Ontario Free Press
(ESSEX, ON) -The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals in connection with an attempted “grandparent scam” targeting a vulnerable senior. On Thursday March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:08 p.m. a local resident from Fairview Avenue East in the Town of Essex received a phone call from a male claiming to be her […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A driver is facing criminal charges after a traffic stop for speeding led to the discovery of suspected cocaine. On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at approximately 10:15 p.m., an officer from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 6 in the Township of Northeastern […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges against three individuals following a recent warrant execution. In February 2026, the Caledon CSCU entered into a drug trafficking investigation. With the assistance of the Caledon Major Crime Unit (MCU), OPP […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – A Whitewater Region (WWR) resident is facing several charges after an impaired driving investigation in the Town of Petawawa. On March 2, 2026, at approximately 8:00 p.m., RIDE Program officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a driver on Petawawa Boulevard. After speaking with the driver, […]
(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – Middlesex County OPP investigating a fatal collision in Middlesex Centre. On March 5, 2026, at 7:40 p.m., emergency services including members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Middlesex Centre Fire, were dispatched to Highbury Avenue North between Thirteen and Fourteen Mile Roads in the Municipality of […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid impaired driving charges following an incident in the city. On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 08:00 a.m., officers responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Adrian Court. The driver was arrested and brought to the detachment […]
(TILLSONBURG, ZORRA, NORWICH, ON) – Members from the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), had a busy night across Oxford County, taking three impaired drivers off the roads. On March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:00 a.m., while on proactive patrol, Oxford OPP observed a vehicle being driven dangerously, on Simcoe Street, in the Town […]
(ELK LAKE, ON) – A single vehicle collision in James Township has resulted in impaired driving charges. On Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 11:45 p.m., members of the Englehart and Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 560 and […]
(SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX, ON) – Individual facing charges after disturbance in Glencoe. On March 3, 2026, at 10:45 a.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to a business at 158 Mill Street in Glencoe, Municipality of Southwest Middlesex, for the report of a disturbance. Officers arrived on scene at which time an […]
(TWEED, ON) – Officers from the Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid charges in two separate impaired driving investigations on the same day. On Thursday, February 26, 2026, at approximately 5:00 a.m., police received a report of a vehicle stuck in a snowbank on Moira St. in Tweed. Officers attended the area […]