximately 1:21am, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers intercepted a vehicle on Highway 417, North Glengarry Township. The stop indicated that the adult male driver was under the influence of alcohol. Steven DOANE (49) of Casselman, Ontario was arrested and is charged with; […]
(Bancroft, ON) – In the early morning on December 01, 2016 officers from the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a complaint of an altercation that just took place on Hastings Street North in the Town of Bancroft. Investigation revealed that a male assaulted another male with a weapon. There were […]