Ontario Free Press
(ORILLIA, ON) – A complaint of a suspicious vehicle has led to Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substance Charges by the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On August 12, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m, officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle with a driver slumped over at business on […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – One party was arrested and is facing impaired related charges after striking a police cruiser that was at the scene of a separate motor vehicle collision. On August 10, 2025, just after 3:00 am, an officer was on Highway 11 northbound, near Line 1 in Oro-Medonte Township, conducting traffic control for a motor […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – A traffic complaint being called in by a member of the public has led to impaired related charges laid by members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On July 23, 2025, just before 8:30 pm, officers from the Orillia OPP were dispatched to a traffic complaint after a member […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – A Windsor resident has been arrested and charged following a human trafficking investigation. In May 2025, police received information about a victim being trafficked through online advertisements. Under the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Human Trafficking Unit began an investigation and identified an additional victim. As […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges in relation to threats made against an elected member of the Ontario government. On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the OPP launched an investigation into threats made against Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. As a result of the investigation, Erik ADLER, age 40 […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Several traffic complaints were reported to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) after an individual posted several videos of dangerous driving behaviour on their social media account, resulting in numerous traffic and criminal charges by members of the Orillia Detachment of the OPP. On July 15, 2025, around 9:30 pm, officers from Dufferin, Bracebridge, […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Police have laid additional charges in a multi-jurisdictional bank robbery investigation named Project Opal. Between Thursday, December 8, 2022, and Saturday, March 16, 2024, a series of eight armed bank robberies occurred in jurisdictions policed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Barrie Police Service, Belleville Police Service, Durham Regional Police Service, Niagara Regional […]
(Orillia, ON) – Officers from the Orillia Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals in connection with a drug trafficking investigation and executed search warrants at a residence. In May 2025, members of the Orillia Detachment CSCU launched an investigation into an individual suspected of trafficking drugs in Simcoe […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Toronto Police Service (TPS) member in relation to an on-duty incident. On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, TPS Professional Standards Unit began an investigation into allegations of breach of trust, obstruction of justice and theft involving a TPS officer. On Monday, January 27, 2025, TPS requested […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Police have charged an individual in a 34-year-old historic homicide in Apsley, north of Peterborough. On Wednesday, October 9, 1991, members from the Belleville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a missing person, 40-year-old Angelien Josephine QUESNELLE of Apsley. She was last seen at approximately 12:00 p.m. on […]