Ontario Free Press
(NORWICH TOWNSHIP, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Oxford Detachment arrested a driver, for impaired driving, as the result of a R.I.D.E. check in Norwich Township. On August 31, 2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Oxford OPP set up a Reduced Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check on Highway 59 in Norwich Township. As a […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Four people have been charged following investigations into separate impaired driving incidents. On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 8:21 p.m., a Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer conducted a traffic stop on Norfolk Street North in Simcoe, which led to an investigation. After a roadside sobriety test, the driver was […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – A search warrant in Trenton has resulted in the seizure of dangerous drugs and the arrest of two people. Earlier this summer, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit began an investigation into drug trafficking in the area. On Friday, August 29, 2025, officers with the Community Street […]
(PERTH, ON) – The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Smiths Falls resident with impaired driving. On Sunday, August 31, 2025, just before 1:30 a.m. police were called regarding a vehicle that struck a hydro pole in the Town of Perth. The vehicle fled, driving into a construction zone before […]
(BANCROFT, ON) – Members of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one person with drug trafficking after a routine traffic stop. On Friday, August 29, 2025, just after 9:00 p.m., Bancroft OPP officers were conducting traffic patrol on Highway 62 in the municipality of Hastings Highlands. Officers stopped a vehicle for […]
(TECUMSEH, ON)Â – On August 30, 2025, at approximately 7:50p.m., a member of the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 3 near Sexton Sideroad in the Town of Tecumseh. The officer observed a vehicle travelling at a speed of 125 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone, activated emergency lights […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) – On August 27, 2025, at approximately 4:15 p.m., members of the Lakeshore Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment received a report of a single motor vehicle collision County Road 42 near County Road 27, Belle River, Municipality of Lakeshore. Police along with Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended and discovered that a vehicle had […]
(BONNECHERE VALLEY TWP., ON.) – The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a driver with impaired after an altercation with police. On August 30, 2025, just after 10:00 p.m., OPP officers were dealing with a complaint on Bruce St. in the Township of Bonnechere Valley. During the interaction with […]
(TINY TOWNSHIP, ON)- A Sergeant from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducting a neighbourhood patrol for suspicious vehicles and persons nabbed a dirt bike roaring around the Copeland Creek neighbourhood at approximately 11:30 p.m. August 30, 2025. The officer made the stop on Timberland Court after encountering the dirt bike being operated without any lights […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a theft of copper wire in Goderich that occurred sometime in August 2025. On August 11, 2025, Huron County OPP officers were contacted by Erth Power staff in Goderich who reported theft of copper wire from nine hydro poles on Parsons Court. The value of […]