Ontario Free Press
(ESPANOLA, ON) – Four people are facing charges as a result of an extensive investigation into drugs and weapons offences in Espanola. The Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information regarding possible drugs and weapons offences occurring at an address in Espanola. The OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) launched an investigation with […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has made six arrests following the recovery of stolen vehicles in two separate incidents. On Thursday, March 6, 2025, shortly before 3:00 a.m., officers located and stopped a stolen vehicle on Highway 417 eastbound in Nation Township. 69-year-old Ronald HOULE of Saint-Come, Quebec, 25-year-old Leonard Paul […]
(OHSWEKEN, ON) – An individual has been charged in connection with an arson investigation on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. At approximately 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, March 2, 2025, officers from the Six Nations Police Service (SNPS), along with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region Canine Unit and Six Nations Fire & […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – A driver involved in a three-vehicle collision in North Bay fled the scene before exchanging information with other drivers. Shortly after, the same vehicle was found in a ditch, leading to the driver’s arrest for impaired driving. On March 5, 2025, at approximately 5:15 p.m., the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police […]
(ADELAIDE METCALFE, ON) – Driver facing impaired charge after two-vehicle collision sends one driver to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. On March 5, 2025, at 7:26 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Adelaide Metcalfe Fire were dispatched to Egremont Drive in Adelaide Metcalfe for the report of a two-vehicle […]
(SOUTH GLENGARRY TOWNSHIP, ON) – Officers from the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have now laid charges in connection with a collision involving a police vehicle. On March 4, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m., officers from SD&G attempted to stop a stolen vehicle travelling eastbound on Highway 401. The […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – A driver was arrested and charged criminally after being observed speeding excessively and passing on the shoulder of the QEW in Burlington. On Monday, March 3, 2025, at 10:48 p.m., an Officer from the Burlington OPP detachment observed a vehicle travelling at an extremely high rate of speed on the Fort Erie bound QEW […]
(LAURENTIAN HILLS, ON) – The driver of a side-by-side Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) involved in a fatal collision in March 2024 has been arrested and charged. On March 24, 2024, at approximately 12:44 a.m., police were called to a single vehicle UTV collision on Pergeon Lake Road in Laurentian Hills. Both the driver and passenger were ejected […]
(BLUEWATER, ON) – One individual is facing charges after a single motor vehicle roll over. On March 6, 2025, at approximately 1:29 a.m., the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Bluewater Highway and Blue Bluffs Road. When officers arrived, they located a vehicle approximately 100m into a field and it appeared […]
(SOUTH PORCUPINE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) respond to motor vehicle collision leading to impaired charge. On February 25, 2025, at approximately 2:51 a.m., members of the South Porcupine OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 144, Doyle Township. The investigation revealed the driver had consumed an alcoholic beverage and was […]