Wingham Free Press(KIRKLAND LAKE, ON) – Members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating an incident where a Controlled Substance has been distributed in the Kirkland Lake area. During the investigation, the OPP seized a quantity of gummy bears similar to those which can be purchased as children’s candy. The gummy […]
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – The charge of Aggravated Assault in relation to an incident that occurred on June 22, 2018 has been upgraded to Attempted Murder. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Essex Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a Wigle Street address to find a female victim having suffered serious injuries. Robert Chad HEARNS, […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On the 11th of June 2018 at approximately 3:07 PM, members of the Atikokan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of threats that had occurred in the Town of Atikokan. Further, officers were provided information that a break and enter had occurred at a residence in Atikokan. […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On June 26, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) arrested a male responsible for numerous residential break and enter’s in Elliot Lake, Ontario. The OPP’s East Algoma Crime Unit and uniform members were also involved with the investigation. On June 26, 2018, at approximately […]
(NAPANEE, ON) – During an unrelated investigation officers, with the Napanee Crime unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) gathered information that Rhonda and Joseph PICKSTOCK were involved in fraudulent activity. A subsequent investigation revealed that they were defrauding an elderly man of monies by issuing non-sufficient fund (NSF) cheques, making and issuing fictitious invoices […]
(The Blue Mountains, ON) Officers from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Grey County Paramedics Services and the Grey County Fire Department were dispatched to a drowning incident yesterday in The Blue Mountains. On June 26 2018 at 7:15pm first responders attended the Mountain Springs Resort and Conference […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Between 9:00 p.m. on June 26, 2018, and 2:00 a.m. on June 27, 2018, officers from the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 5 motor vehicle collisions involving moose and deer, including one fatal collision. The collisions occurred all over the detachment area. Five moose were […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On June 25, 2018, around 7:30 p.m. a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting RADAR enforcement on highway 401 near Orford Road when they observed an eastbound vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit of 100 km/hr. The RADAR registered a speed in excessive of 150 km/hr. As a result, the […]
(WAWA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments are reminding motorists to exercise caution when travelling this Canada Day Long Weekend. OPP officers will be patrolling area highways targeting speeding and other forms of aggressive driving and dangerous behaviours that remain a leading cause in fatal motor vehicle collisions (MVC) on OPP-patrolled […]
(ELIZABETHTOWN-KITLEY TOWNSHIP, ON) – On June 25, 2018 at approximately 7:21 p.m., an on-duty officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was traveling on County Road 46, Elizabethtown-Kitley Township. The officer was in an unmarked OPP cruiser when he collided with a vehicle towing a boat, which was travelling in the same direction and had […]