One person died in a crash that closed part of the westbound lanes of Highway 401 east of London in the early hours of Friday, police say. Around 2:40 a.m., emergency crews responded to what Ontario Provincial Police described as a “serious” two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of the highway between Culloden and Putnam […]
A man recently charged with manslaughter in the suspected drug-overdose death of a 19-year-old last year is also charged with drug trafficking for alleged offences just two days earlier, according to court documents.
Four Londoners are facing a combined 23 charges following a drug-trafficking investigation by several police forces across Ontario. An Ontario Provincial Police-led unit that also includes London police, called the provincial joint forces guns and gangs enforcement team, announced Thursday that their investigation had seized $629,000 in illicit drugs, several guns, and $210,000 in cash. […]
If you’re a teenager who wants to know some of the ins and outs about policing and don’t mind spending more time in a classroom after school hours, Ontario Provincial Police’s youth program might be for you. For Oxford County OPP, the Youth Citizen Police Academy offers the police force the chance to promote the […]
A man accused of second-degree murder in the death of his elderly mother at her Strathroy-area home refused to appear for a scheduled court appearance Friday. The Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice daily court docket for Friday had Emanuel Medeiros, 59, listed to appear in front of a judge for a […]
More checkpoints meant more charges this year for the Ontario Provincial Police’s annual enforcement campaign targeting drunk drivers. Police across the province recently wrapped up the festive season’s Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign, which ran from Nov. 16, 2023 until Jan. 1, 2024. Across the OPP’s western region, officers conducted 2,446 RIDE events, laid […]
More checkpoints meant more charges this year for the Ontario Provincial Police’s annual enforcement campaign targeting drunk drivers. Police across the province recently wrapped up the festive season’s Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign which ran from Nov. 16, 2023, until January 1, 2024. Across the OPP’s west region, officers conducted 2,446 RIDE events, laid […]
Investigators have seized a pickup truck they believe is linked to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 14-year-old boy in rural Southwestern Ontario, police say. But in an usual twist, the Ontario Provincial Police said that while the driver had been “positively identified,” they had not yet been located as of Sunday afternoon. “I’d personally […]
Police are appealing to the public for help finding a pickup truck that struck and killed a 14-year-old boy in rural Norfolk County. Ontario Provincial Police say emergency crews were called at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to an address on Fairground Road in Cultus, a rural community not far from Lake Erie, southeast of London, […]
A collection of police reports from across Southwestern Ontario Police probe fatal 401 crash Ontario Provincial Police were on the scene Tuesday morning of a fatal crash on Hwy. 401 west of London. Officers with the OPP Oxford detachment notified the public to the single-vehicle collision just before 3 a.m. It happened in the westbound […]