The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are launching a fraud prevention campaign, February 6 to 10, 2023, to raise awareness about the significant increase in emergency-grandparent scams targeting Canadian seniors. In 2022, the CAFC received fraud reports totalling a staggering $530 million in […]
Essex County OPP is advising residents of Town of Tecumseh, Municipality of Lakeshore, Town of Essex, Municipality of Leamington and the Town of Kingsville of current “Grandparent Scams” in recent days in Essex County. These circulating scams are referred to as Emergency Scams, or sometimes “Grandparent” or “Grandchild” scams. These […]
Missing person was located (KINGSVILLE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Kingsville Detachment is currently investigating the disappearance of 21-year-old Marielle DIGWEED. On November 29, 2022, DIGWEED was reported missing by family members. She was last seen in Leamington on November 23. On January 24, 2023, DIGWEED was located safe, […]
On Friday, January 20, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County Community Street Crime Unit, Emergency Response Team members and OPP Canine Services executed a search warrant at a Town of Kingsville address. During the search warrant, police seized a quantity of suspected cocaine and currency, total approximate value […]
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, at approximately 11:16p.m., an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Kingsville Detachment stopped a vehicle travelling 145 km/h in a posted 60 km/h zone on County Road 20 near Kratz Sideroad in the Town of Kingsville. Police charged a 17-year-old of Kingsville, Ontario with […]
On September 3, 2022, officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Kingsville Detachment were contacted by a business owner on Road 2 East in the Town of Kingsville in relation to thefts from the business. An investigation revealed and employee had been stealing items from the business. As a result […]
The Kingsville Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating several reports of mischief targeted at a City of Windsor Transit bus along County Road 20 in the Town of Kingsville. From October 2022 through January 2023, unknown occupant(s) of a pickup truck have thrown items at a City of Windsor […]
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Leamington Detachment has charged an individual following a report of a disturbance. On January 5, 2023, at approximately 2:40 p.m., members of the Leamington OPP were dispatched to an address on Talbot Street East in the Municipality of Leamington, for the report of a disturbance. […]
The 2022 Festive “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” (RIDE) campaign has wrapped up for another year, with a significant number of drivers in West Region now facing criminal charges. Here’s a snapshot of this year’s campaign results, with last year’s numbers in parentheses across all West Region: Impaired driving charges: 278 […]
Illicit Drugs, Cash, and Property Seized (KINGSVILLE, ON) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County Community Street Crime Unit, Emergency Response Team members and OPP Canine Services executed a search warrant at a Maple Street, Town of Kingsville address. During the search warrant, police seized […]