Ontario Free Press
Barrie Police officers conducting a RIDE checkpoint on Wednesday, April 23, 2026, along Ferndale Drive South arrested a motorist for being impaired by drugs. After speaking with the driver, the officers formed reasonable grounds to suspect he was impaired and initiated an investigation. Police seized approximately 45 grams of suspected crack cocaine, along with drug […]
Barrie Police have laid charges against a youth who chased several individuals while armed with a machete in March. As a result of the ongoing investigation, police were able to quickly identify the male and issued a warrant for his arrest. On Monday, April 20, 2026, a Barrie teen was taken into custody after turning […]
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Barrie Police were called to a residence on Essa Road for reports a man had assaulted a woman known to him and made threats indicating he had a firearm. Several officers, including members of the Tactical Support and K9 units, arrived and set up a perimeter to contain the suspect, […]
Barrie Police have charged a man in connection with a historical sexual assault and believe there may be more victims. On Sunday, April 12, 2026, police charged Brice Bunn, also known as Brice Jacobs, 38, with sexual assault and sexual interference in relation to an incident that occurred in August 2014 at the former Spotlight […]
On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 12:03 p.m., officers from the Barrie Police Service attended to a report of a robbery that had taken place earlier in a wooded area south of Little Ave. and east of Bayview Dr., in the City of Barrie. The investigation initially led police to a nearby secondary school that […]
On Friday, September 26, 2025, just before 1:00 p.m., officers from the Barrie Police Service responded to a report of a break and enter in progress at a residence located on Codrington St. in the City of Barrie. Within minutes of receiving the call for service, responding officers learned that the person responsible had just […]
A 27-year old male from Toronto, who had three separate driving incidents with Barrie Police on Wednesday September 17, is currently facing a number of very serious criminal charges for the manner in which he was dangerously observed driving his car. On Wednesday morning, police observed a motor vehicle travelling at a very high rate […]
On Monday afternoon, at 1:53 p.m., the Barrie Police Service was made aware of a robbery that had just taken place at jewellery store located at 509 Bayfield St. in the City of Barrie. Responding officers were advised that the suspects had entered the store, smashed display cabinets, stole jewellery and fled on foot to […]
This morning, just after 8:00 a.m., the Barrie Police Service was contacted after the owner of a pickup truck, who lives in northwest Barrie, awoke to find his truck had been stolen overnight. The thieves weren’t aware, but as details of the theft were being received by a call taker with the Barrie Police Communications […]
A potential tragedy was likely averted after a concerned member of the community contacted police just prior to Christmas to report what appeared to be a passed-out driver. Upon arrival at an industrial plaza parking lot located on Anne Street South, south of Tiffin Street, police located the driver in question asleep in the driver’s […]