Ontario Free Press
(RENFREW, ON) – The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person after responding to an unwanted person call for service. On Friday, June 27, 2025, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Renfrew OPP responded to an unwanted person call for service on Mason Avenue in the Town of Renfrew. As a result of the […]
On Friday, June 27, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Renfrew OPP responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Calabogie Road in Greater Madawaska Township. As a result of the investigation, Douglas HARPER, age 25 of McDonalds Corners was charged with: · Operation while impaired- alcohol and drugs · Operation while impaired- blood alcohol concentration (80 plus) […]
(GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, ON) – A suspended driver is facing criminal charges following a traffic stop east of Sault Ste. Marie. On June 20, 2025, at approximately 2:21 p.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Highway 17 in Garden River First Nation, when […]
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – Officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a person following a shoplifting incident. On July 3, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., police responded to a report of theft in progress at a commercial premises on Prince Edward Street in the Municipality of Brighton. OPP arrived at the […]
(NAIRN-HYMAN TOWNSHIP, ON)- An investigation conducted by the Ontario Provincial Police Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) results in a seizure of drugs and a handgun. On Thursday June 26, 2025, at approximately 9:45 p.m., CSCU with the assistance from the Manitoulin OPP detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 in Nairn-Hyman Township. As a result […]
(BROCKTON, ON) – On July 4, 2025, at approximately 1:20 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) along Durham Street East, Municipality of Brockton. A vehicle entered the area where police then spoke with the driver. The investigating officer detected signs of impairment. The driver was arrested […]
(WINDSOR, ON) – One individual has been charged after an intelligence-led drug trafficking investigation results in the seizure of approximately five kilograms of suspected cocaine in Essex County. In April 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) began a drug trafficking investigation in collaboration with OPP members assigned to the Border Enforcement Security […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) -The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested an individual in connection with multiple sexual offences in Pembroke. In early June, the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Crime Unit launched an investigation following allegations that a Pembroke resident engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct involving youth under the age of 16. On Thursday, July 3, 2025, as […]
(PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON) – An early morning RIDE program by members of the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in an individual being arrested and charged. Officers were conducting a RIDE program on Highway 62 at County Road 3 at 3:00 a.m. on July 1, 2025. A vehicle entered the RIDE […]
(CHATSWORTH, ON) – The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals in connection with an attempted “grandparent scam” targeting a vulnerable senior in the Township of Chatsworth. On June 24, 2025, a local 95-year-old resident received a phone call from a male claiming to be her grandson in distress, followed by another male posing […]