Ontario Free Press
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – An Essex man has been charged as a result of several fraud investigations on Pelee Island. It was reported by two victims to the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) that between April 4, 2025, and August 11, 2025, the victims were defrauded after hiring a local plumber to complete work. As […]
(MOOSONEE, ON) – The James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing to investigate a violent assault that left one person with serious injuries. On Thursday July 10, 2025 at approximately 11:30 p.m., the James Bay OPP, and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) Paramedic Service responded to a report of an assault on Bay Road in Moosonee. […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing several charges following a series of incidents in Massey. On Saturday, October 18, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of multiple assaults involving youth that had occurred during a seasonal event in the Town of Massey. An […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – A driver is facing impaired charges after a traffic stop in the Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI) Township. On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting speed enforcement on Highway 6 in the NEMI Township. A vehicle was observed to […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing charges after a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check in Espanola. On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Highway 6 at the intersection of Old Webbwood Road in Espanola. A […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – On October 23, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a suspicious individual believed to be carrying a weapon near a local high school in the Town of Midland. As a precautionary measure, the school was placed […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – A person is facing charges after police received a call reporting a possible impaired driver. On Thursday, October 9, 2025, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call reporting a possible impaired driver whose vehicle was found in the ditch along Highway 17 in the […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into an impaired driving investigation after receiving a call for service for a collision. On Wednesday October 22, 2025 at approximately 7:57 pm, officers were notified of a single vehicle collision where the vehicle was […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – An individual was charged following an impaired driving investigation in La Salette. On Thursday, October 23, 2025, at approximately 5:16 a.m., the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspected impaired driver on Brantford Road in La Salette. Officers located the vehicle nearby and, following a […]
(CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – Search warrant executed in Chippewas of the Thames First Nation results in firearm related charges. On October 17, 2025, members of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Police, Oneida Nation Police, Munsee-Delaware First Nation, Elgin-Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), OPP Canine […]