Tag: Ontario Provincial Police
Charges after trees toppled, log cabin started in conservation area
A man with no fixed address is charged after police say nearly 30 mature trees were chopped down to make room for an unsanctioned log cabin at a Southwestern Ontario conservation area. Ontario Provincial Police say they were notified on March 30 about an incident in a wooded area owned by the Maitland Valley Conservation […]
Man, 60, charged after cyclist badly hurt in hit-and-run: OPP
A 60-year-old man is charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock that left a cyclist with serious injuries, police say. Monday, Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County said a 60-year-old from Woodstock had been arrested and faces a charge of failing to stop at an accident resulting in bodily harm. The charge […]
Four hurt in partial collapse of police station that’s under construction
Four people were taken to hospital, including one with serious injuries, after an incident at an under-construction police station on Oneida Nation of the Thames, Ontario Provincial Police said on Monday. It was about 10:45 a.m. when Oneida police and emergency crews were called to a location on Elm Avenue in First Nation community for […]
Watchdog closes probe into police officer’s actions during tense standoff
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an OPP tactical officer who fired a less-lethal weapon at a knife-wielding man during a standoff at a Seaforth home four months ago. Ontario Provincial Police were called on Dec. 20 around 3:30 p.m. to a domestic disturbance at a Seaforth home where a resident asked police to remove a […]
Boat capsizes in Lake Erie, operator faces impaired charge: Police
A 24-year-old faces charges, including impaired operation, after a boat capsized near a boat launch in Port Stanley, Ontario Provincial police say. The boat overturned near the launch on Carlow Road in the beachside community about 40 kilometres south of London at about 5 p.m. on April 13, Elgin OPP said. Police, paramedics and Central […]