Wingham Free Press
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Five individuals have been charged following investigations into separate impaired driving incidents. At approximately 9:19 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment responded to a two-vehicle collision on Main Street in Port Dover, Norfolk County. It was determined that a pickup truck was […]
(Chapleau, ON) – One person was arrested and charged after police responded to a single motor vehicle collision in the ditch. On December 11, 2024, at approximately 1:55 a.m., the Superior East Chapleau Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 101, Chewit Township, East of Chapleau. The […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A routine traffic stop for expired validation ended with criminal charges for an impaired driver. On December 15, 2024, at approximately 1:00 am, a member of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had expired validation. Investigation determined that […]
DRPS completed its fourth week of the 2024 Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 3,500 vehicles and charging 16 drivers with impaired driving offences. The DRPS RIDE team conducted spot checks across the Region with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2023 fourth week totals for comparison): 3517 (1991) Vehicles stopped by RIDE244 […]
(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – Two people have been arrested and charged after they fled from police. On December 14, 2024, at approximately 9:20 a.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a possible impaired driver, in a parked vehicle at a business on Front Street, West Nipissing. When police attended the […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – A person was arrested and charged again after another traffic complaint reported in Elliot Lake. On September 28, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received numerous complaints on Paris Drive about a female driving erratically in a small grey Sport-Utility Vehicle (SUV). The complainants also reported that the girl driving looked […]
(LENNOX AND ADDINGTON COUNTY, ON) – Lennox and Addington County members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged four people with impaired driving and numerous other offences in separate incidents over the weekend. On Friday, December 13, 2024, shortly after 8:30 p.m., L&A County OPP members were conducting a RIDE check in the village of […]
(COLLINGWOOD, ON) – On the afternoon of December 12, 2024, members of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call for service about a male sitting in a motor vehicle parked in a public lot. The officers of the Collingwood OPP located the vehicle and investigated the male driver for drug impairment. Ultimately, the 24-year-old Collingwood resident […]
(WEST REGION HEADQUARTERS) – 148 drivers are now facing a criminal charge as the 2024 OPP Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign continues across West Region. Officers have conducted 883 RIDE check events across 13 West Region detachments, with the following results: This compares to 140 impaired driving charges, 21 warn-range suspensions after 1033 RIDE […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into two separate impaired driving investigations on December 11, 2024. On December 11, 2024, at approximately 8:18 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act (H.T.A.) offence on St. Joseph Road, Lindsay. […]