Ontario Free Press
(TOWN OF ERIN, ON) -On February 16, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wellington County Detachment were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle stuck in a snowbank on Thompson Crescent, in the Town of Erin. As a result of the investigation, Michael Shane HEARN, 49-years-old of Erin, was […]
(TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH, ON) -The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charge a Palmerston resident with several charges stemming from a traffic stop. On February 14, 2025, at approximately 10:15 p.m., a member of the Wellington County OPP conducted a traffic stop on Sligo Road in Mount Forest. As a result of the investigation, Mitchell […]
(Guelph-Eramosa Township, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charge a Guelph resident criminally stemming from a three-vehicle collision. On February 14, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., members of the Wellington County OPP attended the scene of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Wellington Road 30 and Wellington Road 86 in the […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting general patrol in the City of Orillia, when a traffic stop was conducted and led to impaired driving related offences. On February 14, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers from the Orillia detachment of the OPP were conducting general patrol […]
In January 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit commenced a joint investigation with the Brantford Police Service into the sexual exploitation of children over a social media platform. On February 15, 2025, Detectives from Niagara Regional Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit and Technological Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a private residence in Welland and seized numerous digital devices capable of storing electronic data. Jordan R. GAUTHIER (41 years) was arrested and is now facing the […]
On February 15, 2025 at 7:30am, an officer in the area of Devine Street and Brock Street South observed a male cyclist traveling southbound on the snow-covered roadway, against the flow of traffic. The officer activated his emergency lights and stopped the cyclist to speak with him through the cruiser passenger window. The male cyclist suddenly […]
A 75-year-old registered nurse has been arrested and charged with sexual assault at a long-term care home. On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the suspect was employed as a nurse at Fosterbrooke Long-Term Care Home located at 330 King Avenue West in Newcastle. During his shift, the suspect was located in the room of a resident […]
LONDON, ON (February 14, 2025) – A London man has been charged after members of the London Police Service Uniformed Division responded to a weapons call in the west end of the city yesterday morning. On Thursday, February 13, 2025, at approximately 5 a.m., a driver operating a snowplow in the area of Viscount Road and […]
Man arrested after girls taken to hotel for sex A Toronto man faces luring and sexual assault charges after two Guelph teens reported he took them to a local hotel overnight. On February 1, two 13-year-old girls were reported missing to the Guelph Police Service. The two minors were located by officers and the Guelph […]
(MALLORYTOWN, ON) – A Mallorytown resident is facing charges after an investigation revealed they were trafficking illicit substances. On February 14, 2025, following a lengthy investigation conducted by the East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in conjunction with the CSCU, executed two search […]