Wingham Free Press(TEMAGAMI, ON) – On August 13, 2016 at approximately 7:00 p.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information regarding an overdue 67-year old New York male that was traveling by kayak in a remote location. The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Aviation Services are assisting with this ongoing […]
(HORTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – On August 13, 2016, at around 11:32 p.m., officers from the Renfrew County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a residence on Cobus Road, Horton Township where an adult male was found deceased. Members of the Renfrew County OPP Crime Unit, East Region Forensic Identification Services (FIS) and […]
(MASSEY, ON)- On August 14, 2016, members of the Espanola Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Sagamok Anishinabek Police Service established a R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) initiative on Lee Valley road, in the town of Massey. At approximately 1:30 am, officers had occasion to check a vehicle occupied by a female who stopped at […]
(ESPANOLA, ON)- On August 13, 2016, at approximately 11:50 p.m., members from the Espanola Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop on Highway 17, in the township of Baldwin. As a result of the investigation, it was found that the male driver was disqualified from driving. Murray FAIRFAX, 48 years of age, from Green […]
(ESPANOLA, ON)- On August 10, 2016, members of the Espanola Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) established a R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) initiative on Jacklin Road, in the Township of Baldwin. At approximately 3:32 pm, officers had occasion to check a vehicle occupied by a male who stopped at the R.I.D.E. program. Investigation revealed that the […]
(Town of Perth, ON) – On Friday, August 12, 2016, at approximately 11:00 p.m. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Lanark County detachment executed a search warrant at a residence on Gore Street in the Town of Perth, ON. As a result of the search warrant, 40 year old, James Harrison ROSS, of the […]
(BRANT COUNTY, ON) – Members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while conducting RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) on 14 August 2016 on Mount Pleasant Road in The County of Brant. At approximately 1:15am police stopped a grey 2008 Pontiac G5.Police determined through investigation that the driver had been drinking alcohol and the […]
(BLIND RIVER, ON) – In early May 2016, members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit received information from OPP Anti-Rackets Branch and began an investigation involving two members of a family fraudulently receiving both federal and provincial benefits in the names of deceased family members over a period of 1992 – […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) witnessed another weekend strewn with impaired driving occurrences across Essex County. A total of six impaired arrests and one three day licence suspension were processed over the weekend in OPP policed communities in Essex County. On August 12, 2016 at approximately 9:20 p.m. Leamington OPP members […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision just after 2pm on August 12, 2016 on Highway 17 between Doran Road and Black Bay Road. A westbound tractor trailer left the roadway and struck guardrails before coming to rest in the eastbound ditch of Highway […]