Ontario Free Press
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON)- Suspended driver charged with numerous offences. On March 17, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of an unlicensed driver in a grey pickup truck at a coffee shop on Highway 108 in the City of Elliot Lake. Police later […]
(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – On March 17, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle into a ditch at the intersection of Creek Road at Wellington Road 2, in Clifford. As a result of the investigation, Carrie Whetham, 62-years-old of Clifford, was charged […]
(DUFFERIN COUNTY) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Hamilton resident with impaired operation related offences as the result of a traffic complaint. On March 18, 2025, just before 4:30 p.m., Dufferin OPP officers were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the area of the Townline in the Town […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – One person has died following a motor vehicle collision in the Municipality of North Perth. On March 18, 2025, shortly after 8:00 a.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Perth County Paramedic Services, and the North Perth Fire Department, responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of […]
(ATIKOKAN, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Atikokan have arrested and charged one individual with numerous charges following an altercation. On March 16th, 2025, at approximately 2:00 a.m., members of the Atikokan OPP Detachment responded to a reported break and enter incident on Maple Crescent in Atikokan. Officers attended and spoke to […]
(MATHESON, ON) – A traffic complaint on Highway 101 leads to a driver being charged. On March 17, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., members of the Iroquois Falls Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 101, in the Town of Matheson. As a result of the investigation police […]
(NORTH MIDDLESEX, ON) – In-car camera alert leads to multiple charges for driver. On March 17, 2025, at 9:21 a.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on general patrol on Grand Bend Line in North Middlesex, received an alert on the Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system for a possible suspended […]
(PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON) – A Monday night RIDE program by members of the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in one driver being arrested. Officers were conducting a RIDE program on Highway 62 at County Road 3 at 10:30 p.m. on March 17, 2025. During the RIDE, officers conducted a test […]
(PETERBOROUGH, ON) – Three individuals are facing a combined seven charges under the Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) after search warrants were executed in Peterborough, Ottawa and Sault Ste. Marie. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and Peterborough Police Service (PPS) Drug Unit began a drug trafficking investigation in the summer […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Ten people are facing a combined 58 charges under the Criminal Code (CC) and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) after a drug trafficking investigation in Ottawa and the surrounding communities. In late 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) began a drug trafficking investigation in Ottawa. Between March 3 […]