Tag: Elgin OPP
14-year-old charged in mass shooting that killed Woodstock man
Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that left two men dead and others wounded in a high school parking lot on a weekend in early June. Det. Sgt. Phillip Campbell says the teen is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted […]
Impaired charges after passed-out driver, 3-year-old found in running vehicle
Article content A man is charged with impaired driving after Ontario Provincial Police were called over reports of an unconscious driver alongside a three-year-old child
A romance scam has cost a Malahide township person $2 million over four years, Elgin OPP reported.
A London-area resident lost more than $2 million over four years in a romance scam, Elgin OPP said. A resident of Malahide Township, a rural municipality southeast of London, contacted police on May 7 and said they met an individual on an online dating platform in April 2020, police said Tuesday. After an online relationship […]
Driver of concrete truck injured in crash that toppled vehicle: OPP
The driver of a concrete truck was taken to hospital after the vehicle was knocked on its side in a crash east of Aylmer, Elgin County OPP said.
Loved ones speak out on third anniversary of businessman’s unsolved slaying
Three years after a 45-year-old man was killed in a rural home southwest of London, the son who was shot but survived the attack is breaking his silence as police push for help solving the homicide. It was about 4 a.m. on April 4, 2021, when Ontario Provincial Police officers were called to a home […]
Two multi-vehicle crashes on Highway 401 as winter blast hits region
Stretches of Highway 401 west of London were closed Friday morning as police investigated several crashes, including two multi-vehicle collisions within an hour of each other. Seven vehicles, including four transport trucks, collided with each other in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near kilometre marker 125 in Chatham-Kent. Seven people were inside one of […]
Toddler hurt, driver suffers life-threatening injuries in rural crash
A toddler was hurt and a 33-year-old driver suffered life-threatening injuries after their vehicle lost control and collided with an oncoming vehicle shortly before noon on Thursday, police say.
Horse killed after U-Haul van strikes buggy, driver flees scene: Police
Police are asking the public for information after the driver involved in a crash with a horse-drawn buggy east of St. Thomas fled the scene.
OPP confirm identities of man, woman found dead in rural home
The OPP confirmed the identities of two people whose bodies were found last week in a rural home in Elgin County but didn’t shed any light on how investigators believe the man and woman who had been dating died.
25 years on, police seek public’s help solving brutal slaying of farmer, wife
Investigators are marking the 25th anniversary of the unsolved double homicide of a dairy farmer and his wife near St. Thomas by appealing anew for anyone with information to come forward.