Ontario Free Press
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON) – An individual is facing an impaired driving charge after a traffic stop in Sault Ste. Marie. On March 23, 2025 at approximately 3:57 p.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Great Northern Road, when their Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system alerted […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A motorist stopped for a moving violation was arrested for impaired driving. On March 28, 2025, at approximately 9:00 pm, an officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle in the Scott Street area of town for disobeying a stop sign. The officer detected that the driver had […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Laclie Street in the City of Orillia. Further investigation led to impaired driving related offences. On March 29, 2025, at approximately 11:17 a.m., officers from the Orillia detachment of the OPP were dispatched to […]
(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 March 14, 2025, at approximately 11:55 p.m., Huronia West OPP officers responded to a traffic tip of a possible impaired driver on Main Street in the Town […]
(CHATSWORTH, ON) – One individual is facing charges after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) that crashed on Highway 10 in Chatsworth Township. On March 26, 2025, at approximately 4:31 a.m., the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a CMV that crashed into a hydro […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A call to the OPP Communications Centre caused officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to enter an impaired driving investigation at a Yonge Street Midland address at approximately 10:54 a.m. March 21, 2025. Upon the arrival of officers, the suspect vehicle was stopped in a parking lot at the address and upon speaking with […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – Police have seized suspected drugs and arrested four people at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check. On March 18, 2025, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Highway 17 in the Baldwin Township. A vehicle came through the RIDE, and […]
(PETERBOROUGH COUNTY, ON) – Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two individuals with impaired driving within a 24-hour period during two separate R.I.D.E. programs. On March 15, 2025, shortly after 12:00am, Peterborough County OPP Officers were conducting a R.I.D.E. program at an off ramp from Highway 115. A […]
(CITY OF GUELPH, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charges a Guelph resident with numerous offences after a traffic stop. On March 17, 2025, at approximately 10:15 p.m., members of the Wellington County OPP Traffic Management Unit were performing a traffic enforcement initiative when they stopped a motor vehicle on Woodlawn Road West […]
(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 […]