Wingham Free Press
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped an impaired driver leaving a licensed establishment. On April 14, 2025, at approximately 12:00 am, an officer with the Fort Frances OPP witnessed a person with unsteady gait leave a licensed establishment on King’s Highway and get behind the wheel. The […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) found an impaired driver after witnessing aggressive driving behaviour. On April 13, 2025, at approximately 12:30 am, an officer with the Fort Frances OPP observed a pick-up truck rapidly accelerating on Crowe Avenue. The vehicle was stopped, and a roadside screening test […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) stopped by the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in the arrest of an impaired driver. On April 12, 2025, at approximately 5:00 pm, the Fort Frances OPP observed an ATV operating with two helmetless riders in the Christie Avenue North area of Town. The ATV was […]
(SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX, ON) – Driver facing charges after traffic stop at OPP Ride Program. On April 14, 2025, at 11:18 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were performing a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Program on Longwoods Road in the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex. A vehicle entered the RIDE Program at which […]
(CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin Detachment, has charged an individual following a marine investigation. On April 13, 2025, at approximately 5:05 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP, EMS and Central Elgin Fire responded to a report of a capsized vessel in Lake Erie, near the boat launch on Carlow Road, […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing impaired-related charges after police were called to a residential address. On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspicious person at a residence on Lee Valley Road in the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. Police arrived […]
(HEARST, ON) – A traffic stop south of Hearst resulted in an impaired driving arrest, and several charges. On Tuesday April 8, 2025, at approximately 5:30 a.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting patrol south of the Town of Hearst, when the Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system flagged a vehicle with […]
(RED LAKE, ON) – Members of the Red Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On April 7, 2025, shortly after 11:30 p.m., members of the Red Lake Detachment of the OPP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle to check on sobriety on Highway 125. Through […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – A number of charges have been laid against a local resident after they failed to stop for police in Dryden after reports of an aggressive driver on the ice road. On April 4, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m. members of the Dryden OPP Detachment observed the suspect driver on Van Horne Avenue in […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A motorist noted a vehicle stuck in a farmers field off Highway 93, south of Wyebridge, Tiny Township in the early evening of April 5, 2025 and alerted Simcoe County Paramedics. Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were also alerted to the incident and arrived at approximately 8:01 p.m. and upon speaking […]