On March 23, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assist call from members of the Winsor Police Service at an address in the 2000 block of County Road 8 in the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario. Members of Essex County OPP, members of the […]
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OPP Seeking Public Assistance To Locate Missing Person
Leamington Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for the public’s assistance with a missing person occurrence in the Municipality of Leamington. Corrine, was last seen at the end of February 2023 in Leamington. She has not had any contact with family since February which is unusual behaviour, and they are […]
Leamington OPP Called To Crash Involving School Bus
On March 20, 2023, at 8:06 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leamington Detachment and Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS) received a report of a two-vehicle collision, involving a school bus, along County Road 34 near County Road 31 in the Municipality of Leamington. Officers arrived to find that the […]
Warrant Executed in Kingsville
(KINGSVILLE, ON) – On Friday, March 10, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County and Lambton County Community OPP Street Crime Units (CSCU), Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and OPP Canine Services executed a search warrant at a Pearl Street West, Town of Kingsville address. […]
Increase In Fraud Reports Across Essex County
From February 28th to March 2nd, 2023, Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have responded to 14 reports of fraud across Essex County. Two of the occurrences resulted in a total financial loss of $15,000. These frauds are also known as the Grandparent or Emergency scam where someone calls the victim posing […]
SIU Investigating Death Of Man In Kingsville
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Kingsville on the morning of February 28, 2023. Preliminary information suggests the following: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on February 28, 2023, Ontario Provincial Police were notified of a man in distress. Officers pinged the […]
Warrant Executed in Leamington
(LEAMINGTON, ON) – On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and OPP Canine Services executed a search warrant at a Garrison Avenue, Municipality of Leamington address. During the search warrant, police seized a quantity of suspected […]
OPP Reminder that Criminal Record Checks Are Now Online
New process is quick, easy, and secure (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has received concerns about the results when searching “record checks” through an online browser. If you live in an OPP-policed community, please ensure that you are searching for online record […]
Traffic Complaint Leads to Impaired Charge
(KINGSVILLE, ON) – On February 8, 2023, at 9:23 p.m., members of the Kingsville Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), received a call from a member of the public about an erratic driver on County Road 20, Town of Kingsville. Officers patrolled and located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. The driver […]
Tecumseh OPP Investigate Emergency Scam
Resident Scammed out of $8,000 (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On Friday, February 3, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Tecumseh Detachment investigated a fraud after being called to an Oakpark Drive, Town of Tecumseh address. It was determined that on February 2, 2023, at approximately 12:00 p.m., […]