Ontario Free Press
(BROCKVILLE, ON) – An individual faces multiple charges after the driver fled the scene after they were involved in a collision on Highway 401 near Long Beach. On Thursday, February 20, 2025, shortly after 2:30 a.m., members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to reports of a single car […]
(KINGSVILLE, ON) – One person has been charged with drug trafficking after a search warrant was executed in the Town of Kingsville. On February 20, 2025, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Essex County Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Lambton CSCU executed a search warrant on Sunset Avenue in Kingsville. The […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hawkesbury Detachment has charged a Hawkesbury resident following a child sexual exploitation investigation. The investigation, supported by the Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU), resulted in a search warrant executed at a residence, and electronic devices were seized. Kevin LESSARD, 33 years of age, was arrested and charged with […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – On February 19, 2025, at approximately 8:20 p.m., officers of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to investigate a theft in progress at a local Orillia business on Monarch Drive. Reports revealed that three suspects were concealing several electronic devices in their possession. These same suspects were observed […]
(PRESCOTT, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit has arrested two people and seized illegal drugs in Prescott. The investigation began several months ago, resulting in the execution of a search warrant on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at residence on Prince Street. Street Crime Unit officers, assisted by the OPP Canine […]
(LOYALIST TWP, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit has charged three people and seized illegal drugs in the Bath area of Loyalist Township. An investigation resulted in search warrants being executed at two locations on Academy Street on Thursday, February 20, 2025, involving Street Crime Unit officers, the OPP Emergency […]
(MATHESON, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested two people for theft of copper wire. On February 20, 2025, at approximately 1:30 a.m., members of the Iroquois Falls Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft in progress on Vimy Ridge Road in Matheson. The suspects fled the scene, however, […]
(Huronia West, ON) – Members from the Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had an increased presence around Station Street in Glen Huron, for a reported collapsed building. On February 21, 2025, at approximately 1:31 p.m., officers were dispatched to a reported collapsed building on Station Street in Glen Huron. Officers attended with Clearview Township Fire […]
(NEW TECUMSETH, ON) – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged an individual with impaired driving following a RIDE check in the Town of New Tecumseth. On February 21, 2025, shortly after 12:00 a.m., members of Nottawasaga OPP were conducting a RIDE spot check for sobriety on Sideroad 10. A vehicle […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On February 20, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Repeat Offenders Parole Enforcement (ROPE) team arrested a fourth person in Toronto. On February 6, 2025, the OPP executed a Controlled Dugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Frobel Drive in Elliot Lake. Police seized more than 2300 grams of […]