Ontario Free Press
(THESSALON FIRST NATION, ON)-Â Driver purposely strikes a dog with their vehicle. On January 3, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an individual attempting to run over a dog with a vehicle on Oakridge Road in the community of Thessalon First Nation. […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Dryden Fire Service responded to a call for service at an apartment building. On January 8, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., on Duke Street, in Dryden ON, members of the Dryden OPP and members of the Dryden Fire Service received […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON)Â – On Saturday January 4, 2025, members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in collaboration with the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted a search warrant on Birch Road in the Town of Fort Frances as part of an on-going ciminal investigation. Police seized a quantity of […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged with impaired operation resulting from a traffic stop on Meredith Street East, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Township. On January 9, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle when the Automated […]
(NORTH GRENVILLE, ON) – The Grenville County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged an adult following an indecent acts investigation involving a youth. In December of 2024, the OPP received a report of nude images that had been sent to a youth. The Grenville County OPP Crime Unit continued the investigation. […]
(SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with impaired driving related charges because of a traffic tip. On January 8, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Huronia West OPP officers responded to a traffic tip of a possible impaired driver on South Orr Lake Road, heading […]
In December of 2024, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Street Crime Detectives assigned to 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) initiated an investigation into an individual not complying with the conditions of his release order. On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Street Crime Detectives assigned to 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) and 2 District arrested the suspect Joshua SCHOLTENS (30 years). […]
Total calls for service – Belleville Police responded to 66 calls for service over a 24-hour period beginning at 5:00 am on January 7, 2025 to 5:00 am on January 8, 2025 Traffic stop leads to charges On the 7th of January at 6:42pm, an officer conducted a vehicle stop in the city’s east end after […]
On Wednesday January 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM, the Sarnia Police Service received a 911 call from the Sarnia Jail in response to an inmate that was found unresponsive in his cell. Police, Fire and Paramedics quickly responded to find the male with no vital signs and he was subsequently pronounced deceased. Investigators have since […]
A 44 year old St. Thomas resident has been arrested and charged with several offences after police were called to a disturbance downtown. This morning, at approximately 1:20 a.m. officers attended the area of Princess Avenue and Talbot Street to move along an unwanted person who had been involved in an altercation. Through investigation, officers […]