Ontario Free Press
DRPS completed its sixth and final week of the 2024 Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 1,600 vehicles and charging 19 drivers with impaired driving offences. This week, the RIDE team was joined by DRPS Auxiliary officers who assisted on the RIDE line. On New Year’s Eve our team checked nearly 500 cars for sobriety […]
Two males are facing charges after breaking into a Hydro One field in Oshawa. On Monday, December 30, 2024, at approximately 10:00 a.m., members of East Division responded to a break-and-enter at the Hydro One field, located at 2745 Townline Road. Two males cut numerous locks and entered several buildings located on a Hydro One […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a recent scam that took place in South Huron. On December 28, 2024, Huron OPP received a report of a fraud that had taken place that same afternoon at a business in Exeter. Police were advised that an employee at a retail business had […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Two individuals have been charged following separate impaired driving incidents. At approximately 1:27 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspected impaired driver on Talbot Street in Courtland, Norfolk County. Officers located the vehicle on Main Street […]
(WASAGA BEACH, ON) – On January 1st, 2025, officers of the Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police responded to report of a robbery of an Uber driver. The incident occurred at approximately 10:16 pm on Mosley Street, near Pizza Pizza in the Town of Wasaga Beach. A passenger entered an Uber vehicle and after a short interaction, the […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking assistance from the public in identifying three people involved in a theft from a motor vehicle. On December 23, 2024 the Perth OPP launched an investigation following a report of a theft of two wallets from a vehicle in Gowanstown, in the Municipality […]
(PARRY SOUND, ON) – The West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one person with impaired driving. On December 29, 2024, at approximately 7:00 p.m. the West Parry Sound OPP were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person in the Town of Parry Sound. Police located the person […]
(PARRY SOUND, ON) – The West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one person with impaired driving. On December 30, 2024, at approximately 10:00 p.m. the West Parry Sound OPP were dispatched to a report of a dispute between two people in the Town of Parry Sound. Police located […]
(PARRY SOUND, ON) – The West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one person with impaired driving. On December 30, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m. the West Parry Sound OPP were on patrol in the Town of Parry Sound and stopped a vehicle on Greenwood Crescent to check the […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) currently have a person in custody following an early morning home invasion. On January 2, 2025, shortly after 5:00 a.m., officers were dispatched to a private residence on Ann McKee Street in Caledon East for a report of a home invasion in […]