Wingham Free Press
(DUTTON-DUNWICH, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County (St. Thomas) Detachment located and investigated a vehicle after a Good Samaritan reported a suspected impaired driver. On March 16, 2024, at approximately 7:20 p.m., officers with the Elgin County OPP (St. Thomas) Detachment located the vehicle at the OnRoute Service Centre located on the westbound […]
(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – On March 15, 2024, at 1:45 p.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), while on general patrol, observed a suspicious vehicle travelling on Hamilton Road in Thames Centre. A traffic stop was initiated. It was determined the driver had previously consumed alcohol. An Approved Screening Device (ASD) was […]
(DUTTON-DUNWICH, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County arrested an impaired driver at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint. On March 17, 2024, members of the Elgin County OPP were conducting a Festive RIDE checkpoint on Marsh Line, Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich. At approximately 10:35 p.m., police stopped a passenger vehicle and checked for […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – On March 15, 2024, at 6:53 P.m., the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting Reduce Impaired Driving (RIDE) check on Bronson Line in South Huron. The officers observed a vehicle avoid the RIDE check and officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver provided a sample of breath into […]
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – On March 16, 2024, at 9:04 a.m., the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic patrol in the area of Base Line and Londesboro Road in Central Huron. The officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was travelling over the 80km/hr speed limit. The stopped the motor vehicle and […]
(STRONG TOWNSHIP, ON) – One person has been charged for impaired driving following multiple traffic complaints. On March 14, 2024, shortly after 5:50 p.m., the Almaguin Highlands Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple traffic complaints of a tractor trailer on Highway 11 in the Township of Strong. Police were able to locate the tractor trailer […]
(BAYHAM, ON) – On March 13, 2024, at 7:21 p.m., members of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to Victoria Street in Bayham Township for the report of a suspicious vehicle. Police located the vehicle stationary on the side of the road, at which time a traffic stop was initiated. The driver was […]
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Sarnia area resident with several criminal offences following a traffic stop on Friday March 1st, 2024. Police were patrolling and using speed measuring equipment on Bluewater Highway, south of Goderich in the Municipality of Central Huron at 3:25 p.m. on March 1st, 2024. […]
(CHATHAM KENT, ON) – Driver arrested and charged with impaired driving after traffic stop on Highway 401. On March 9, 2024, at 11:39 p.m., a member of the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on general patrol on Highway 401 westbound in the Municipality of Chatham Kent, performed a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle. […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- A report to the OPP Communications Centre on March 11, 2024 at approximately 2:23 p.m. lead officers to locate a Ford pick-up in the ditch of Old Fort Road near Elliott Side Road, Tay Township. The attending officer from the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment spoke with the lone driver then placed the driver under arrest for an impaired driving […]