Tag: Oxford OPP
Pride flag torched as anti-LGBTQ incidents flare anew in small town
Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was lit on fire at an elementary school in Norwich, an Oxford County community where there have been several prior incidents involving LGBTQ symbols
Farmer who reported theft of 45,000 chicks charged with fraud, mischief: OPP
More than two years after a reported theft of 45,000 chicks from a Huron County farm, OPP have laid charges – against the farmer who reported the theft. Huron OPP said Wednesday a 41-year-old South Huron man is charged with fraud over $5,000 and public mischief in a case one farmer described as “mind-boggling” when […]
Watchdog probing crash involving driver who fled from police
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a driver fleeing from police on Highway 401 crashed near Ingersoll. Oxford OPP tried to stop a vehicle around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the westbound lanes of the 401, but the driver took off, police said. A short time later, the vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle collision on […]
81-year-old dead after wrong-way collision on Hwy. 401
Ontario Provincial Police said they were investigating after an 81-year-old from Woodstock died in a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial vehicle along Hwy 401 in Oxford County. Emergency crews were called at about 11:50 p.m. on Saturday to the two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of the 401, near the Mill […]
Man charged after fake gun flashed at group in London parking lot
Charges have been laid after London police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the city’s north end early Tuesday, police say. At around 1 a.m., a group of men was in a parking garage in the 700 block of Kipps Lane, near the intersection of Adelaide Street North, when they […]