Ontario Free Press
(GERALDTON, ON) – An Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) device alerted officers of an expired licence plate and lead to police seizing thirteen cases of chewing tobacco. On January 14th, 2025, at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a traffic stop after an ALPR hit along Highway […]
(MIDLAND, ON)- Two Midland residents have been charged in two separate shoplifting incidents dating back to December 2024 from the Midland LCBO store on Jones Road Midland. On Dec 28, 2024 near 7:17 p.m. staff observed a very brazen theft of liquor products from the store by an individual and made a report to the Ontario Provincial […]
(SOUTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a South Huron resident following a theft from a retail store north of Grand Bend in the Municipality of South Huron on January 12, 2025. On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, Huron County OPP officers were contacted by staff at a South Huron retail store […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Police are investigating the circumstances of a fatal collision in Simcoe. At approximately 9:37 a.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment, along with Norfolk County Paramedic Services, responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a sedan on St. John’s Road West in Simcoe, Norfolk […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – An investigation led by the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), has led to charges being laid against five individuals. On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, members of the Thunder Bay Community Street Crime Unit with the assistance of the Thunder Bay Detachment and east-side CSCU members, Thunder […]
(LEEDS AND THOUSAND ISLANDS TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has seized illegal drugs and a loaded handgun near Gananoque. OPP officers stopped a speeding car on Highway 401 eastbound, between Highway-137 and Gananoque, shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 16, 2025. They determined that the driver was […]
(SOUTHWOLD, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), St. Thomas Detachment, located and investigated a vehicle after a Good Samaritan reported a vehicle in the ditch in Southwold Township. On January 16, 2025, at approximately 10:45 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP located the vehicle in the eastbound ditch, on Talbot Line, west of Ron […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On January 16, 2025, at approximately 11:20 p.m., a member of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped to check a vehicle along Broadway Street, Municipality of Kincardine. The investigating officer detected signs of impairment from the involved driver. The driver was placed under arrest and transported for further testing by an […]
(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – Lennox and Addington County Detachment members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one person with impaired driving after leaving a local business. On Friday, January 17, 2025, shortly after 12:00 a.m., L&A County OPP members stopped a vehicle from leaving a parking lot after it was learned the driver was […]
(Thunder Bay, ON) – The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is issuing a public safety advisory about ongoing and increasing incidents of cyberbullying. In recent weeks, NAPS has observed an apparent spike in incidents related to cyberbullying in many of the 34 Northern Ontario communities it serves. This is incredibly alarming, especially because of the […]