Ten Incidents of Grandparents Scam Now Under Investigation in Essex County (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On Tuesday June 21, 2022, at approximately 2:34 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Tecumseh Detachment investigated a fraud after being called to a Town of Tecumseh address. It was determined that a resident received a […]
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Ontario Government Providing More Relief at the Pumps
Gas and Fuel Tax Cut in Effect July 1 TORONTO — As part of its plan to keep costs down for Ontario families and businesses, the Ontario government is providing more relief at the pumps by cutting the gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and the fuel tax by […]
Serious Collision Closes County Road 33 on June 28
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – On June 28, 2022, at 4:51 a.m., members of the Leamington Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Leamington Fire Services and Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS), were dispatched to County Road 33 between Highway 77 and County Road 34 in the Municipality of Leamington for a serious two […]
Update: OPP Looking to Identify Suspicious Person — Person Identified
Person Identified (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex County Detachment has identified the person of interest in relation to an ongoing investigations in Essex County. On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 10:35 p.m., Essex Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspicious […]
OPP Looking to Identify Suspicious Person
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 10:35 p.m., Essex Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspicious person on Cameron Avenue in the Town of Essex. The complainant reported that she had observed on her security camera an unknown male looking through […]
Police Respond to Drowning in Leamington
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – On June 20, 2022, at approximately 2:25 p.m., the Leamington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a possible drowning in Lake Erie in the Municipality of Leamington. Members of the Leamington detachment OPP and Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrived on scene. Investigation […]
OPP Investigating Fatal Collision in Kingsville
(KINGSVILLE ON) – On June 19, 2022 at 3:44 a.m., members of the Kingsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Kingsville Fire Department, responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision at the intersection of County Road 23 and County Road […]
Marine Collision on Lake St. Clair Results in Charges
(TECUMSEH, ON) -On Saturday, June 18, 2022, at approximately 11:45 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Tecumseh Detachment, Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Tecumseh Fire Rescue and the Canadian Coast Guard responded to collision involving a vessel and a break wall on Lake St. Clair in the 14000 block […]
Dirt Bike Rider Fails to Stop for OPP Officer
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On June 13, 2022 at 3:28 p.m. an officer from the Kingsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment was patrolling in the area of Main Street and Wigle Avenue in the Town of Kingsville when they observed an off-road motorcycle being operated on the road with no licence […]
A Reminder to Off-road Vehicle Operators from OPP
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has seen an increase in complaints regarding Off Road Vehicles (ORV) on roads, trails and destroying private property across Essex County. The OPP would like to remind ORV operators the trails known as the Chrysler Canada Greenway, the County Wide Active […]