Wingham Free Press
(HURON-KINLOSS, ON) – On December 11, 2024, at approximately 1:14 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on Campbell Street, Municipality of Huron-Kinloss. During the operation, a vehicle was stopped and checked by police. As a result of the investigation, Garfield CLARKE, 53-years-old from the City […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested five drivers with alcohol related driving offences over the weekend. On Saturday December 7, 2024, at approximately 1:11 a.m., a member of the Kingsville Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol and observed a vehicle travelling below the posted speed limit on County […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – As many residents in Muskoka were coping with the challenges related to the ongoing winter storm, Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three drivers in separate incidents in one day with impaired driving. On December 8, 2024 just before 1:00 a.m., Bracebridge OPP officers were conducting general patrol in the area of Steamship […]
(MINTO, ON) – On December 7, 2024, at approximately 3:15 p.m. members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wellington County Detachment attended the scene of a single motor vehicle collision on 12th Line, Minto Township. As a result of the investigation, Shawn D. WHITTEN, 50 years-old of Mount Forest, was charged with: The accused is scheduled to […]
(TAY TOWNSHIP, ON) – Credit goes to a community member who placed a call to the OPP Communication Centre near 3:27 p.m. December 7, 2024 reporting a possible impaired driver in the commercial area of Pine Street near Highway 12, Waubaushene in Tay Township. Officers from Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the area at 3:35 p.m. and […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – A traffic complaint by a member of the public has led to an impaired arrest by the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. On December 7, 2024, just after 7:00 pm, officers were dispatched to a traffic complaint on Highway 12 near Horseshoe Valley Road in Oro-Medonte Township. Upon arriving, officers located the […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Members of the Orillia Detachment of the OPP have arrested and charged three drivers in the span of one night for separate impaired operation investigations. On December 6, 2024, just after 6:30 pm, officers were dispatched to a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Memorial Avenue in the City of Orillia. Upon […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2024 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2024, and will continue until January 1, 2025. During the second week of the campaign from November 28 to December 4, 2024, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 24 RIDE checks throughout […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – An individual has been charged following an investigation into an impaired driving incident in Simcoe. At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Argyle Street in Simcoe, Norfolk County. The vehicle was […]
(GUELPH-ERAMOSA TWP, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrest a Guelph resident with six criminal charges as a result of impaired operation. On December 3, 2024, at approximately 1:15 p.m., members of the Wellington County OPP attended the scene of a suspicious motor vehicle on River Glen Path within Guelph-Eramosa Township. As a […]